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Tree climbing lions

Africa nature, Uganda nature | Tags: Culture among lions, Do lions climb trees? Can lions climb trees?, Ishasha lion, Lake Manyara national Park, Lions, Lions in Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Tsetse flies, Video of tree climbing lions|

Wild lions robbed by people

Hungry villagers in the Bénoué National Park, Cameroon are stealing meat from wild lions. Kleptoparasitism, the stealing of food from another, is well known between top predators such as lions, hyenas and cheetahs, but people seem to be doing it more and more. Researchers suspect the practice may be much more common than thought, and are concerned that it could put under even more stress the dwindling numbers of lions in Cameroon. They state that “lions have to spent an enormous energy effort to capture the same amount of prey, if their prey gets stolen,… This may have a serious impact on a lion population which is already under serious stress by human encroachment and may eventually contribute to more rapid extinction.” BBC

Africa nature, Cameroon nature | Tags: Bénoué National Park, kleptoparasitism in humans, Lions, Lions in Cameroon|