Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] Kenyan Safari Samburu Lions
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto at earthlink.net)
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:32:35 -0400
 
Kalyan Varma wrote:

>>>
The lions in Samburu live in wooded forests, unlike the open plains of
Mara. So the males cannot impress the females or scare away other males
with their manes anymore (since they cannot see them through the bushes).
Also with big manes the hair keeps getting stuck to the thorny bushes.
Hence over time, the lions in Samburu and Tsavo have lost their manes in
the process of evolution.
<<<

Thanks for the explanation, and welcome to the LUG!

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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