[Leica] lions and elephants

[bs.pearce at cox.net (Sue Pearce)]

Elephants are indeed one of the animals that lions avoid conflict with, but 
not always. On one of her past safaris, my wife saw the results but not the 
actual act. There is one pride of lions in far south Africa that habitually 
kill and eat elephants. It is supposed to be the only known pride that can 
successfully do this. It requires seventeen (SEVENTEEN!) lions working 
together, presumably in harmony, to accomplish this. We can guess that they 
learned this skill over generations, and it is passed down from mother to 
daughter.

Bill Pearce