Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]better link. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article658614.ece Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:41 AM, leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > Steve, > > http://www.go2africa.com/africa-travel-articles/elephant-eaters-of-the-savuti > > Leo Wesson > Photographer/Videographer > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Dec 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Sue Pearce wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> incredible... >> non urban legend or reality ?? >> I wonder if they do this by default, or they resort to it in dire times, >> >> Steve >>> >>> Bill Pearce >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >