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deponti

The Tree-Climbing Lions of Lake Manyara...

Aug 21, 2007 11:44

For three days, we had been going on both morning and evening safaris in Lake Manyara; we had seen lot of other interesting things, but of course, every tourist wishes to sight that unusual phenomenon, the tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara ( Read more... )

tanzania, wildlife, lake, serengeti, photography, ngorongoro crater, tree-climbing lions, africa, manyara

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asakiyume August 21 2007, 11:40:52 UTC

Just amazing. So lions don't usually sit in trees, but these ones do? It's fascinating. You were so lucky! But what a treat, after all the bad luck with the tigers!

Checking out the videos next.

deponti August 21 2007, 15:40:02 UTC

Thanks for all the comments on them, too! At different times, I missed different people. Whenever there was a sunrise or a sunset, guess who I thought of!

Several times, when birds would take off, I thought of sainath; when taking scenery shots, I would think of shivakumar or dearchichi....the crested snake eagle made me think of kalyan...the elephants, yathin, the black mamba, mamtanaidu...and so it went!

Aww, he looks so cute and cudly!! chaibacca August 21 2007, 12:26:59 UTC

I especially love the 5th one down, where he's peering out from the side of the branch.

Re: Aww, he looks so cute and cudly!! deponti August 21 2007, 14:25:29 UTC

Well, apparently some lions do the same thing in Uganda too, but "usually" lions don't climb trees.

Lions are quite plentiful in the Ngorongoro Crater area and in the Serengit and there was no way we could miss them ...but yes, sighting the tree-climbing lions was indeed a bonus!

And even more so was the sightings of the leopards, once in the NCA and again in Lake Manyara, because they are secretive, nocturnal creatures.

However, lately, in the environs of cities like Bangalore, loss of habitat and prey is increasingly responsible for leopards straying into the suburbs. See anushsh's post about the leopard in the town of Hosur, about 40 km from Bangalore.

Re: Aww, he looks so cute and cudly!! deponti August 21 2007, 14:27:17 UTC

I certainly wouldn't advise you to do any cuddling up to either of those two...it could really be the last thing you do.

But agreed, they looked pretty tame, even though that was deceptive! The lion looked at us so calmly and disinterestedly...that within minutes we lost all fear of them and were clicking away.

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deponti August 21 2007, 15:37:12 UTC

Yes indeedy. Now I will do one post on places in Tanzania, and all the animals/birds we saw in Lake Manyara...and I will be done...

lion monkey!! anonymous August 22 2007, 11:16:29 UTC

that is one big tree and they are really high up!! they have a very high cuteness factor too :)

madhu (jlrntp)