Two beautiful African lionesses fighting is a harmless game of fun for them in this wildlife photograph. These two massive predators are practicing their hunting skills. Playing catch with each other, and whirled lots of dust around them. Five lionesses were walking along the riverbank, all of them practicing and, of course, having fun. That game lasted between 5 – 10 minutes before they jumped over the river. Soon they had disappeared on the other side.
African lionesses do most of the hunting for pride. The male lion will only hunt if there is a big kill happening or because the lionesses haven’t handed his free lunch yet.
The lionesses will hunt in groups to ensure a higher success rate for killing prey. They do not have a considerable amount of stamina. However, they are intelligent, cats that use a few tactics to grant them favor during a hunt. One particular tactic they will use is to go after prey that has only one main clear route to take. The rest of the hunting group will ambush the victim. Indeed they have lured it into that specific route. Another tactic is making sure their prey has a dead end, like a river. If food is scarce, lionesses will not share the kill with their cubs. That is one of the reasons cubs have a high mortality rate. In that wildlife photograph of the ‘African Lionesses Fighting,’ their sociable behavior is demonstrated.
The lion, Panthera Leo, is in category vulnerable in the IUCN red list.
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Ruth Koprek –
That’s amazing action packed lion photography. It would make me so nervous to watch it. It’s a mesmerizing image hard to take your eyes off. Is it difficult to view them when they’re fighting like that? Do they get very loud?
Anette Mossbacher –
Hi Ruth, thanks so much. To answer your questions. It is not difficult to view them when they are play fighting. You just need to be there at the right time! They do not get loud or roar when they practice/play. They get really loud when they start calling each other. You can hear their roar about 5km / 3.10 miles away. If not further! When you are close to them, and they roar, your whole body feels that! Very exciting. 😀