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Cheryl - 13 Jan 2007 01:17 GMT

I've been hooked on the Africam web feed lately, and apparently
today a pride of at least 8 lions consisting of mostly lionesses
and a single male took a young zebra. I didn't see much of the cam
today due to work, but on the forum, someone posted some video of
the feed. No explicit video of the kill, but the sound of it in the
distance, so if that bothers you, don't listen to part 1 or part 2
of the kill. But the aftermath; the cleaning, the drinking, the
sleeping - they could be my cats. Nature at its rawest.

The kill, mostly sound

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlUg-buVKcg

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMCChZrevG0

Lions visit Water Hole after eating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ5IyWpOMw0

Close up and personal - cleaning up some
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xnAk-hPjm4

How Many Lions can you count?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yTq6da8N8w

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sheelagh - 13 Jan 2007 02:00 GMT

> I've been hooked on the Africam web feed lately, and apparently
> today a pride of at least 8 lions consisting of mostly lionesses
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> --
> Cheryl

Excellent.
I was born in Kenya & that is where my love affair with cat's began
with real pussy cats.
If you watch carefully, @ around 2.40 mins into, How many Lions can you
count- you will note how the pride almost rolled as one single unit to
look in the opposit direction,toward north, north west... except for a
couple who covered the rest of the outlook.It is almost as if the pride
can communicate through telepathy, don't they?

To the human ear, all we could hear were the crickets and the bull frog
in the background.Wouldn't it be interesting to know what caused the
pride to act as a single mind & look in that direction?

Magnificent creatures!
S:o)

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Cheryl - 13 Jan 2007 02:17 GMT

> Excellent.
> I was born in Kenya & that is where my love affair with cat's
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> outlook.It is almost as if the pride can communicate through
> telepathy, don't they?

Maybe so. ;) Something sparked their interest sooner than 2:40,
more like 2:10. Maybe a baboon? They were very angry. Sometimes the
crickets drown out everything.

> To the human ear, all we could hear were the crickets and the
> bull frog in the background.Wouldn't it be interesting to know
> what caused the pride to act as a single mind & look in that
> direction?
>
> Magnificent creatures!

That they are. One of the lionesses looks pregnant. One young
zebra and that many lions couldn't have made her belly swell that
much.

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hantayo - 13 Jan 2007 02:40 GMT

> Excellent.
> I was born in Kenya & that is where my love affair with cat's began
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> Magnificent creatures!
> S:o)

*It is almost as if the pride
can communicate through telepathy, don't they?*

Hi sheelagh. I think that there is something to that notion - seriously!

:-) After all the years that I have spent with critters (especially cats...)

I truly believe in it. I know it happens to me. Toma & I had it happen
daily. Sometimes a person can write it off as just reading body language
but, that doesn't explain all of it.
Kathy & Toma in spirit >^.,.^<

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hantayo - 13 Jan 2007 02:44 GMT

Cheryl - I sure wish that I didn't have to live with stupid dail-up....:-(
Kathy & Toma in spirit >^.,.^<

> I've been hooked on the Africam web feed lately, and apparently
> today a pride of at least 8 lions consisting of mostly lionesses
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> How Many Lions can you count?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yTq6da8N8w

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Cheryl - 14 Jan 2007 05:24 GMT

> Cheryl - I sure wish that I didn't have to live with stupid
> dail-up....:-(
> Kathy & Toma in spirit >^.,.^<

I wish you could watch, Kathy!

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