African Wild Animals: African Lion King of The Jungle

African Lion Pictures

The females work as a team to bring down an The Females are the ones who do most of the hunting for the group. It then mates with the females to produce its own offspring. When a male lion wants to take over a pride, it fights the dominant male in the group, if it wins, it chases it away and takes over. It marks it of with urine, roaring to warn of intruders and fighting those who are daring enough to intrude.

African Lion Photos

African Lion Wallpapers

No other animal is supposed to intrude. The male lion marks off at least 100 square kilometers of land as its domain. Though lions are social animals, two prides can not occupy the same space. It can either be black or brown in color. A grown up male lion has a beautiful mane that runs from the neck to the upper back.

African Lion Hunting

The male cubs once they mature leave the pride in such of a group they can dominate. The lionesses are all related as they are born and mature in the group. This is the one that mates with all the females in the group. There is normally a dominant male that is stronger and commands the group. The pride normally is made up of about fifteen females and their young ones and up to three males.

African Lion Photos

These groups are known as prides. Lions are the only cats that live in groups. It was given this name because of its beauty, majesty and pride. The African Lion is also known as the King of the Jungle.

African Wild Dog Species

African Wild Dog Pictures

African Wild Dog photos

East Africa : Status, density, and ecology have been intensely studied. The author also reported on its ecology. Data on the species' presence, status, and notes on its ecology are available for most of South Africa (Lynch, 1989; Pringle, 1977; Rautenbach & Nel, 1978; Rowe-Rowe, 1978, 1992; Stuart et al., 1985), Angola (Crawford-Cabral & Paias Simoes, 1990), Namibia (Hines, 1990; Viljoen, 1982), and Zimbabwe (Childes, 1988) West Africa : Distribution and status of the species have been recently investigated (Sillero-Zubiri, 1994, 1995). A sound account of the species' ecology in the sub-region is found in Mills & Hes (1997) and in Skinner & Smithers (1990). Data on population structure in the eastern Transvaal lowveld are discussed in Maddock & Mills (1994).

African Wild Dog Wallpapers

African Wild Dog Photos

Aspects of the ecology of the species in this sub-region are also described by Reich (1977, 1978). Southern Africa : Population structure, density, dispersal patterns, and some aspects of the ecology of this species in the Kruger National Park are discussed by Mills (1991) and Maddock & Mills (1994). In the last few years, wild dog populations have been constantly monitored in most of the range of their occurrence. Ginsberg & Macdonald (1990) give a detailed picture of the distribution, status and ecology of this species.

African Wild Dog Pictures

Distribution, density, and population structure have been investigated throughout the continent, together with habitat and area requirements, diet, and behavioural aspects of its ecology. This is one of the most endangered large carnivores in the world, and in the last years a great effort has been addressed to preserving the species from extinction.

Pictures of Marine Wildlife Animals

Pictures of Marine Wildlife Animals

Photos of Marine Wildlife Animals

Photos of Marine Wildlife Animals

Because of widespread recognition among protected area managers and experts that the "feeding the bears" syndrome is a serious problem, stringent educational programs, regulations, and enforcement have been Fish are surprisingly fast learners as well as opportunistic feeders, and our efforts to feed them may lead to increased risk of falling prey themselves or attempting to use food sources that may be harmful. In general, animals are adapted to rely upon certain natural foods found in their environments to satisfy all their nutritional needs, and other foodstuffs may be unhealthy for them. First, unnatural feeding opportunities,may lead to lasting behavioral changes that may in the long term, prove counterproductive. There are several ways in which such activities may be harmful.

Pictures of Marine Wildlife Animals

Coastal Marine Wildlife Animals

Such activities constitute serious behavioral disruptions for marine life, and threaten their health and survival. Trying to communicate feelings of affection, support, or understanding by petting or feeding marine animals may be satisfying to humans, but all available scientific evidence suggests that such practices actually harm the intended "friend". Perhaps the purveyors of such images are trying to convey the idea to timid diving prospects that our oceans are really safe and friendly places; nonetheless, regardless of the reasons, the activities these images and the dive marketing community are promoting in this regard constitute advocating an environmentally unsound policy. Scenes of scuba divers engaging in such activities are frequent in dive tourism advertising. An unfortunate trend within the marketing segment of the sport diving industry has been to increasingly encourage and promote the feeding, touching and/or handling of marine life.