20190305南部狮群近一年命运总结

It’s been a while since we’ve posted an update on the Southern Lion Pride. After sustaining a detrimental loss to their numbers last year (see story here), the fate of this pride was completely up in the air.
The long-standing matriarch of the Southern Pride, known to us as ‘Floppy Ear’ was last seen at Lion Sands nearly a year ago in March 2018. Presumed to be dead, she was unusually long-lived at approximately 18 years old.
我们上一次更新南部狮群已经有一段时间了,在过去的一年里狮群经历了痛切的失去,这个狮群的命运风雨飘摇。
长期主导狮群的雌狮——软耳,在差不多一年一签也就是2018年3月份被最后一次目击。假设她已经死了,她已经是超乎寻常的长寿——接近18岁


楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 15:53:00 +0800 CST  
For many months after Floppy Ear’s disappearance, there was no sign of the Southern Pride at Lion Sands. With only one adult remaining, and the rest being young lions, they most likely stayed on the move to avoid any confrontations with other lions. Another pride who would have no doubt killed to avoid future competition. There was also a chance that they wouldn’t survive at all, and it would be the end of an incredible era of more than 20 years of this pride at Lion Sands.
Several months passed before a group of two lions, a female and young male, showed up on Lion Sands again. They were part of the Southern Pride, presumed to be the only surviving lions. Yet again we only viewed them very irregularly, as this territory had now been taken over by the Avoca males, who wouldn’t the presence of other lions.
在软耳失踪后的几个月里,Lion Sands没有出现南部狮群的迹象。 只剩下一个成年狮子,其余的都是年轻的狮子,他们大概是继续前进以避免与其他狮子发生任何对抗。 毫无疑问,另一个狮群会杀死他们以避免未来的竞争。 也有可能他们根本无法生存,这将是Lionsands超过20年历史的狮群的时代的结束。几个月过去了,一组两只狮子,一名女性和一名年轻男性,再次出现在Lionsands。 他们是南部狮群的一部分,被认为是仅有的幸存的狮子。 然而,我们只是非常不规律地能发现它们的踪迹,因为这个领土现在已被牛油果男性接管,他们不会允许这个区域出现其他狮子。


楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 15:57:00 +0800 CST  
Another surprise came a few months later when the group of two turned into a group of five. A young lioness, young male lion and a cub had rejoined them! This was also from the original Southern Pride. For whatever reason, the lions had split up, but amazingly were still alive and now reunited.
几个月后另一个惊喜出现了,一组5个狮子返回Lionsands。一个年轻的雌性,4个年轻雄性还有一个幼崽,这也是原来南部狮群的成员。不知道为什么,这些狮子分散了,但是他们都还活着然后现在汇合了。
下图为8月目击:新加入的三头狮子


楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 16:00:00 +0800 CST  
This came as a shock to most of us, who didn’t have high hopes for the survival of these lions, and only serves to reiterate the fact that lions are extremely resilient and can overcome extraordinary hardships to survive.Beginning around August 2018, the group of five were seen more often on Lion Sands in their old territory. They were still very much on the run, and without a coalition or a group of adults to protect them, they seemed to only be just getting by.The younger lions are still learning the ways of the wild. I have seen them clumsily trying to hunt a full grown male giraffe and buffalo. While that kind of hunt will take years more of experience to perfect, they have had success with general game, and even smaller buffalo, which keeps them going.
这让我们感到很震惊,我们并没有抱太大希望觉得这些狮子可以幸存,只能重申这样一个事实,即狮子非常有韧性,可以克服非凡的艰辛生存。从2018年8月开始,我们在Lionsands经常可以在他们的老领地看到他们。他们仍然处于奔波状态,没有一个联盟或一群成年狮来保护他们,他们似乎只是在匆匆而过。年轻的狮子们仍然在学习野外的生存方式。我看到他们笨拙地试图捕杀一只成年雄性长颈鹿和水牛。 虽然这种打猎需要多年的经验,但他们在一般的捕猎中取得了成功,甚至还有较小的水牛,这让他们继续前进。
(这样看南部狮群的捕猎能力是可以的)


楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 16:05:00 +0800 CST  
Their number remained stable for several months as a group of five, but unfortunately they sustained one more loss recently. The youngest cub was last seen with the group in January, and because it has little chance of survival on its own, I suspect that it didn’t make it. It could have died from a variety of different reasons, but a deadly confrontation with another predator is a likely cause.
他们的数量维持了几个月,但是不幸的是,他们最近经历了又一次失去。最小的幼崽在一月份的时候与狮群被目击,他几乎不可能自己生存下来。我希望他能活下去。他可能死于各种各样的原因。但死于其他捕食者的几率比较大


楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 16:08:00 +0800 CST  


楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 16:17:00 +0800 CST  
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楼主 骋风无足  发布于 2019-03-05 16:21:00 +0800 CST  

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