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Along the same lines (but with a different species) the story of the Mapoogo lion coalition is fascinating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapogo_lion_coalition
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
Along the same lines (but with a different species) the story of the Mapoogo lion coalition is fascinating
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapogo_lion_coalition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapogo_lion_coalition
It has been made into a fascinating documentary:
Brothers in Blood: The Lions of Sabi Sand
https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Blood-Lions-Sabi-Sand/dp/B079PD1TG9 https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Blood-Lions-Sabi-Sand/dp/B07...
(you can also find the video online for free if you search for it)
- pineconeInMyAss 7y agoI would hardly describe a conflict involving a total of 6 adult male lions a "war".
- ttraub 7y agoYes, lots of great clips about lion behavior from BBC and NatGeo on youtube, as well as (mostly nonviolent) scenes captured by safari leaders like Rob the Ranger. Lions are incredibly savage toward "the other"; no intra-species solidarity seems to exist, though there are incidents of strangers forming coalitions even though they didn't grow up together. Chimps increasingly are being reported to be somewhat violent and are known to commit murder; cannibalism and rape also are not uncommon. It's not clear, whether this behavior is continuous throughout their history as a species, or has come to be more common because of the pressure of human encroachment and the reduction in their population. At one time there were millions of chimpanzees in Africa, and today there are maybe 300,000 left in the wild.