One hungry lion....

[Rob5589]

From an article on MeatEater.com Facebook page:

Over a 15-month period, the lion killed and ate 24 badgers, the most common animal it preyed upon in that window. During that time, the cat also ate one mouflon sheep, one feral dog, two porcupines, eight beavers, and nine coyotes. Besides odd eats, Brokenleg killed two mule deer, two antelope, and 17 elk. Nine of the elk were calves, six were cows, and two were bulls.

 

[Marble]

That's super impressive!!

 

[dtrkyman]

Not a surprise, cats are amazing predators, I'm guessing the larger prey items were somewhat shared or stolen?

 

[FLAK]

We must be kin.

 

[LongWayAround]

How do they know this?

Does it's collar have a camera that triggers when it accelerates?

Also, the mouflon seems anomalous. Maybe a barnyard?

 

[slick]

Typically cat researchers go into a “cluster” of GPS points the collar has taken and figure out what’s the lion has been feeding on.


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[String&stick]

Sounds like we need to advocate for lots more cat hunting

 

[S.Clancy]

It'd be cool to see the cat's growth rate during that period, or compare consumption to body size. Cause that's a lot of meat

 

[WV Mountaineer]

It'd be even more cool to kill more mountain lions

 

[perkj]

Must be one fat cat

 

[Southernhunters]

Must be one fat cat

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[Mt Al]

That's an impressive kill list, broad spectrum of prey, but light on roughage.

 

[orbowhunter]

Pretty impressive!


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[Bowhuntone]

It averages to a kill per week.

 

[mfsights257]

Badger Lives Matter!

 

[1000yrds]

What an excellent hunter.

 

[GrumpyHiker]

Yeah, sure, ok...but how far did he hike in and how many trips to carry those elk out?

 

[1000yrds]

Yeah, sure, ok...but how far did he hike in and how many trips to carry those elk out?

dont think anyone could ever have the answers to those questions but the hinting skill of the lion have to be acknowledged.

 

[PathFinder]

"Lions kill a deer per week." LOL. This study shows what people who actually know squat about lions already knew; they in no way kill a deer per week. They're just not a population crushing predator like a wolf is.

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