National Geographic: Lions of the African Night Page #2
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but a dead tree is a handy refuge
when 30 lions pass by.
Now he can resume his nightly search
for fruits, insects,
and the smaller animals he preys on.
When the cub catches up
with the others,
she must endure the rough bullying
that young lions inflict on one another
especially on those with any disability
There is usually a little comfort
to be had from one of the adults.
Besides, cubs are remarkably resilient
the have to be
and this one will soon recover
to torment in turn some other poor cub
Unless driven by hunger,
the hunt proceeds at a leisurely pace.
At intervals through the night
the pride will stop to rest
and sometimes even to sleep soundly
for a few hours.
Supreme masters of relaxed living,
lions are seldom on their feet
for more than four or five hours 24.
These are the tiny tracks made
by the larvae of ant lions.
It is only at night that these small
insects wander about,
moving backwards, in search of places
to dig their traps.
The head of the ant-lion larva
is dominated
which it sucks the juices of its prey.
In a patch of fine, soft sand
the ant lion digs in
and begins to excavate the unique trap
which it will catch its
prey usually ants.
But it could well be any small insect.
Turning in ever decreasing circles,
the ant lion uses its head
and jaws as a shovel to throw the sand
of the steep-sided pit that it digs.
The trap is ready.
The ant lion buries itself
in the bottom
with only its jaws exposed and waits.
The ant struggles free
from the ant lion's jaws.
But the ant lion has another strategy
that makes escape almost impossible.
of sand that dislodges
the ant from the steep
sides of the trap
and brings it once again within reach
of the great jaws.
Now, held securely, the ant is dragged
below the sand to be devoured.
Roars in the night can mean danger
for the pride.
These come from a group of males that
have been trying to take over the pride
and its territory for some months.
But the intruders are shunned
by the pride,
for males tend to kill cubs
they have not sired,
and they always appropriate
and prey killed within their hearing.
So the pride departs
in another direction
and won't relax or resume the hunt
until out of range of the big males.
Dawn finds them safe and asleep,
several miles from the troubles
of the night.
Most nights the pride will walk
about five miles,
they may cover twice that distance.
The unpredictable wrath of this bull
elephant takes the lions by surprise.
There is no point contesting the matter
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