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African lions have started climbing trees to escape buffaloes

By Donna Lu

3 July 2019

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Taco van der Eb tacovandereb.com

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CAN you feel the love tonight? This image of two lions was captured by photographer Taco van der Eb in the Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley.

The lions in this park climb trees – a relatively rare behaviour for the big cats, which normally inhabit grasslands and savannahs. Their motivation may be to avoid attacks by the park’s buffaloes, which could be adversely affecting lion numbers.

This lioness has a transmitter around her neck, allowing her to be tracked by researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands, who are working with…

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