Lions from Tree Climbing
Six Reasons You Should Visit Queen Elizabeth National Park Tree Climbing Lions
The southern section of Queen Elizabeth national park’s ishasha sector features tree climbing lions. Lions hardly have a habit of climbing trees.
Tree climbing lions can be seen in only one park in Uganda: Queen Elizabeth’s. There have been reports of lions climbing trees in Kenya and South Africa; the narrative seems not to be clear as in Queen Elizabeth Park since the lions spotted are generally young lions frolicking about tree branches.
Though they can be found in other national parks such Murchison Falls, Kidepo, and others, lions do not climb trees as found in Queen Elizabeth national park apart from Lake Manyara in neighboring Tanzania.
Seen sloppily hanging out in the tree branches, tree climbing lions occasionally nod off from above. Research reveals the exact causes why lions in these Ishasha savannah plains climbing up in the tree branches;
• Running away from bug bites. The breeding tsetse flies that bite the wild residents, lions inclusive, contaminate the grounds during the wet season. The lions flee to the tree branches in order to hide from the numerous insects on the ground.
• Getting away from earth heat. The savannah often boasts rather high temperatures over 28 degrees Celsius or 80 degrees Fahrenheit as the seasons change. For the cats, this heat renders the ground quite hot. Luckily, they locate somewhere to cool off from there—that is, from the tree limbs.
• Nice perspective on the excellent cuisine for these large animals. One may clearly observe that a perspective on a high elevation differs from what one wants to see. When eating in pastures, the lions ascend the tree branches to catch a sight of their prey, the antelopes.
The lions in Ishasha sector in the south of Queen Elizabeth national park are “tree climbing” ones for the above reasons.
Love the broad branching (candelabrum) trees located in Queen Elizabeth national park, the climbing lions do. Among the trees are acacia and sycamore fig trees. These kind of trees are suitable for the lions during the rainy season since they are wide enough to offer a peaceful area for resting and provide cover.
From the candlestick thorns, humid rain forests to the Savannah vegetation which favors most wildlife like the Ugandan kobs, antelopes, warthogs and many more animals seen roaming on the ishasha sector, kasenyi plains, kazinga channel, lakes and around every area of the park including the chimpanzees at Kyambura George.
Except for when the sun rises, the common trees the male lions of Queen Elizabeth climb are sycamore fig trees and acacia trees; the manes of the male lions are black.
Seeing the rare Queen Elizabeth lions is a one-of- a lifetime event you won’t forget more so if you capture enough pictures back home as they sloppily sleep in the tree branches or when hunting their prey.
For the tree climbing lions, the sycamore fig tree offers enough cover from the heat as well as during wet seasons.
WHY QUEENN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK THE IDEAL PLACE FOR THE TREE CLIMBING LIONS?
The fame the southern section of Queen Elizabeth national park (ishasha) gains from the global tourism sector comes from tree climbing lions. Thousands of visitors from all around the world come to the national park for the tree climbing lions. For the travellers visiting east Africa, they are a breath-taking experience and a star attraction.
Rare sightings of the tree climbing lions in Lake Manyara Tanzania could provide a negative impression to the visitor that, “maybe it’s just a myth that there are tree climbing lions in Africa”. Unlike Ishasha in Queen Elizabeth national park, it is a must for a visitor looking to find peace among several of them.
When the visitors arrive to visit Queen Elizabeth national park’s enigmatic behaved cats—tree climbing lions—that ascend in the top of the trees and embrace up there with great ease, the tourists become lost of words and stay amazed. One can find over a guestimate of fifty lions napping in the trees.
When you see the tree climbing leopards on one of your game drives, you will aggressively confirm the special quality of the big cats of Ishasha found in Queen Elizabeth national park- Uganda.
After a day’s hunt, they hung sloppily on the tree branches to relax and properly digest their food. They are also seen keenly fixating on the ground-dwelling tiny creatures. Therefore, the trees not only provide the lions with a leisurely lounge but also a hiding place for their next hunt.
Should these cats or lions serve as “King” of the African Jungles?
The increasing human population surrounding Ishasha poses a great threat to tree climbing lions. For instance, 11 lions discovered laying dead in ishasha on April 10, 2018. It is claimed that their cargo included pesticide poison.
Natural fatalities, kills from the dominant male to the cabs among others, are among other reasons driving down the population of these unusual gifted tree climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth national park.
These lions are endangered, but they nonetheless draw a lot of visitors to this African wilderness without fail. They also remain “the king of the jungle,” and nobody can change their ancient pride.
Apart from the unusual tree climbing lions, queen Elizabeth has other big cats from Africa such leopards and also other animals including buffalos, hyenas, antelopes, elephants and many more.
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