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I remember the newer version of "In Search Of" with Mitch Pileggi had an episode on the Tsavo Lions and proposed they were a different species of lion (they said the lions were bigger and had different skull characteristics than the average African Lion), but I don't believe this to be true.
The National Geographic special on the Tsavo Lions concluded that one (maybe both, I don't recall now) of the lions had abscessed teeth that were causing them pain and rendering them unable to chase down their normal pray of gazelle and the like. Their studies also showed them to be normal lions, if my memory is correct. As the previous posters said, their lack of manes is due to local environmental circumstances, like the thick brush.
BTW, I agree that it was an amazing movie...and 35 people is still A LOT of dead people! |
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