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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 10 2012, 10:42 PM (13,335 Views) | |
| Taipan | Apr 10 2012, 10:42 PM Post #1 |
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African Lion - Panthera leo The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of thirty to fifty percent over the past two decades in its African range. The African lion is a very large cat, with males weighing between 330 and 550 pounds and females weighing between 260 and 400 pounds. It is 8 to 10 feet long, not including the tail. Its most famous feature is its mane, which only male lions have. The mane is a yellow color when the lion is young and darkens with age. Eventually, the mane will be dark brown. The body of the African lion is well suited for hunting. It is very muscular, with back legs designed for pouncing and front legs made for grabbing and knocking down prey. It also has very strong jaws that enable it to eat the large prey that it hunts. ![]() Baurusuchus pachechoi Baurusuchus is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It was a terrestrial predator and scavenger, about 3.5 to 4 meters long. Baurusuchus lived during the Turonian to Santonian stages (90-83.5 million years ago) of the Late Cretaceous Period, in Adamantina Formation, Brazil. It gets its name from the Brazilian Bauru Group ("Bauru crocodile"). It was related to the earlier-named Cynodontosuchus rothi, which was smaller, with weaker dentition (Bonaparte, 1996). The three species are B. pachechoi (Price, 1945), B. salgadoensis (Carvalho et al., 2005) (named after General Salgado County in São Paulo, Brazil) and B. albertoi (Nascimento & Zaher, 2010) (named after Dr. Alberto Barbosa de Carvalho, Brazilian paleontologist). Its relatives include the similarly-sized Stratiotosuchus from the Adamantina Formation, and Pabweshi, from the Pakistani Pab Formation. Prehistoric crocodiles weren't necessarily restricted to river environments; the fact is that these ancient reptiles could be every bit as diverse as their dinosaur cousins when it came to their habitats and lifestyles. Baurusuchus is an excellent example; this South American crocodile, which lived during the middle-to-late Cretaceous period, possessed long, dog-like legs and a heavy, powerful skull with the nostrils placed on the end, indications that it actively prowled the early pampas rather than snapping at prey from bodies of water. By the way, the similarity of Baurusuchus to another land-dwelling crocodile from Pakistan is further proof that the Indian subcontinent was once joined to the giant southern continent of Gondwana. Size and Weight: About 12 feet long and 500 pounds _______________________________________________________________________________________
Edited by Taipan, Jul 11 2017, 12:26 PM.
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| Ursus panthera | Sep 7 2012, 08:57 PM Post #31 |
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Here is an argument- large bovids brown bears kill these with one swipe to the head, many of you will claim or argue that lions are more powerful than bears which in truth is a possibility, there fore a lion wont have any trouble in killing its prey with a swipe. |
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| Black Ice | Sep 7 2012, 08:59 PM Post #32 |
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Once again thats a terrible comparison 2. You have yet to show proof. |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Sep 7 2012, 09:50 PM Post #33 |
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That's a poor legend. Paws are basically, to hold on the prey: Give me some evidence, to support your claims! Here some info about the Lions limbs:
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| Jinfengopteryx | Sep 7 2012, 11:15 PM Post #34 |
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I'm still waiting. Where's the evidence? |
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| Fragillimus335 | Sep 8 2012, 01:30 AM Post #35 |
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Haha, Ursus p. is a major reptile/dino hater, he thought a Rex would be evenly matched against an Eland.... wow. |
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| Deleted User | Sep 8 2012, 03:40 AM Post #36 |
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the lion will just laugh and the lizard will be so scared that it drops dead !! |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Sep 8 2012, 04:29 AM Post #37 |
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![]() A laughing lion would be great. |
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| Tyrant | Sep 9 2012, 01:57 AM Post #38 |
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![]() If a semi aqautic croc can catch a lioness on land when it has its attention diverted I would say a croc adapted to a terrestrial living can at least keep a tiger in its sights. |
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| FireCrown | Sep 9 2012, 02:00 AM Post #39 |
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Felines,Ursids,and Canid
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lions still killed that croc in the picture |
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| Tyrant | Sep 9 2012, 02:03 AM Post #40 |
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^Not the point(besides it was outnumber five to one) but despite being an animal ill suited for land it managed to snag a highly agile terrestrial animal even when it had to keep its eyes on several lionesses. |
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| Mauro20 | Sep 12 2012, 06:07 AM Post #41 |
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Baurusuchus wins IMO |
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| FelinePowah | Sep 12 2012, 06:58 AM Post #42 |
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ha ha this crocs not going to out maneuver a lion. |
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| Black Ice | Sep 12 2012, 07:00 AM Post #43 |
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You failed to understand my post. Read it again closely, then again, then maybe one more time. Edited by Black Ice, Sep 12 2012, 07:00 AM.
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| FelinePowah | Sep 12 2012, 07:02 AM Post #44 |
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So please enlighten me with your great wisdom. |
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| Black Ice | Sep 12 2012, 07:04 AM Post #45 |
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Smh im gonna put it in baby terms Agility is used mainly in "dodging" attacks, ok? Not executing them. Tyrant explained how you aren't gonna out maneuver another animal that can just turn wherever you go instead of chasing you. Do I need to bring up the post for you? Edited by Black Ice, Sep 12 2012, 07:05 AM.
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