I've seen on animal planet many occasions where the lions kill all sorts of animals everyday. So I wonder which animal can kill a lion?? I pity those animals which lost their lives to those hungry lions but I've never seen any animal killing a lion or even hunt a lion. Even tigers & cheetahs are afraid of the beast. Why?
2006-07-02 15:02:28 · 27 answers · asked by angelic8026 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
1 more question: How come the lions never attack the people filming the documentary? They are sitting so close to the lions & follow the lions when they are hunting but the lions never attack them when hungry? wonder why??
2006-07-02 15:13:22 · update #1
No animal regularly hunts and eats lions, however crocodiles have killed and eaten a few. It isn't part of their normal diet but they are opportunistic feeders. Also an Egyptian cobra can make a lion very, very sick and even kill it. The snake is not hunting lions and does not eat lions but is a mean animal and if suprised would bite defensively. Killer bees can drive of a whole pride of lions. Hyenas hate lions but rarely get the opportunity to surround one and kill it. African Cape buffalo have killed lions. The despise lions with a hatred. Lions will kill and eat buffalo they have isolated from the group.
Some lions are smart enough for human beings to make them uneasy. They know our power all to well as some lions have been killed by humans and these same lions are very wary. This may help explain why the lions don't usually just charge the cameraman and attempt to eat him.
2006-07-12 15:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Man is possibly the animal that can kill or hunt lions.
About the people who don't get killed while on some filming for channels like NGC. I think that they do the filming very carefully. They spend months and years to shoot a 60 minute documentary. They study the moves of the animals and then film it accordingly. Probably they film it when the lion is full in the stomach and does not feel hungry enough to hunt ! or eat !
2006-07-02 16:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lions as strong as they appear can be killed by a variety of animals. A one-on-one with a rhinoceres, a hippo, a buffalo or an adult elephant can easily mean the death of the lion. However, in daily life danger for lions comes in the shape of venomous snakes - like the black mamba, a spitting cobra or even the vipers! I've seen documentaries showing lions being killed by snakes like these.
Tigers and lions have historically never shared a territority. Tigers are creatures of the jungle and they are far more shy than lions and not half as agressive as them.
Lions like all animals are scared of humans. We can call it neophobia - scared of things that are new. We see park rangers in the US telling us to chase the bears away - that's because to keep that fear of the humans. If they lose that fear they attack. That's why we've had man-eaters in the past (of course, that's partially an act of getting an easy meal as well). Also, the documentary makers are experts of the wildlife and know how to predict animal behaviour and they follow guidelines which help them not to threaten or challenge the animals and hence they are not attacked!
2006-07-02 15:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by Elephas Maximus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the lion's domain the lion is supreme and does not have any natural enemies. When a lion has made a kill a pack of scavenger hyenas will circle him and try to avert him away and try to sneak some of it's food. On a nearby tree some vultures will be waiting their turn. The days of the big white hunter is over and humans respect lions BUT if a rogue lion attacks a African village and drags away people---hunters may be called in to track down and kill the rogue lion.
2016-03-27 01:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lions never attack a human filming a documentary as they are usually full at the time of filming. They hunt when hungry, and when necessary, not when they are resting.
2006-07-02 22:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by rice c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans with guns kill lions all the time. I remember Mufasa telling Simba that they were on the top of the food chain. The lion eats the antelope who feeds on grass but when the lions die their bodies feed the grass and the antelope eats the grass so we are all connected in the great circle of life. Thinguyanahinguyanamada...
2006-07-02 15:24:46 · answer #6 · answered by liljosu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that man has to be the largest threat to lions. It depends on wether you consider us to be an animal or not. Another killer of lions would have to be insects and small rodents. Their bites might contain diseases that would kill the lion.
2006-07-02 15:11:15 · answer #7 · answered by Nathan W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lions are hunted and killed by a great animal called HUMAN. Lions kill their prey for food ,they don't kill photographers provided they take proper care.
2006-07-02 18:08:47 · answer #8 · answered by sa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a King Cobra Can easily kill a lion
Henas are natural competetaors of lions and can kill them and lions can also be killed in the battle to kill the wild buffalow.
And dont forget Humans
2006-07-02 23:30:34 · answer #9 · answered by Ashish Das 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man is the biggest killer of lions. After that, I'd say dog creatures (hyenas, etc) and then other big cats. The other big cats may not attack adult lions, but they certainly will steal the cubs if the opportunity presents itself.
2006-07-02 18:42:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋