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| Joubert, D. | |
| Hunting behaviour of lions (_Panthera leo_) on elephants (_Loxodonta africana_) in the Chobe National Park, Botswana | |
| 2006 African Journal of Ecology (44): 279-281 | |
Megaherbivores like elephants and rhinos have been regarded as invulnerable to predation as adults (Owen- Smith, 1988; G. B. Schaller pers. comm.), although Guthrie (1990) suggests that lions hunted such large prey during the Pleistocene. Recently, there have been a number of observations of elephants killed by lions in northern Botswana, going as far back as 1985 (M. Slogrove pers. comm.). The hunting behaviour of lions on elephants, and the age and sex structure of the elephants killed, were observed at a waterhole in the Savute region of Chobe National Park. The first observed elephant kill was recorded in August 1991. Systematic records of elephants killed were made between 1993 and 1996. |
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