Lions in Statues
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Two rather unusual lions at the gates of inner garden in the Yu garden in Shanghai Old City. The classic garden was first laid out in 1577 but has been subject frequent changes and suffered much damage over the years. It has been beautifully restored and is rightfully one of the main attractions of old Shanghai.
The lions still have the classic attributes -- the sphere and the baby -- but assume rather whimsical poses that I have not seen anywhere else (not that I would claim to be an expert on Chinese lions).
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A lion is perhaps not what springs to mind when seeing this, but the information sign next to this little waterfall, at the Shinto shrine Kanda-myōjin in Tokyo, will tell you that it is. And it is not as strange as is sounds. This is a komainu, a lion-dog, a common guardian at shrines and temples in Japan - but they are sometimes (such as here) also referred to as stone lions.
This is actually just one in a set of three, the cubs parents are at the top of the rock (or mountain, as it is actually written in Japanese, even though it is not translated as such), looking down on their offspring. The parents are quite old, believed to have been carved in the 18th century, but the cub disappeared and the original rock (mountain) destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 1923. The cub and the rock was reconstructed and reunited with the original lions in 1989, in celebration of the new emperor.
A lion on morning patrol, bringing together his pride. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2022. c.2022 John M. Hudson jmhudson1.com
Part of a large Pride waiting for a crocodile to clear the water-hole before going down to drink. Serengeti, Tanzania.
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Avec une crinière moins fournie, un pelage plus épais et une touffe de poil caudale plus grande, le lion d’Asie est moins connu que son cousin africain. Vivant en milieu forestier le territoire d’un mâle recouvre partiellement celui de plusieurs petits groupes de femelles… On est bien loin du harem des lions d’Afrique. Autrefois, le lion d'Asie régnait sur tout le sous-continent indien. Aujourd'hui, il ne subsiste plus (300 à 400 individus) que dans le parc national de Gir, en Inde. L'espèce est en grand danger d'extinction.
Parc des Félins, 21 juillet 2021
An adult Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) rests in the woods on the edge of a rocky ledge at the entrance of Glendale Cove off Knight Inlet on the west coast of Canada.
We were on a wildlife tour, primarily for Grizzly Bear, with Tide Rip Grizzly Tours out of Telegraph Cove on the northeast tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
It is a boat tour which holds about 10 people and you are out for most of the day. If I remember, it is about 90 minutes travel to Glendale Cove but you never know what you may encounter. In this case, it was their first Mountain Lion observation and we had about 5 minutes as it patiently observed us and the surrounding area before disappearing into the woods.
It is something I will never forget, thankfully with some photos to remind me of that once in a lifetime observation.
4 June, 2013.
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Lions are the only cats that live in groups. Lions are the second largest cat on Earth (after Siberian Tiger).
It was a pleasant 4-eye meeting (early morning, Engelhard Dam Road). He gave me few seconds to take some photos and then suddenly started roaring. At first I was a little bit in panic, but after few seconds I unerstood that this was not for me, he was calling his friends.
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.
South Africa, Kruger National Park
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Kruger National Park
This is the last snap I took before shutting the window. The Lion was just plodding along past us, showing no interest in our presence.
Galapagos Sea Lions love to hang out along the beaches and shallow accesses to the ocean. This little one opened his eye for one brief click of my camera before nodding back to sleep.
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
As you may have guessed from my previous post, my wife and I are just back from an amazing 10 day trip to Africa, Northern Tanzania to be precise, taking in the National Parks of Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Serengeti as well as the Ngorongoro Crater.
These Zebra seemed to sense something was not quite right.
Lion Of Saint Mark / St Mark's Basilica / San Marco / Venice / Veneto / Italy
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This highly social and intelligent species is well adapted to a semi-aquatic life-style. Male and female California sea lions differ significantly in appearance. Males are substantially bigger than females and have an enlarged sagittal crest, which is usually topped with white fur.
The Lion Gate was the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece. It was erected during the 13th century BC, around 1250 BC in the northwest side of the acropolis and is named after the relief sculpture of two lionesses or lions in a heraldic pose that stands above the entrance.
The Lion Gate is the sole surviving monumental piece of Mycenaean sculpture, as well as the largest sculpture in the prehistoric Aegean. It is the only monument of Bronze Age Greece to bear an iconographic motif that survived without being buried underground, and the only relief image which was described in the literature of classical antiquity, such that it was well known prior to modern archaeology. (Wikipedia)
We had the privilege of observing several prides of lion while we were in Africa. This 9 month old male white lion cub is one of only 3 that are known to be living in the wild. The leucistic coloration can occur when both parents carry the recessive gene for it.
The Golden Lion Tamarin is a perfect example how zoos can be beneficial and without a captive breeding program these little monkey's would of no doubt become extinct.
In the 80's the Golden lion Tamarin reached an all time low, with an estimated 150 individuals remaining in the wild and by 1996 they were classified as critically endangered. The reason for this was largely due to loss of habitat – 90 percent of Brazil’s coastal forests have been cleared for logging or development.
Fortunately for this species, conservationists have spent the last three decades fighting for their survival.
Thanks to a captive breeding and reintroduction program initiated with zoos around the world, their number increased to 1000 individuals in the wild by the year 2000 and their status was downgraded to endangered by 2003. Today there are an estimated 3000 golden lion tamarins in the wild.