Article: Lions Of The Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater
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Lions Of The Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro Craters [an ancient collapsed volcano] is home to more than 50,000 animals in a relatively small area. There are approximately 60 Lions here and there is a good chance of seeing lions when you visit here on safari. The Serengeti National park which lies directly next to Ngorongoro and covers 5,100 square miles ? has 250 lions presently being studied in about 20 prides. Lions keep to their own territories; however, a territory can cover 300 square miles.
A good driver/guide will know where these lion territories lay, with the prides being typically found at waterholes, rivers and kopjes ? although the lion?s can go days without visiting their favorite hot spots.
If hyenas are feeding the calls they make as they feed is like a dinner bell to the l...
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