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Text & Photos: Malte Clavin
Driver Brian reassures the guests on the wildlife viewing trip in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda: “Don’t get your hopes up about tree lions. I’ve been here every day for the last two weeks. Haven’t seen a single one. They’ve probably fled to the Congo.”/p>
The gate opens, and ten minutes later, Brian drives towards a solitary, huge fig tree in the most beautiful late afternoon light. Two light brown, bulky bodies can be seen in the branches: sleeping lions!
Researchers suspect that tree lions, of which there are only two populations in the world, protect themselves from annoying ground-level insects, cool off in the breeze and can see better into the distance. The animals’ huge heads are impressive, but even more so are their well-filled bellies hanging down between the branches.
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