The lion, named after reggae legend Bob Marley, led the pride for more than seven years.
Africa’s most famous lion, named after reggae singer Bob Marley, has died in East Africa’s Serengeti National Park. He was killed by younger males who were vying to lead the pride that Bob Junior had ruled for over seven years. The Daily Mail writes about it.
Bob Junior, or Sniggve, as well as his younger brother Tryggve, became the real stars of the reserve and appeared in many pictures of professional photographers and tourists. The Lion King Sniggwe was unusually photogenic, which provided him with unprecedented popularity.
The Lion King ruled his pride for over seven years, however he was killed by younger males, or by a male a few days ago.
The Lion King Sniggwe (left) and his brother Tryggwe have been stars of the Serengeti for many years.
His brother Tryggve, who also led his pride, was killed by a rival earlier. And now the workers of the reserve are planning a double burial for lions.
Freddy Shirima, a spokesman for the Serengeti reserve, told reporters that the killing of old lions by young rivals is quite common in the wild.
“These incidents usually happen when the leader of a pride is getting old or sometimes when other male lions are unhappy with his control over a large area,” Shirima said. According to him, the conservation authorities were trying to find out exactly what fate befell Tryggve and how exactly Sniggve died, but the territory of the reserve is too large, so they simply realized that a new “lion king” appeared in it when the prides of the brothers were led by other lions.
Sniggwe, or Bob Junior, died in a fight with a young male
Recall that the Serengeti Reserve occupies a vast area (30 thousand square kilometers) in East Africa and stretches from northern Tanzania to southern Kenya east of Lake Victoria.
About 70 species of large mammals and 500 species of birds live here. About 3,000 lions live in the Serengeti. In the wild, these animals typically have a lifespan of eight to ten years.
We will remind, earlier Focus talked about the rarest small wild cats. Indeed, in addition to large animals like lions or tigers, there are many small, but very formidable representatives of the feline genus in nature.
