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Reading an article this week by Alexander Braczkowski of Griffith University, Australia, we were intrigued to learn about lions swimming in dangerous crocodile and hippo infested rivers in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.
It was estimated they swam 1.5 kms across the Kazinga Channel that links two lakes and have done this at least seven times!
Were these male lions looking for females to breed with? A healthy lion population is a matriarch one, whereas in the QENP there are more males than female lions.
Presuming that these two lions were not successful in their attempts, maybe having been chased off by prominent males, is the reason they swam back.
