It is somewhat uncommon for lions to actually climb trees. There are
no more than 2 populations in whole world of such lions that do actually
climb trees as one of their day after day behavior. One of these
populations is found within the Ishasha sector which is found in the
south part of the well known Queen Elizabeth National
Park within Uganda. The other population is found in Lake
Manyara National Park in the Southern part of Tanzania.
It is supposed that this type of lions climb trees as a way of
protecting themselves against the numerous biting tsetse flies on the
ground level, whereas other people claim the they actually climb into
the branches to escape from the heat on the ground and enjoy the cool
breeze; nonetheless the reason why they climb up into the tree branches
remains unknown.
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