The Only Place Where Lions and Gorillas Coexist | Odd Geography

One of Earth’s most drastic ecotones-the transition between one ecosystem and another-can bring together rainforest and savanna species side by side. The sharp transition allows mingling between Forest Elephant, Gorilla, Hyena, Lion, and more. Join us today in this exploration of one of Africa’s strangest geographic features.
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[@casualearth9076]

There are a handful of places in East Africa where Mountain Gorillas and Lions are “close” (as the crow flies), but they’re separated by major elevation differences. Although lions have on occasion ascended mountains into montane rainforest (this has been seen in southwest Ethiopia, for instance), it would be unusual. These slopes don’t really have the same seamless mingling of rainforest and savanna species that is seen in Bateke.

[@TIGERWINS17271MESSITOLOL]

There is only one known account of them they didn’t fight but rather square off you can tell the size difference.

[@slockywush04]

@@TIGERWINS17271MESSITOLOLwhere’s the proof?

[@josesalinasmorales5332]

A 2017 study reveals that the lions in central and western Africa are more closely related to Asiatic lions than they are to the lions living in eastern and southern Africa.

[@blacktiger683]

Unfortunately both species, Lions and Gorillas are diminishing drastically in all Africa. As far as I know there are no registered encounter between this two formidable species. The only great predator of the african forests is the Leopard and there are some records of leopard predation on gorillas.

[@DieFlabbergast]

On young gorillas, that would be. A leopard (even a male) would not be able to prey even on an adult female gorilla, much less a male. Like all carnivores, cats only attack animals that they instinctively know they can kill without danger of injury. Being a predator is a job, not a hobby.

[@jakesimmonds5043]

Wrong, leopards have killed silverbacks multiple times. A leopard is more than capable of killing an adult female gorilla. There's literal scientific reports of it, a silverback being mauled by a leopard and running away was even recorded in the 80s

[@gigachad6885]

​@@DieFlabbergastleopards have killed silverbacks. The ONLY time a gorilla killed a leopard, was a mutual kill

[@anthonyhayes1267]

​@@DieFlabbergastIf memory serves, a lot of big cat attacks on humans are on children for this reason

[@slaydog5102]

​@@DieFlabbergastthey usually attack then while they're sleeping as well.

[@choptop81]

It's wild to think that an environment like this is probably what led to human ancestors becoming bipedal

[@G416d3]

A nadie le interesa

[@abdulazizrex]

Have there been any accounts of lions and gorillas in the region crossing paths?

[@mikeromero7368]

Man I love your channel, you deserve way more views ! Hey could you cover the Beni savanna in Bolivia? I find it so weird that it's surrounded on all sides by rainforest yet I cannot find an explanation for it's existence.

[@eliletts8149]

Great video! I actually did not know about this Plateau previously! Thanks for sharing! By the way, the chimpanzee, African forest elephant, red river hog, and sitatunga antelope also range into savanna habitats in the northern and eastern edges of their distributions too!

[@stevevassallo4323]

As always, very well done and intriguing.

[@neilwilson5785]

I really like this channel. Geography is a discipline that can describe the world.

[@huntercool2232]

Very interesting video! Thank you!

[@Unbruto]

Another hit!

[@newstuffalways]

Very interesting and high quality video. I didn't know a place like this existed. Looking forward for your more interesting videos.

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

Congo

[@brunobarbosa9728]

I loved this video!!!! You are so synthetic! Really helps with my classes, i can assign this video to my students!

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

A SilverBack vs Male Lion Encounter would be epic!

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

Have always thought the gorilla would win...

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

@@stephansteohanlarsen7457 It could be so.

[@samuelduchesne5841]

i agree@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886

[@gigachad6885]

​@@stephansteohanlarsen7457gorillas get trashed by leopards. Stop it

[@divinepraise6931]

@@stephansteohanlarsen7457 The Gorilla will Loose

[@PainfullySubjective]

what a cool idea. excellent research & presentation!

[@kevinvollendorf3180]

This is my favorite channel

[@aronc24]

This one brought a smile to my face!

[@warnutztheloser]

Didnt knw they were so close 2 each other. If they would meet lion vs gorilla it would be greatest footage ever

[@heitorsantos7046]

Had been registred 9 fightig between leopards at gorillas. But not with lions

[@vanessamhondiwa4728]

been looking for this

[@hiruharii]

theoretically, they could sustain the lion population forever with periodic introductions of males and females with unrelated DNA...

[@charybdis8113]

This was very informative

[@vittalius9522]

Fascinating

[@harperwin3553]

Interesting, thanks.

[@EdwardHamiltonDavis1]

Fascinating!

[@areyouok6674]

Nice vid

[@alkyycarovny8334]

Your best video yet!

[@user-ul5pt1yb8z]

Thanks a lot

[@fenixselfhelp7177]

love the tie sir

[@tibolcb6446]

you forgot "humans didn't destroy yet but they will soon" between Place and Where in your title

[@SGNationTeeVee]

What an amazing part of Africa its like its own planet

[@mobidickahlam]

Not only bateke but also Congo drc in North East and East Congo drc and plateau bateke they also found hyena

[@xamishia]

Very cool

[@YoungMesrine]

🇬🇦🇨🇩Good video

[@JEMurl]

Excellent Lion 🦁

[@mmaphilosophy]

Thank you for this info but I have la question, do you know if western lowland and mountain gorrillas ever come in to contact and is their any hybrids of the two different gorrilla types ?

[@emilyjay4152]

This must be where Pride Rock is

[@slockywush04]

No pride rock is in Tanzania or Kenya

[@zzzzz45zzzzz79]

It’s fictional

[@jamesatlas5204]

europeans hunting also turned India from land full of Tigers to just a thousand Tigers

[@divinepraise6931]

The Asiatic Lion's Case is Worst !!! It was turned to only 12 Lions, Luckily the Population Increases to Over 700

[@pain8117]

Dude I LOVE gorillas

[@kapuzinergruft]

Coexist... some kind of funny sum up

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

What about the 2 thin salients of grassland to the west.

[@tylersouza]

ok so how do we get them to fight each other

[@jpaulstudios5152]

Zira talks to tublat Zira from the lion king 2 Simba's pride and Tublat from the legend of Tarzan tv series

[@slockywush04]

I remember that

[@heitorsantos7046]

Kerchack and Mufasa are from Disney too

[@SG003]

I want to see gorilla family vs lion family fight

[@alickaliker7322]

uganda ? we have mountain gorrilas in the south-western part of the country and lions aswell,what my parents told me growing up

[@joshuagonzalez3099]

I'm sure that lions and gorillas coexist in gabon as well as loango national park.

[@heitorsantos7046]

Imagine if the camera traps discovered a 530 pounds lion chasing a gorilla trops and face an 300 pounds silverback gorilla.

[@wpower7435]

1:42 this view is spectacular I'm happy there is still hope for the lion population

[@divinepraise6931]

EXACTLY Bro.

[@lunatikkk157]

good ass video

[@christmauricemouvenguiibou6623]

Home...

[@slockywush04]

Hopefully lions and gorillas will meet in the future in that place. If it does happen, people all over will be talking about it

[@Mrmidknight-yx9pg]

I mean not to speak for the gorillas or anything I think they would pefer not

[@Transilvanian90]

My boy just chilling on a hike through the forest and people making plans to send him two lionesses. Either he's the luckiest lion alive or someone's screwing with his peace of mind lol

[@davidec.4021]

It really bugs me how the map on the back splits a CONTINENT in 2 instead of splitting an ocean, just to keep the American continent central

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

There's no perfect meridian that's all ocean.

[@chipwalter4490]

I LUV U GORRILLAZ✌💚💚💚💚💚

[@ngumzakwanza8495]

CONGOS

[@user-jv3ip7lk6x]

لا اله الا الله سبحان الخالق

[@dennisikechukwu]

We thank God for this great work of nature in Jesus Christ name. .we thank you for loving nature to the glory of God and for protecting it to the glory of God

[@BibleTalkWithLeon]

Amen

[@KDSima]

Horrible that human’s destroyed the population of lions.

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

And gorillas

[@KDSima]

@@stephansteohanlarsen7457 True. I was just referring to the one lonely lion the video talked about.

[@samuelduchesne5841]

i agree @@KDSima we should give gun to gorilla so that they can even the scale amen

[@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski]

I'm torn about reintroduction and recovery of extinct and threatened species. whenever you artificially increase the population of an animal/organism in an ecosystem you are almost directly killing an unknown amount of others. recovery of lions in this region for example is going to ensure the death of many other of the native animals and what gives us the right to treat nature like it's our own personal zoo? there's been tremendous efforts to reintroduce animals like wolves to areas where they've gone extinct and thats great for wolves but its a nightmare for the local cervid and rodent population. why are wolves a more valuable animal than the others? i think we should be as hands off as possible with the wild fauna around us.

[@G416d3]

Charsd stupid

[@EuroWarsOrg]

My what racists they are... lol

[@hikerJohn]

A rather irrelevant title

[@MSRLR]

I see gorillas in chicago and detriot

[@kof867]

Feel free to join us in the 21st century at any time

[@burner555]

Only a gorilla would wrote this comment

[@jefferydavy154]

If a male lion caches a gorilla it will kill it

[@chaucerparks1713]

🤔✌

[@jefferydavy154]

@@chaucerparks1713 a silver back is not worthy to compare with male lion for is leopards are known to kill them what the hell male lion will do which is the strongest land predator on earth and I can prove it

[@slockywush04]

@@jefferydavy154good point

[@jefferydavy154]

@@slockywush04 that’s right a male lion to a silver back gorilla is like a human to a male lion it’s the same result I have link of one male lion kills a adult 3,500 pound giraffe alone so what would it do to gorilla with no claws to even hurt the lion and a male is still stronger than it with longer canine’s and deadly claws

[@thecanadiandane7262]

A lion would certainly kill a gorilla, but under the right circumstances it also risks walking away with broken bones and ghastly wounds. Silverback gorillas have a stronger bite force than both lions and bears, and they’re definitely mighty enough to break bones with a swing of their arm. A lion wins the battle, but the gorilla protects his family for sure

[@chrisbennett6260]

their no way you should put lions into that area that will end up killing gorillas evil wicked thing to do