The Hoaruseb Pride

Xpl-44 Movements

The adult male lion (Xpl-44) was selected for the GPS collar allocated to the lions in the Hoaruseb River. Xpl-44 joined the Hoaruseb lionesses in March 2007 and came from the Hoanib/Hunkap pride. He has settled in along the Hoaruseb River and are regularly seen with the females and their cubs. "Leonardo" was shot in April 2010.

Real-time animations
The movement patterns of the adult male (Xpl-44) of the Hoaruseb Pride during 2008 are presented below using Flash animations to represent real-time events. Click on the PLAY button to start the animation. The timeline is constant at 2.5 seconds per day (24 hrs). When the red dot moves quickly across the screen, it accurately represents the speed at which the lion covered vast distances. A summary of the actual distances traveled per day is listed in a separate table.

Period: 13 - 27 Dec 2008 - updated every week (when possible). Dates of previous updates are in bold (below).

Date	Distance (km)
13 Dec 2008	8.5
14 Dec 2008	7.1
15 Dec 2008	5.3
16 Dec 2008	6.2
17 Dec 2008	18.2
18 Dec 2008	27.5
19 Dec 2008	14.1
20 Dec 2008	7.7
21 Dec 2008	1.6
22 Dec 2008	1.9
23 Dec 2008	1.7
24 Dec 2008	2.5
25 Dec 2008	4.5
26 Dec 2008
27 Dec 2008

Earlier animations of Xpl-44

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