A lion that lost one leg to a poacher’s snare has defied the expectations of conservation scientists by adopting an inventive new hunting strategy.
Jacob, an 11-year-old lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, made headlines last year when he and his brother were filmed swimming 1.5 kilometres across a crocodile-filled river, the longest swim ever recorded in their species.
Wounded carnivores usually scavenge, take cattle or rely on a pride for food if they are lucky, but Jacob, who is also missing an eye after being gored by a water buffalo, has only his brother Tibu to support him.
