The Hunters Are Female
Lionesses make roughly 90 percent of a pride's kills. That figure comes from decades of field observation in the Serengeti, including the long-running lion research project led by Craig Packer at the University of Minnesota, one of the most comprehensive predator studies ever conducted. The male is physically capable of hunting, he simply does it far less often, partly because the mane raises his body temperature and makes sustained pursuit harder in open savanna heat, and partly because the pride's hunting structure does not require him to.
