We are Unity

Friend: Oh yeah I guess they are a pretty sexually open group.

Yes, everything about me is fucked up, but what if that was secretly awesome?

Obviously I am a lion under the constant supervision of humans, and I talked about tracking collars in January (and even tried to make it but that's a different story), but never thought of the codes... I loved this idea; my identifier is presumably LF0919. I'll explain why, down under the general info.

I researched the topic of lion tracking and how their IDs are formed.

So, most often the code consists of several parts:

Examples

M023 Male (male) #23 F014 Female (female) #14 LM12 Lion Male #12 LF08 Lion Female #8 PR3-M07 pride #3, male #7 BA-b01-AF pride Barafu, individual b01, Adult Female

Often added:

Area: SG-M015 - Serengeti, Male 15; Pride: MW-F03 - Mwamba pride, Female 3; Year: 22M04 - male #4, first registered in 2022; Age: AM (Adult Male), AF (Adult Female), SM (Subadult Male), SF (Subadult Female), C (Cub).

And why is this (LF0919) my ID? This Lion Female was awakened in September 2019, similar to the "first registered in" template.

Also very useful for reference sheets.

In addition to the radio tracking ID code (mine is LF0919, more details here in this post), lions are identified using several other ways:

Unique whisker spot patterns on their muzzles are much like human fingerprints. Also with ear tears (notches), scars, nose pigmentation, and mane size/color (for males).

I'm myself not really sure with the nose part, as the nose changes color with age, pink when young and dark when older.

picture sources: 1, 2, 3-4, 5-6, 7, 8. the 5-6 pictures are from LINC, standing for Lion Identification Network of Collaborators, it's a very interesting website, take a look if you want.

Now I just want to take my black eyeliner and experiment with drawing specific dots on my lip.