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Post by » skye on Jun 14, 2012 17:55:39 GMT -5
Living in various territories across the African savannah, lions and other creatures alike are used to intense heat and little seasonal rainfall. They have grown accustomed to the dry landscape and dwindling water supply that occurs before each rainfall. Despite precipitation being so scarce, it has always been a regular occurrence across the territories, coming at the same time each year. The annual rains refill the watering holes and quench the dry earth, bringing life to the vegetation that survives here. It lowers the unbearable temperatures across the lands, allowing a few days respite from the blazing rays of the sun.
So when the rainy season comes and goes without any precipitation, it becomes a cause for concern across the lands. The heat throughout the territories becomes unbearable with nothing to shield the land from the blaring rays of the sun. The already dry land becomes cracked and broken with very little moisture remaining in the soil. The vegetation becomes dry and dead, leaving no source of food for the grazing animals that call these lands home. While water sources dry up, becoming small puddles on the dry earth.
As a result, many of the grazing animals begin to migrate in search of food and water in other areas. They have left behind prides of carnivorous lions without any source of food. The lions are starving, thirsty, and struggling to survive in the unbearable heat. Many seek the help of those in other territories to try to come up with a solution to the problem, while others are only concerned with their own survival. Some prides try to ration their resources for their own members, only to have them stolen by outsiders trying to help their own prides. The victims of a rare drought, lions throughout the territories have found themselves struggling for survival against the elements and against each other. While the drought may bring some closer together, it could tear others apart.
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