Art - Which?

[hwango]

Which do you like better?

Larger color palette: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21617414/

or

More monochromatic: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21617476/

...and any other comments or suggestions also welcome.

Comments

[octophobic.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're right that only old lions get fat and lazy. I was joking based on something I saw which indicates that lions do as little moving as possible. Apparently muscle can only be repaired so many times so the lion's strategy is to exercise in quick bursts.

I've seen it mentioned on a few shows that the female lions do most of the hunting. The male lion's primary role is to protect his den from other predators and other lions. And apparently to mark out their territory. No doubt a daily chore. ;)

From above article:
"The females do most of the hunting: the pride either walks in single file, or fans out in a loose formation, searching for potential prey."

Another article:
"The lionesses do a considerable part of the hunting."

Wikipedia Lion entry:
"The females do the hunting for the pride while the males are largely occupied with maintaining the borders of their territory. Males are expelled from the pride when they reach maturity. When or if a male coalition takes over a pride and ousts the previous coalition, the conquerors often kill any cubs that they did not father."

The only thing I don't like about Wikipedia is that people aren't required to quote or list their sources.

Male lions have it pretty good. Until of course someone younger comes along and steals their whole den. Lions are kind of like business executives I guess.