FOUR BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ! Lions do climb trees! It was a pleasant and cloudy afternoon at the Serengeti National park. I composed this moment when the mother and cubs started climbing the tree to get a vantage point and to avoid the sun. There are no more than 2 populations in whole world of such lions that do actually climb trees as one of their day after day behaviour. Lions also climb trees to avoid bug bites and to stalk prey from greater distances.