Sarah Kanowski

What's the significance of that?

Why is that crucial?

When you go to count lions, how do you know you're not counting the same lion twice?

So is this how you've been doing your sensors, photographing lions and distinguishing them that way?

I'm imagining this is involving a lot of scientists or researchers spreading out over a great distance to do the counting.

How many people have you needed to conduct the census?

The fact that the tree climbing lions you've spent so much time with spend most of the day sitting around in trees, does that make them an easier group to count than lions that are moving about on land?

And where are you with the results at the moment, Alex?

Have you got figures on how many of these, say, tree climbing lines are left in Africa?

72 seems tiny.

Is that viable?

I mean, what do you think the future of these lions is?

And are females more likely to be targeted by humans for some reason?

And what's happened with Jacob, this lion that, as you say, has survived maybe four of its nine close encounters?

Do you know what's up with him now?

Have you seen him recently?

And is your hope that you'll try to get back there to encounter him again?

You, of course, are an Australian now.

Is there any of this learning in terms of wildlife that you're applying to the native species around you in this country?

Alex, I think it's actually been in the best interests of science and wildlife conservation that you ended up getting expelled and spending that time in Joburg Zoo and led to your life here with us.