24 Amazing facts about lions

24 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT LIONS

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There are two main types of lions living on the planet today African lions and Asiatic lions African lions live in well Africa.they can be found in countries like Angola Botswana Mozambique Tanzania the Central African Republic South Sudan and other parts of sub-saharan Africa they mostly live in grasslands or open woodlands Asiatic lions on the other hand are a much smaller group that mostly live in the Gir Forest National Park in India they're slightly smaller than their African counterparts and have lighter fur so next time you come face-to-face with a lion you'll know which kind it is for about two seconds before you have to run for your life 

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Most big cats live a lonely solitary life but not lions they're actually very social animals that live in groups called prides and that's one family photo I'd sure be proud of .

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African lion prides will usually have up to three adult males about 12 females and all of their lion cubs prides can range from just a few lions living together to as many as 40 whoa that must get pretty crazy at dinnertime.

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But that's just African lions easy attic lion prides are a little different instead they divide themselves into two different prides a female pride and a male pride those prides only come together during the mating season where they bravely put their fear of cooties to the side .

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In both types of lion prides the females stay with their group all the females in a pride are usually related to each other because they tend to stay with the same pride for their whole lives males on the other hand wander up to create their own pride once they're old enough.

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African lions eat large animals like antelopes zebras wildebeests and will even eat small animals like mice snack easy at-a-glance also eat large animals as well but they mainly go for goats hippos and even Buffalo .

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You may have seen some kids movies that claim that Lions will make the kills and hyenas will eat the scraps but it's actually the other way around hunting makes up only about half of the food that a lion eats the rest comes from scavenging other kills made by hyenas cheetahs and leopards.

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The females are also the main hunters in a pride and - about 90% of all the hunting they form hunting parties to chase and trap the fast animals found in the grasslands and Jones they usually hunt at night in groups of two or three using teamwork to stop surround and kill their prey.

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Lions are capable of going toe-to-toe with animals way bigger than them if they need to according to the SmithsonianNational Zoo Lions can kill animals that weigh up to 1,000 pounds and that's two or three times bigger than they are Lions used their speed strength and extremely powerful jaws to make it happen. 

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But don't let all the hunting and stalking fool you just like house cats Lions love to rest and relax they spend a lot of their time rubbing heads purring and licking each other which sounds adorable until you realize how close you have to get to a lion's mouth to make that happen.

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In fact lions are considered by experts to be the laziest of all the big cats they usually spend between 16 and 20 hours a day sleeping which sounds a lot.

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Even when Lions do hunt they're not quite as amazing at it as you might have thought Lions return from most hunts empty-handed and only occasionally catch and kill large prey which isn't ideal .

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When you eat as much as a lion does a female lion needs to eat over 10 pounds of meat every single day and an adult male needs over 15 pounds they can go for days without drinking water though mainly because they get moisture from the meat they eat that keeps them hydrated juice that sounds disgusting.

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Female lions generally mate once every two years or so which means all the females in a bride will get pregnant right around the same time he likes.

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Lions give birth to between one and six cubs at a time and since all the lionesses get pregnant at the same time all the Cubs in a pride grow up together it's such a community effort that the Cubs are taken care of by all the lionesses together so that none of them get neglected I guess the old saying is true it takes a village to raise a baby and a huge pack of lions to raise a cub .

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Wait hang on so if lionesses give birth raise the Cubs and do the hunting then what on earth do male lions do well their main job is defending the prides territory which is no small task a pride of lions can control territory as big as a hundred square miles which means there's plenty of work to be done making sure no other animals are hunting in their space.

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Lions aren't just big and strong they're fast too according to the World Wildlife Foundation a fully grown lion can run up to 50 miles per hour for short distances and can leap up to 35 feet in the air for comparison the world long jump record is just over 29 feet and that means your average lion can jump about six feet farther than even the most talented humans.

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Around the world the lion has been referred to as the king of the jungle but that's not really the case African lions really only live in grasslands plains and lightly forested areas not jungles easy attic lions do live in jungle areas of India but they make up only a fraction of the worldwide lion population so it's more like fear the king of the zoo lucky.

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Life in the wild is tough and unforgiving for a lion their average life span when living in nature is between 12 and 16 years but in captivity they actually live longer since they don't need to hunt for their food or worry about predators they can live upto 25 years.

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Rare white lions can be found in the Tim Baba tea game reserve in southeastern Africa they're the same species as the African lion they just have a DNA trait similar to albinism that can make their fur either light blonde or near white for many years it was believed that white lions couldn't survive in the wild because they lack the camouflage to stalk and hunt prey but this was proven wrong when in 2003 the global white lion Protection trust introduced white lions into the wild for the very first time and the results while they were really surprising white lion prides were able to hunt as well or in some cases even better than their traditional counterparts this shattered the idea that they couldn't hunt on their own and has helped continue the efforts to reintroduce their species into the wild .

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You can't have a list about lions without mentioning their defining physical trait the mane there's plenty of negatives to having a big full of thick hair all around your head when you live in the sweltering African heat so what's the deal for a long time people believed it may be to protect vulnerable spots like the neck from attacked by other lions but it turns out most Lions actually attack from behind the reason for the mane it turns out is the same reason rock stars and surfer guys grow out their hair to attract their mate it takes good genes for a lion to live long enough to grow a full thick mane so over the centuries lionesses have figured out that a lush head of hair means a mate that's cut out for protecting her and her cubs from predators in fact a good gauge of a male lions age is the darkness of his Mane the darker the main the older the lion you back .

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The term big cats in case you didn't know specifically refers to lions tigers leopards and jaguars big cats are the only cats who can truly roar they have a specially designed larynx in their throat that allows them to project their ferocious Gal a male's loud roar usually heard at night can carry up to five miles and warns of intruders or helps round up stray members of the pride.

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The lion is the only member of the cat family with a tassel tail meaning it has a pup of loose long hair at the end it's used to signal to other members of the prize and give commands like this way or say things like you look mighty fine oh what a place.

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African lions are internationally recognized as a vulnerable and threatened species this is because over the last century their numbers have been rapidly decreasing currently the entire population of African lions is estimated to only be between 30 and a hundred thousand the population has been cut in half in the past 20 years alone because of retaliatory killings by the farmers whose livestock the Lions have eaten as well as from trophy hunting and the loss of their natural habitats so while these creatures might be beautiful majestic and fierce they also might not be here too much longer if we don't start treating them right.

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