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Lion Facts
Some Information & Graphics obtained from Wikipedia
  • Lions are the only big cats to live in social group.  These are
    known as “prides”.
  • The record body length of the Asiatic Lion is 2,92 metres,
    including the tail.  It is a little smaller than the African lion,
    where the record length is 3.3 metres.
  • Lions once roamed in Africa, southern Europe, and parts of Asia.
    Today their primary habitats are in Africa, with a few still living in
    the Gir Forest of India.
  • A fully grown adult male lion can weigh between 330 and 550
    pounds (150 and 250 kilograms).  A female lioness is around 80
    to 170 kilograms.  A small pet cat weighs about 2 kilograms.  This
    means that about 80 pet cats would weigh the same as a 160
    kg lion…. Uh!
  • Lions live in grasslands and plains. Their tawny-coloured coats
    act as camouflage. They are not jungle dwellers.
  • When males are forced to leave the pride that they were born
    into, they form small bachelor groups and roam.
  • Lions drink with their tongues and can usually lap a little water
    at a time. It takes about ten minutes to “fill him up.”
  • Lions in the Kalahari Desert have been seen eating melons to
    get the water that they need.
  • One way researchers identify individual lions is by recording the
    spots on their muzzles.
  • Lions are carnivores—meat eaters. They hunt animals ranging in
    size from small hares to large buffalo.
  • Lions have been known to live nearly 30 years in captivity and
    have an average life span of 15 years in the wild.
  • Lions can run at a top speed of 36 miles (58 kilometres) an hour,
    but not for long.  
  • After they feed, lions may not hunt for a few days.  But when
    they eat, they usually eat all of their prey at once.
  • The molar, or back, teeth in humans and grazing animal are
    designed for chewing.  But a lion’s molar teeth are designed for
    cutting.   Lions also use their rough tongues to help rip the meat
    before they swallow it.
  • Lions have a special spongy cartilage in their throats, which
    helps them roar.  Small cats have rigid bones in their throats,
    which means that they cannot roar.  But small cats are able to
    purr continuously while lions are not.
  • When a lion lies down in the grass you can hardly see it
    because of the colour of its fur matches the grass.  This is known
    as “camouflage”.
  • Another difference between small cats and big cats is how
    they sit down.  Small cats tend to bend their paws at the wrist
    and tuck them under their body and wrap their tails around
    the body.  Big cats tend to rest with their paws in front of their
    bodies and extend their tails straight behind them.
  • You can tell the difference been an Asiatic lion and an African
    lion by their manes.  African lions tend to have much heavier
    manes, which hide their ears.  Asiatic lions have much smaller
    manes and their ears are usually visible.
  • Male lions are the only cats to have manes.
  • Lions are the only cats to have tufts of hair at the end of their
    tails.