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Cats for Kids
The picture on the right shows the female lion, or lioness with a cub of a few weeks old. She does not have the mane that the male has. A pride of lions will normally consist of a lead adult male and any number of females, juveniles and cubs. Whilst the male will protect his pride with all his strenght, |
Lion: panthera
leo
The
lion has long been called the king of the
jungle. The male, with his huge mane of
hair looks truely regal. The little chap on
the right though, has a long way to go. Of
all the big cats on earth the Lion is the only
one that lives in a family group. This
group is called a pride.
| it is the lionesses of the pride that do all the hunting. When the hunt is over and the hard work done, the male strolls over to take first turn in feeding. When he has eaten his fill the rest of the pride can squabble over what is left. The king of the jungle is quite lazy. |
| Below
left, you can see how the lioness carries her
cubs. She will only carry one at the time
and this does not hurt the cubs. Quite what
is happening with the cub on the right I
don’t know. Is it getting a telling
off, or is it looking for food bits in the
lionesses mouth? Is the lioness telling the
cub something?
..we will publish your ideas on this site if we get your name, age and country where you live.
Lions are to be found throughout most of central and southern Africa. They are carnivours (meat eaters), and like all big cats only kill to eat. They are not classed as an endangered species. They breed so well in captivity that zoos have to stop them breeding as there is no place for all the new cubs. The lion has become a successful survivor so the king of the jungle should remain with us for a long time.
At the end of a long day, three juvenile male lions take a well earned drink!
The male sits proudly in the background, whilst the cub snuggles up to its mother. Here is a wonderful picture |
even
lion cubs have to have a wash.
and at
the end of the page is a wonderful picture of a
Lion family. |
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