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the largest and most powerful of all the African big cats, in fact with some males

exceeding 250 kg in weight, there is only one species of cat larger – the tiger!

Unlike most other members of the cat family, the lion is a social animal living in a family

group known as a ‘pride’. A pride can hold between 16 and 30 members. Lions are apex

predators, although they scavenge as opportunity allows. While lions do not typically hunt

humans, some have been known to do so. Those that do are given the name 'Man Killer' and

are hunted until they are caught and killed by locals.

Sleeping mainly during the day, lions are primarily nocturnal, although bordering on

crepuscular in nature. This means that they are active primarily during dawn and dusk.

Some prides included a single male, while others can have up to 6 males. Where a pride has

more than one male lion, they are probably litter mates or have established a permanent

bond as siblings.

Nowadays, wild lions only remain in remote areas which have yet to be developed by man.

So, just where do lions live?

Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered remnant

population in Gir Forest National Park in India. Unfortunately, lion populations

disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. A small population was

once believed to have survived in remote parts if Iran, but these too are now thought to be

extinct.

Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large

land mammal after humans. In fact, they were once found in most of Africa, across Eurasia

from Western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru.

Unfortunately today, the lion has become a species at risk, having seen a possibly

irreversible population decline of thirty to fifty percent over the past two decades in its

African range.

This means that lion populations are now next to untenable outside designated reserves and

national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and

conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Within Africa, the West

African lion population is particularly endangered.

Known as the only truly social cats, lions live a nomadic lifestyle in groups called

prides, with a pack mentality that is usually led by the females.

Lions have golden yellow fur, and the adult male lions have shaggy manes that range in

color from blond to reddish to black. The color appears to depend on a lions age, genetics

and hormone levels.

Male lions grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) in length and usually weigh around 330 to 550

pounds (150 to 250 kilograms), while female lions are smaller, growing up to 9 feet (2.7 m)

in length and weighing between 265 to 395 pounds (120 to 180 kg), according to the National

Zoo. A lion's tail adds another 2 to 3 feet to their length (0.6 to 1 m). Adult lions stand

about 3.5 to 4 feet high at their shoulders. (Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than

African lions)

Lions' bodies are built for hunting: They are strong and compact, with strong forelimbs and

jaws that help them bring down their prey.

Lions mostly eat large animals, such as zebra and wildebeest. They also steal from other

predators such as hyenas and leopards. Females are the primary hunters in a pride.

Female lions mate about every two years, giving birth to one to six cubs after a three-and

-half-month gestation period. About 60 to 70 percent of cubs die within the first year of

their life. Females cooperate in raising a pride's cubs.

Breeding