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Photos Of A Lion Biography

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Basic lion facts:

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)

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It's always exciting seeing lions in the wild. If you're lucky, they'll be close enough to photograph.

Whenever I return from an African safari with one or two reasonable lion pictures, I count myself lucky as these magnificent predators are often spotted only in the distance. Even when you do see them at close range, there's a good chance they'll be fast asleep!

This gallery of lion images was taken in South Africa (mainly Kruger National Park) and Botswana.

Parent category: Big Cat Pictures

These lions were photographed at the Denver Zoo. A lion and two and lionesses are shown in this series of lion pics. The male has a thick mane which is yellowish at the roots with black tips. These are South African Lions whose native habitat is in sub-saharan Africa. African lions are not listed as endangered, but their habitat is shrinking. See the Defenders of Wildlife Lions Page for more information on protecting lions in the wild.

You are welcome to use our free lion pictures for any purpose, including websites, blogs, educational projects, and anything else you want. If you use our lion images, please link to us.

1.There may be one species of lion but did you know that it was believed that there were up

to 12 subspecies of lion? Unfortunately, some of these subspecies are now extinct and

others have been discounted for being too similar. So today we are left with 8 - for now.

2. Lions have been known to breed with tigers (most often the Siberian and Bengal

subspecies) to create hybrids called ligers and tiglons (or tigons). They also have been

crossed with leopards to produce leopons and jaguars to produce jaglions. The marozi is

reputedly a spotted lion or a naturally occurring leopon, while the Congolese Spotted Lion

is a complex lion-jaguar-leopard hybrid called a lijagulep. Such hybrids were once commonly

bred in zoos, but this is now discouraged due to the emphasis on conserving species and

subspecies. Hybrids are still bred in private menageries and in zoos in China.

3. The lion is the tallest (at the shoulder) of all living cats, averaging about 14 cm (5.5

in) taller than the tiger. Behind only the tiger, the lion is the second largest living big

cat in length and weight.

4. The longest known lion, at nearly 3.6 m (12 ft) in total length, was a black-maned male

shot near Mucsso, southern Angola in October 1973; the heaviest lion known in the wild was

a man-eater shot in 1936 just outside Hectorspruit in eastern Transvaal, South Africa and

weighed 313 kg (690 lb).

5. The mane of the adult male lion, unique among cats, is one of the most distinctive

characteristics of the species. It makes the lion appear larger, providing an excellent

intimidation display; this aids the lion during confrontations with other lions and with

the species' chief competitor in Africa, the spotted hyena.