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Females will be close to 50 years old before they are ready to take on the role of matriarch.
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Females will be close to 50 years old before they are ready to take on the role of matriarch.

African elephantelephant

  • Lions are an apex and keystone predator. Females cooperate when hunting and prey mostily on large ungulates, including antelope, deer, buffalo, zebras and even giraffes.
  • China is thought to be world's largest consumer of ivory.
  • Females will be close to 50 years old before they are ready to take on the role of matriarch.
  • Once widespread throughout North America, Eurasia and Africa, lions currently inhabit scattered populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and one population in wester India. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996, as populations in African ranges countries declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. The threats to the lions exhistance include habitat loss and conflicts with humans. The Asiatic lion and the West African lion are listed as Endangered and Critically Endangerd respectively.
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  • If a young, male lion has been kicked out of its pride, they often associate with other young males, until they are old enough and strong enough to challenge a leader of another pride.
  • An elephant's giant ears serve several purposes. First, they act as a cooling mechanism for the elephant by both fanning their body, and by radiating heat.These giant ears also help them hear calls from great distances, helping them to find a mate and keep track of their calves.
  • Lions are considered to be the second-largest living cat species after the tiger.
  • Lions have been known to breed with tigers to create hybrids called "ligers". They have also been crossed with leopards to produce "leopons". Such hybrid breeding is now discouraged due to the emphasis on conserving species and subspecies. Hybrids are still bred in private menageries and in zoos in China.
  • This group of four lionesses were drinking together at a small pond. They had recently killed a cape buffalo and drug it into the bushes where the cubs could eat it. Lionesses are often the group that goes out and hunts, while the male stays back, waiting.
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