General Description
Lions were the second
abundant species on earth after humans but their number decreased due to
growing human population and ruthless predation from time to time. Today, lions
are found in Africa and some parts of Asia(
India) . They are most endangered species and are killed for sports and self
defense. Lion are carnivores and feed on prey. They live in groups called
pride. They are distributed in territories. The male members are halves the
size bigger than females and known as the king of jungle. The mane of male
lion makes him awesome and dominant.
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Hunting Technique
Although male and female
both hunt but females are more suitable for hunting and killing than the males.
Usually, the faster member of the pride launches attack on the prey and other
male and female follow suit. They neutralize the pray by tearing it throat
and other vital organs. A
single male/female member or a whole pride may participate in hunting together.
They are marked with hide and seek technique to capture their prey. They can follow their prey at a speed of 60km/h.
during the fight when the prey is
tightly held, lion can breathe through its nose. It is worth mentioning, that
the clever hyenas mostly embarrass and scavenger their prey.
Communication
The lions like humans are very good at natural communication. They
produe variety of sounds
clearly understood by the pride. The roar of a lion can be heard over a
distance of 10km. they mostly roar alone at day and together at night.
Distribution
Lions are scattered in
Sub Sahara-Africa and northwest India .
Salvation
They are endangered
species and their number has significantly bean decreased in Africa due to
indiscriminate hunting for sports.
Food
Lions eat mammals (like cow,goat, zebra , deer and
stag etc).
Habitat
They live in grass land
,forests,deserets ,ebbs and woodland dens.
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