LIONS

FOOD SOURCES

• Baby elephant
• Hippopotamus
• Zebras
• Giraffes
• Gazelles and cape buffalo

WHERE LIONS ARE FOUND

• Lions are found in Africa
• On the sahara desert of South Africa
• And in the African grasslands

Reproduce

• They sexually reproduce
• 1 lions a year
• When lions breed with tigers the resulting are known as ligers and tigons.

LIGER

TIGON

EXTINCTION

• There are only found in Africa
• About 23,000 are in the whole world

Threatened

• People hunt them for fun
• It's illegal to kill lions
• People kill about 100 lions every year

BEHAVIOR

• lions live in large groups called "prides,"
• Females do most of the hunting
• They sleep during the day
• Do most of the hunting at night
• Very protective

FACTS ABOUT LIONS

• Lions are the second largest big cat species in the world
• The roar of a lion can be heard from 8 kilometers away
• darker manes are more likely to attract female lions
• Lions in the wild live for around 12 years.
• Lionesses are better hunters than males

MORE FACTS

• They are carnivores
• Lions can smell nearby prey and estimate how long it was in the area.
• Lions can go four days without drinking.
• When males join a pride, they usually kill other cubs.
• Cubs are very playful

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