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 lion's average life span is 13 years but a lion named "Nero" once lived to the ripe old ageof 29 in a West German zoo. |
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 ions rarely eat an entire kill. Hyenas and vultures finish the rest. |
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| ionesses hunt in groups. While one group of lions drives the prey to a certain area, another group will wait to ambush the approaching animals. |
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 ther lionesses in a pride will "baby-sit" a mother's cubs while she goes off to hunt. |
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| lioness can run as fast as 35 mph for short distances and can leap more that 30 feet. |
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 here are only one fourth the number of lions in Africa as there were just 40 years ago. |
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| lion's eyesight is five times better than a human's, and it can hear prey that is more then a mile away. |
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 sing their keen sense of smell, lions can tell if prey is nearby and even how long ago it was in the area. |
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 t may take up to 4 hours for a pride of lions to finish eating. |
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| male lion eats first, even though the females actually catch the prey. |
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| fter eating, a thirsty lion may drink for as long as 20 minutes. |
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| captive lion eats about 15 pounds of meat each day, but a wild lion usually eats only twice a week. |
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| ions were once thought to magical creatures and were worshipped as gods. |
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| ions are the most social of all the cats, living in groups called "prides." There can be up to 40 members in a pride with over half of them being cubs and young adults. |
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 emales will often stay with the pride their entire life, while young males are driven out. |
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| he Term "King of the Beast" is misleading because a lion will run from many creatures, including elephants and rhinoceros. |
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| group of Lions is called a "Pride" |
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| female Lion is called a "Lioness" |
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| he hunting grounds for a pride of lions can range from 8 to 150 square miles. |
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| he largest lion on record was almost 11 feet long and weighed nearly 700 pounds. |
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