THE LION

Kingdom: Animal

Type: Mammals

Charateristics: 

• We place the habitat of lions in Africa and Asia.

• They live in herds.

• Lions have musculars bodies.

• Their heads are big and they have short limbs.

• They have about two meters long and one meter tail.

• They weigh between 150 and 240 kilos in males and between 125 and 180 kilos in females.

• Typically they live approxinmately 15 years.

• They are carnivores.

Relationship:

1) Interespecific

• The lion is a predator.
• They are carnivores and tend to feed on large mammanls, but also eat smaller mammals and reptils.

2) Intraespecific

• The lion is a social animal.
• The lions are the most social of all big cats and live together in groups or "prides". A pride consists of about 15 lions.
• Male lions defend the pride´s territory while females do most of the hunting. Despite this, the males eat first.

• When young males are old enough to mate they must leave the group, then they form they own herd.
• The lion is not a very active animal, usually rests about 20 hours a day.
• Some lions are hunters and other caregivers.

Fun Facts:

• The lion has forever been a symbol of strength, power and ferocity.
• Even though the lion is sometimes referred to as the "king of the jungle", the lion actually only lives in grasslands and plants. The expressions may have come from an incorrect association between Africa and jungles oy may refer to a less literal meaning of the word jungle.

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