Yes, lions steal from hyenas and vice versa sometimes depending on the numbers. For example H. Kruuk, in his work: The spotted hyena: A study of predation and social behavior – 1990 – University of Chicago Press, reported on two … Continue reading →
Female lions very rarely have manes due to relatively high levels of testosterone. Male lions can lose their mane for the opposite reason: low levels of testosterone, after, for example, being castrated. THERE ARE SOME MORE ARTICLES ON THE LION … Continue reading →
The full reasons why animals yawn is still work in progress but we have known for a long time that yawning in animals and humans helps to wake us up because it increases blood flow to the head which oxygenates … Continue reading →
The question in the title is pretty well redundant today because you will see many videos on YouTube and on other video websites showing lions successfully attacking and killing both adult and sub-adults giraffes. It said that the main predator … Continue reading →
After careful research I can only find two instance in which it is said that lions shed their mane but the information appears to be unsupported by good evidence and all the other instances of lions having thinner manes are … Continue reading →
The major reason why lions living in the wild attack humans is because they are injured or elderly and infirm and as a consequence incapable of surviving in the conventional way by preying on large animals. Lions attack zookeepers in … Continue reading →
You may remember Cecil the Lion. He was killed by an American dentist from Minnesota, Walter Palmer, with an arrow but the arrow failed to kill him and he was ultimately killed by someone else who helped organise the trophy … Continue reading →
“Lions appear to be primarily nocturnal..but there are no hard and fast rules as to when they are active”. Those are the words of two of the best experts on the wild cat species, Mel and Fiona Sunquist. It depends … Continue reading →
This is an interesting picture of Jackie, the second lion used by MGM, who featured in MGM’s well-known opening credits. In the photograph Jackie’s roar is being recorded on a sound stage in his cage. He was a wild lion … Continue reading →
Domestic and feral cats sometimes live in groups and the lion, a big cat, always lives in groups. These are the only two cat species who live in groups. Domestic and feral cats Domestic cats often live solitary lives and … Continue reading →
