What affects us affects cats
Lions normally drink water every day if it is available. When researchers have observed prides of lions in the Serengeti and the nearby Ngorongoro Crater they drank after every meal. Although lions can manage without drinking water when it is scarce. Lions live in a semi-desert habitat and even in desert. Under these circumstances …
Normally, lions do not eat other lions but it is reported anecdotally that there have been exceedingly rare exceptions of male lions eating the young offspring of females in a pride that they wish to take over. Perhaps the biggest exception is the legend of the Mapogo lions who were notorious for killing a …
The social organisation of the lion is in flux but it is useful to start at the situation that most people know which is a settled pride of lions comprising, on average, 4-5 (range 1-11), related females (sisters, daughters, cousins and aunts) with their young and sub-adult male offspring and a temporary, unrelated coalition …
NEWS AND COMMENT: I hope you get the pun in the title. Zookeepers at Guangzhou Zoo deny that they gave one of their lions a mullet or Tiger King, Joe Exotic, haircut and claim that it is the hot and humid weather in south-west China which caused it. The mullet haircut is short at …
Overview: The African lion habitat includes the plains of the Serengeti in East Africa and woodlands, deserts, dry forest and scrub. Underlying these habitats is the preference for open areas. In open plains lions use the cover of gullies and riverbanks to stalk prey. They also use the cover of night and poor weather …
On 28 August 1939, the Coventry Evening Telegraph reported: “There has for many years been a legend in East Africa that spotted lions exist there”. The rumours of the existence of spotted lions filtered through from Africa from about 1903. The local inhabitants referred to this mystery cat as the Marozi. Lions are well …
Domestic and feral cats sometimes live in groups and the lion, a big cat, lives in groups (prides). These are not the only two cat species who live in groups as male cheetahs also form coalitions. Domestic and feral cats Domestic cats often live solitary lives and they’re considered to be solitary animals but …
Most wild cats lead solitary lives. Except for cheetahs and lions, adult wild cats live and hunt separately. By contrast, we know that the purpose of domestic cats is not to be solitary but to engage with humans and other animals including animals of the same species. We must therefore distinguish between wild and …
