Why do lions kill cubs?
Not all lions kill cubs, an act of infanticide. It is male lions who do it sometimes. The world of the lion is brutal and unforgiving. We know that lions live in prides or groups – the only cat species … Continue reading →
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Are lions lazy?
Lions are the least active of all cats, domestic and wild. That might be a measure of laziness or it might be a measure of their effectiveness in hunting. To be ‘lazy’ means to be unwilling to work or use … Continue reading →
Do lions eat giraffes?
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 →
Are lions nocturnal?
“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 →
Did this lioness try and revive the unborn calf of the mother she killed?
Whether this lioness tried to revive the unborn antelope turns on whether she felt remorse, an advanced emotion.
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Yes, lions do kill and eat cheetahs but this isn’t the full story. Two separate sources tell me that lions kill a lot of cheetah cubs. Cheetah cubs have a relatively high mortality rate in the first few months of … Continue reading →
Do lions eat camels?
Yes, in India, Gir Forest Asiatic lions eat camels albeit relatively rarely. One point four percent (1.4%) of kills by Asiatic lions in that habitat were camels according to Table 56 OCCURENCE OF WILD AND DOMESTIC PREY ITEMS IN THE … Continue reading →
Do lions eat elephants?
Yes, lions eat the occasional young elephant if the opportunity arises. There is no shortage of images of lions attacking young and even adult elephants on the internet. There are also photographs of adult elephants stomping on lions and killing … Continue reading →
Do female lions eat their cubs?
Do female lions eat their cubs? The answer is yes, female lions do, rarely, eat their cubs under certain circumstances. Recently a lioness, Kigali, ate her newborn cubs three days after giving birth at a German zoo to the horror … Continue reading →
Why do lions hunt in packs?
We can see that by hunting in packs the females achieve a better kill rate but the challenge is demanding and only about one in four hunts produces a result (20%-25%).
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