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 →
NEWS AND OPINION – SOUTH AFRICA: While playing with his pet, white female lions who he had raised from newborn kittens, West Mathewson, 68, was killed by one of them because “instincts got the better of one of them”. He … Continue reading →
This is the height of human barbarity against a zoo animal. It’s about as low as humankind can get in their relationship with animals when they hack off the claws of a young lioness at a Palestinian zoo (Rafa Zoo, … Continue reading →
This picture series of a lion cub being rescued by his mother are by Jean-Francois Lagrot. An excellent series of photographs. [weaver_show_posts cats=”” tags=”lion-cubs” author=”” author_id=”” single_post=”” post_type=” orderby=”date” sort=”ASC” number=”3″ show=”full” hide_title=”” hide_top_info=”1″ hide_bottom_info=”1″ show_featured_image=”1″ hide_featured_image=”” show_avatar=”” show_bio=”” excerpt_length=”” … Continue reading →
A lioness successfully attacks, captures, kills and eats a stork. Location: Maasai Mara, Kenya Photographer: Jorge Alesanco – he is the owner of safari park Cheetah Tented Camp in Maasai Mara Lioness’s name: Zama The lioness has cubs and she … Continue reading →
The pictures are stunning and sad. They are by Wim Van der Heever. Awesome work. The lionesses attacked a female buffalo and her calf. She was outnumbered by the lions and the outcome looked poor. A raging male buffalo stepped … Continue reading →
She is a female lion – a lioness – living in Botswana’s Okavango Delta but looks and behaves very much like a male lion and the most discernible feature is her magnificent, flowing mane. The locals have named her Mmamoriri. … Continue reading →
This is a nice little cat story. Well, actually, the cat wasn’t that little. Although the lady had registered her lioness cub as a domestic cat, she weighed 110 pounds, which is about 50 kg. Some domestic cat! Not happy … Continue reading →
