Photograph by Natalie Manuel
The King of Beasts…the lion.
Surveys tell us that most people, though they have trouble naming many other animals shown to them, can identify a male lion.
That’s a relief!
That’s a relief!
There are eight subspecies of lion, most of which live in Africa.
A small number of Asiatic lions, like the one pictured below, live in the Gir Forest in India:
Most lions are varying shades of color, but there are some white lions living wild in Tambavati.
White lions are not albino, but leucistic South Africa lions; That means their normal tan coat color is suppressed with the chinchilla gene, but their eyes are gold-brown, not red like a true albino’s.
Lions are the only big cats that lives in groups, called prides. The pride can have up to forty members, most of which are females and cubs.
That big lion mane? Lions are the only big cats where it is easy to tell the males from the females. Except in Tsavo, where the Maneless lions live.
Did you know that maneless lions tend to be man-eaters? Check those out here.
And speaking of manes, let’s take a look at the different colors their manes can be:
Amazing variety, isn’t there?
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