Tuesday, February 7, 2012

African Lion


Leo is widely rassprostranenny in savannas of Africa. Gives preference to the open landscape, trying to avoid the dense forest.
  The body length with a tail of 3 meters and weigh up to 250 pounds.
  Preys mainly on zebras, bulls, antelope and other ungulates. In trying to fill up the throw to the ground to catch prey. Claws of the lion are arranged so as with all cats, so the more the victim is, the more they dig into her body.
  Lions keep "Pride" is when some females with offspring living together with one or two males.They hunt mostly females and a male role - protecting the territory from attack other predators.
  Lioness gives 2.3 cub. Females remain in the pride, and males will soon have to leave out.
  In the main male pride. He was always the first to receive its share of production, no matter that it was not he killed an antelope and zebra.
  Only males have a mane. The loud roar of the male - a territorial call, which animals represent their presence. Lions live from ten to fourteen years in the wild and in captivity they can live more than twenty years.
In the wild, males rarely live longer than ten years since the trauma of constant battles with rival males significantly decreases their longevity.

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