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The
Lion is the king of the African carnivores on the Sahara
Plains. Fully grown males usually weigh 416 lb or 189
kg. The record size for a lion has been 572 lb or 260
Kg. The Lion's coat is a tawny color with white underparts
often faintly spotted (especially in East Africa); black
tail tuft, ear backs, and lips; mane individually varies
from blond to black. Lion cubs are often woolly with
grayish, have spotted coats, and change into their adult
coat by 3 months of age.
Lions are often found in the Sub Saharan Africa. Unlike
some people thing, lions do not live in the jungle or
rainforest. Lion's live wherever there are medium and
large sized herbivores. Lions feed on zebras, gazelles
and other animals. The Lion is still the most abundant
large predator after the spotted hyena in the savanna
plains ecosystems. ACTIVITIES: Lions spend 20 hours
out of 24 conserving energy, becoming active in late
afternoon when mothers retrieve, suckle, and socialize
with young cubs and one anothe. The Lion hunts early
and late nights, carrying over for a couple hours after
daybreak. Lions can become active any time, day or night,
hungry or gorged, if prey are an easy catch.
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