LIONS
Mammal        -        Vertebrate         -       Carnivore
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SOUTH AFRICAN WHITE LION


Male  ....................................................  Lion
Female  ................................................  Lioness
Young  ..................................................  Cub
Lions ...
Are the second largest big cat species in the world - second to tigers
  • Can reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, in short bursts
  • The roar of lion can be heard 5 miles away
  • Live in prides
  • Live around 12 years
  • Lionesses are better hunters and complete 90% of the hunting 
  • Rest for about 20 hours a day
  • Eat mice, lizards, tortoises, warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, young elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes
  • Can go 4-5 days without water, if they have to
  • When a male takes over a pride, he usually kills the cubs
  • Lions cannot roar until they are 2 years old
  • Male lions can sleep up to 20 hours a day
  • The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers
  • A Liger is the offspring of a lion and a tiger
  • Lions in the wild usually make no more than 20 kills in a year
  • There are more statues of lions in the world than there are real lions
  • Can get hairballs the size of footballs


Mountain Lions
  • Mountain Lions are also known as Cougars, Catamounts, Puma, Screamer, Pantha
SIMILES
  1. As brave as a lion
  2. As strong as a lion
IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. A lion's share
  2. Better to be a live dog than a dead lion
  3. Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  4. In like a lion, out like a lamb
  5. Lion-hearted
  6. Lion-hunter
  7. Lions led by donkeys
  8. March comes in like a lion
  9. The lion's den
  10. The lion's share
  11. Throw someone to the lions
  12. To beard the lion in his den
  13. To 'lionise' someone 
  14. To put one's head in the lion's mouth
  15. Twist the lion's tail
COLLECTIVE NOUNS

  1. A flock of lions
  2. A pride of lions
  3. A sault of lions
  4. A sawt of lions
  5. A sowse of lions
  6. A troop of lions
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LION WITH CUB
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A LIGER
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LIONESS WITH CUB