Lion is known to be the King of Beasts (king of the jungle)across most cultures of the world. This is mostly because of a lion’s appearance and partly because of the social structure of a pride and the lion’s role in the pride. Lions range in color from yellow to dark brown, with a long tail that ends in a furry black tuft. The male lion is unique among the cat species for its thick mane of hair encircling the neck and head.
Lions are the only big cats to live in groups, called prides. Prides are close family groups. African lions are the most social of all big cats and live together in groups or “prides”
A pride consists of about 15 lions. Male lions defend the pride’s territory while females do most of the hunting. Despite this, the males eat first. They spend between 16 and 20 hours each day resting and sleeping. They have few sweat glands so they wisely tend to conserve their energy by resting during the day and become more active at night when it is cooler.
Lions range in color from yellow to dark brown, with a long tail that ends in a furry black tuft.
The male lion is unique among the cat species for its thick mane of hair encircling the neck and head.
“They’re the least afraid of anything of all the predators,” says Craig Packer, an ecologist with the University of Minnesota and one of the world’s foremost lion experts. Though female lions hunt gazelles and zebras, male lions are in charge of hunting large prey that must be taken down with brute force.