Top Interesting Facts about Lions

African lions eat big animals, which are found in grasslands, including deer, zebra, and strange creatures.

 You will be surprised to know that in the year 2002, it is a surprise to the conservationists, that a lioness adopts a buck baby and protects it! However, two weeks later, a male lion ate the baby, when the lioness was sleeping. Surprisingly, the lioness was seen roaming with a lot of sadness and could be seen roaming roar in anger.

 Do you know? After a big meal, a male lion can sleep for 24 hours.

 Lionesses are better predators than lions, and most do the same for their prey.

 You will be surprised to know that there is a terrible night vision of lions, they are 6 times more sensitive to light than humans! While hunting in the night, it gives them a special advantage over some hunting species!

 Since the lion's bones are becoming scarce, predators have turned towards the lion's bones for supplying the demands of traditional medicine in Asia.

 Do you know? Lions do sexual intercourse for about 3,000 times a child!

Wild lions rest for about 20 hours in a day.

A Turkish proverb says: "A lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man."

 Do you know? There are more lion sculptures than real lions in the world.

Do you know? 10,000 years ago, the lion was the second most extensive land mammal after humans. They were present in Africa, Eurasia, and America!

 The average male lion weighs around 180 kilograms (400 lbs) while the average female lion weighs around 130 kilograms (290 lb).

 Wild lions survive for about 10-14 years. While in captivity, he lives up to 20-25 years of age.

  The lions eat about 18 pounds of meat per day. It would be more than eating a hamburger like a human 70!

You might be surprised to know that a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was kidnapped by four people to go home from school. A week later, three lions faced the group and expelled men. The lion was with her without any harm to the girl, and she did not go there until the police came to search for him.

Do you know? Lions can reach speeds up to 81 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour), but for a short while because they lack stamina/stamina.

If you look at the record, the heaviest lion's till date was a wonderful 375 kg (826 pounds) weight.

Only 1 in 8 male lions survive until adulthood. Most lions die immediately after being thrown out of their flocks around the age of 2!

The two man-eating 9ft-long man-eating lions ate more than 135 workers in the Kenya-Uganda Railway in 1898.