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LIONS

Have you ever wanted to know all about lions? Well if you wanted to know all about them, then you have come to the right place! This article will teach you all about lions! I hope you enjoy it!

Lions live in groups called prides. Each pride has one or two males. When the mother lions give birth they have to take really good care of their young. The cubs drink milk from their mother! When lions are born they are very helpless! And when the cubs are born their eyes don't open! Male lions don't really pay attention to the cubs. They let the females take care of the cubs! When the mother lion goes out to hunt she brings her cubs to a safe hiding place! She carries them in her mouth! When she is done hunting she may come back to her cubs. A female lion cannot hunt alone! More females from the pride help. They set up an ambush to catch their prey! What they do is one female lion scares her prey while the other lioness are hiding in the grass. When the prey comes up to the lioness the lioness pounces on the prey! Then they bring it back to their pride. The male lions eat first! Some lions can go days without eating! The male becomes leader of the pride by fighting a other male. A outsider! Two male lions come to each other and fight! Who ever wins the battle becomes new leader of the pride! The defeated male is forced to leave! Once a new male is now leader of the pride he is now the cubs father! A male and female lion mate! Then the male and female become the mother and father! The cubs have a lot to learn before they grow up. The mother lion teaches her cubs how to hunt. The cubs start out by pouncing on something small like a bug. or any small living thing. The cubs also learn to hunt by play fighting against other cubs in the pride. And they also watch their mother hunt so they can learn how to do it by watching her. As the cubs get older they get better at hunting. And once the cubs get a certain age they go out alone and hunt. The females hunt the most. While the females are hunting the male lion stays with the pride to look out for any outsiders or something that can hurt the cubs or take their prey. If the lions don't finish their meal they either save it for later or they keep it there for other animals to eat. A lot of animals eat the left overs. Lions usually live in Africa. Lions used to live all around the world until they lost their habitat and are being hunted for their fur! The reason the lions lose their habitats is because people cut down the tress. They lose their fur by Africans. The Africans hunt for their fur because the Africans sell the fur in stores for money. Some lions are really endangered! Their are only a few species of lions left on earth! Mostly all of them are extinct! Many animals in Africa are really endangered! For example the cheetah and mostly all the types of tigers are really endangered! There are not many left! They keep losing their habitats and are being hunted. people are trying their very best to save all these animals. Zoos rescue some animals. Zoos who rescue animals keep them very safe. Zoos give them plenty of food and water. so if you have ever been to the zoo and saw lions and tigers or even more wild animals, they have been rescued! and that's basically why they are there. In mostly all zoos or even all zoos they have lions. Lions are very pretty creatures! If you ever seen a lion do not threaten them or do something that will make them mad! Lions can be very very dangerous! They have killed many people! Some people in Africa get in lion attacks! It's scary! so if you have a baby brother or sister don't let them get to close to a lion.

Now you guys know all about lions! They are very fun to learn about! I really hope you enjoyed this story! Trust me this took me a long time to make! I have been researching and reading so many books about lions just to make this story for you guys! so maybe later in the future i will make more animal story's! But first i have to learn all about them before i make more story's! And guys sorry this story was so long! i had to much to talk about! Anyways guys bye! And have a wonderful day! :-)