African Lion

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SKU: N/A Categories: Species - Vulnerable, Terrestrial

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Species Name (Scientific): Panthera leo

IUCN Category: Vulnerable

Habitat Type: Forest | Savanna | Shrubland | Grassland | Desert

Geographic Range: Sub-Saharan Africa

African Lions are among the most iconic and revered animals, playing crucial roles in their ecosystems and human culture.

Key conservation efforts include effective protected area management including funding, mitigating anthropogenic causes of mortality such as lion-human conflict, poaching, trophy hunting, and snaring, whilst reducing or mitigating the negative effects of armed conflict.

Primary threats: Humans – most important are indiscriminate, retaliatory, or pre-emptive killing in perceived defence of human life & livestock, habitat loss, trophy hunting, population fragmentation, encroaching agriculture & livestock. Also, prey lost to poaching & bushmeat trade, the trade in lion bones and body parts for traditional medicine (in Africa & Asia).

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Fun Facts

~ Lions have well-developed hearing, enhanced by movable ears that can adjust to the direction of a sound. ~ They can hear prey up to a mile away.
~ Their eyes are 6-8 times more sensitive to light than a human’s eyes, meaning their night vision is far better than that of their prey.
~ A lion’s roar can be heard up to 8km (5mi) away.
~ Lions can eat up to 40kg of meat in a single meal.
~ A small Kalahari Desert population get most of their water from their prey, and even drink from plants, such as Tsamma melon.
~ Their tongues have sharp-pointed rasps (papillae), used to scrape meat off bones.
~ Lions can sleep for 16-20 hours each day.

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