L I O N S A presentation by Tommy Rospide Diharce
FACT SHEET
Type: Mammal.
Diet: Carnivore.
Habitat: Savannah.
Group Name: Pride.
Size: 1.6 to 2.30 Mts. (Including Tail)
Weight: 120 to 191 kg.
Life Expectancy: 12 to 15 years.
WHERE DO THEY LIVE?
1.4 to 2 mts
WHERE DO THEY LIVE?
1.4 to 2 mts In Open Woodlands
In Shrubs
In Grasslands
WHAT DO THEY EAT?
Antelopes Buffaloes Zebras
Crocodiles Giraffes Rhinos
ROLES IN THE PRIDE
1.4 to 2 mts THE MALE LIONS
How?
› Roaring.
› Marking with urine.
› Chasing off intruders.
They guard their territory and cubs.
ROLES IN THE PRIDE
ROLES IN THE PRIDE
1.4 to 2 mts THE FEMALE LIONS (Lionesses)
Why?
› They are smaller.
› They are more agile.
They are primary hunters.
ROLES IN THE PRIDE
1.4 to 2 mts How?
Teamwork!
› They form a semicircle.
› The smaller and weaker herd the
prey towards the centre.
› The stronger females knock the
animal down and make the kill.
ROLES IN THE PRIDE
1.4 to 2 mts
WHAT DO THEY LIKE?
1.4 to 2 mts
They are the LAZIEST of big cats!
› They spend 16 to 20 hours sleeping or resting.
› They like rubbing their heads.
› They like lying on their backs with
their feet up.
› They like taking a snooze up in a
tree.
WHAT DO THEY LIKE?
1.4 to 2 mts
WHAT ARE THEY SCARE OF?
1.4 to 2 mts
› Habitat Loss.
› Human Hunters.
› Diseases.
The population of African Lions is almost 50%
less in the past 20 years. This is because:
TEETH
1.4 to 2 mts Lions have three types of teeth:
1. Incisors: the smallest teeth at the front of the
mouth. They are used for gripping and tearing
meat.
2. Canines: the four largest teeth (either side of the
incisors). They are used to rip skin and tear away
meat.
3. Carnassial: the sharpest teeth at the back of the
mouth, act like a pair of scissors to cut meat.
TEETH
1.4 to 2 mts Lions can open their jaws to up 10½ centimeters wide, giving them one of the animal kingdom’s biggest bites!
PAWS AND CLAWS
1.4 to 2 mts › They have 5 toes on the front paws and 4 on the
back.
› Lions have retractable claws. This means that they
can be stretched out and then drawn back inside
again under the fur where they are hidden.
› They can grow up to 38 millimetres in length and
are very strong and sharp.
PAWS AND CLAWS
1.4 to 2 mts Lions sharpen their
claws by scratching
trees to keep them
extra pointy!
TOUNGE
1.4 to 2 mts
› A lion’s tongue is as rough as sandpaper.
› It is covered in tiny spines, called papillae, which
face backwards and are used to scrape meat from
bones and dirt from fur.
TOUNGE
1.4 to 2 mts The lion´s tongue is so
rough that if a lion licked
the back of your hand only
a few times, you would be
left without any skin!
FUR
1.4 to 2 mts
› Lion cubs are born with a greyish wooly coat, with
dark spots covering most of the back, legs and
face. These spots act as camouflage.
› As the cubs get older, their fur gradually begins to
turn thicker and more golden in colour.
FUR
1.4 to 2 mts
THE MANE
1.4 to 2 mts › At around 12 to 14 months old, male cubs begin
to grow longer hair around their chests and necks.
› The mane continues to gets longer and darker
with age.
› The length and darkness of a lion’s mane is
affected by where it lives.
› Nobody really knows why a male lion grows a
mane.
FUR
1.4 to 2 mts A male lion's mane
protects it when it
fights.
WHISKERS
1.4 to 2 mts › Very sensitive hairs on the face, close to the nose,
which are used to help them feel the things around
them.
› Each whisker has a black spot at its root. The
pattern that these spots make is different for every
lion; just as our own fingerprints are different from
everyone else’s.
WHISKERS
1.4 to 2 mts Because no two lions
have the same
pattern, it is possible
for researchers to tell
them apart in the wild.
TAIL
1.4 to 2 mts › A lion has a long tail which helps it to balance.
› A lion’s tail has a black tassel at the end.
› This can be used to lead other lions through long
grass. Females raise their tail to give a 'follow me'
signal to their cubs and also use it to communicate
with each other when hunting prey.
› A lion’s tail also is a good sign of how it is feeling.
TAIL
1.4 to 2 mts By flicking its tail, a lion
can warn others to stay
away because it is in a
bad mood.
EYES
1.4 to 2 mts › Lion cubs are born blind and don’t begin to open
their eyes until around three to four days old.
› Lion’s eyes are quite large with round pupils that
are three times as big as a human’s.
› A second eyelid, helps to clean and protect the
eye.
› At night, a reflective coating on the back of the
eye helps to reflect moonlight.
EYES
1.4 to 2 mts
Lions can’t move their eyes from
side to side very well, so have to
move their whole head when they
want to look in different directions.
SENSE OF SMELL
1.4 to 2 mts
› If you ever see a picture of a lion curling up its top
lip and pulling a funny face, the chances are it’s
using something called its Jacobson’s organ.
› By showing their teeth and sticking out their
tongues, lions are able to catch hold of a smell to
work out if it’s coming from something worth eating.
SENSE OF SMELL
1.4 to 2 mts Jacobson´s organ is
a small area in the
roof of the mouth that
allows a lion to ‘taste’
smells in the air.
SENSE OF HEARING
1.4 to 2 mts
› Lions have good sense of hearing.
› They are able to hear their prey from a mile way.
SENSE OF HEARING
1.4 to 2 mts They can turn their
ears in different
directions to listen to
sounds all around
them
That´s all folks! Thank you!
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