Today I am going to talk about lions. Lions are one of my all time favorite type of animals. I believe this is because of my childhood(maybe even a bit of my adulthood) obsession with the Lion King. I LOVE the Lion King and watch it once or twice a year with my daughter. She has all of the Lion King movies memorized line for line because of me.

Lions are a bit odd.Usually males do the hunting in most other species, but for Lions it is actually the females who hunt. The females hunt because they are smaller and more agile then the males. The males however do protect the pride's territory and the cubs from other animals and lions. If you watch the Lion King then you know what a pride is but if not a pride is a group of lions of about 30 depending on food and water source. There is usually 12 females roughly and three males and the cubs.

Lions spend about 16-20 hours sleeping a day and are the laziest of the big cats. They are very affectionate to one another, rubbing heads, grooming, and purring. much like house cats occasionally do.
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