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• Lions live in groups called prides with around 30 lions.
• A pride has about 3 males and 12 females and their kids.
• Male lions guard their territory and their kids.
• Both males and females have a very powerful roar that can be heard 8 km away.

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• Female lions are the primary hunters of the pride.
• They use teamwork to kill the prey
• The weaker lionesses herd the prey toward the center.
• Then the stronger lionesses knock the animal down and make the kill.

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• Lions usually hunt at night
• Their prey includes antelopes, buffaloes, zebras, young elephants, rhinos, hippos, wild hogs, crocodiles, and giraffes.
• They also eat smaller prey like mice, hares, lizards, and tortoises.
• But one thing they don't eat is kills from other carnivores.

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• There is a order to eat, First the males then the females, last the cubs.
• Lions can go 4-5 days without water.
• Lions spend 16-20 hours of sleeping or resting.
• Lions are the laziest of the big cats.

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• Lionesses give birth to 2-3 cubs at a time.
• Usually a couple of female lions give birth to cubs at the same time.
• Female cubs group as they age.
• Female cubs at 2 years old they become capable hunters.

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• African lions are considered vulnerable of extinction by the IUCN red list.
• They are threatened by loss and fragmentation of habitat.
• They are also killed by humans in bravery rituals,as hunting trophies, for medicinal powers or by ranchers protecting their livestock.

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• Further more,they are susceptible to tick-borne diseases like canine, distemper, and babesia.
• Distemper is spread to lions by neighboring village dogs as well as hyenas.
• Babesia occurs during droughts.
• When prey is vulnerable to disease.

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• The ticks spread to the lions after they kill the sick animal.
• The combination of distemper and babesia causes mass fatalities in lion population.

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