When it comes to lion, many people will think of the Simba in “Lion King,” but how much do you know about lions? Lions are feline animals that are seen as a symbol of power, fierceness, and strength.

1. Compare with other feline animals, lions have better communication skill. They are carnivores that live in groups. There are some female lions that are blood-related, cubs, and few male lions in a pride. 

2. When there is a new male leader in a pride, it will kill all the cubs. Only leaders can have mating right. Those cubs are the descendants of the formal leader, so the new leader has to mate with the female lions for the next generation.

3. Lions have the biggest roar sound in the feline family. The roar of an adult lion can reach eight kilometers away. It’s often the communication signal between prides.

4. Lions are the only felines that can tell the gender at a glance. Male lions have a thick mane, but female lions don’t.

5. Since lions don’t have many sweat glands, they do not have much activity during the day and can sleep for 16 to 20 hours a day in order to lower their body temperature. Their claws are flexible and their eyesight is extraordinary at night, so hunting activities are often performed during the period after sunset and before sunrise.

6. Female lions usually do most of the hunting while males defend the pride’s territory and the females that are hunting. Despite this, male lions eat first.