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    Lion and Asiatic Lions

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    ESAU GARCIA 
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIONS????? BIOLOGY 
March 5 2012 Mrs Loughney INTRO Extinction is a problem that has been around since the beginning of time. An organism might go extinct for many reasons. Some reasons might be Mother Nature. Man also plays a part as they might over hunt the organism and drive it to extinct. But another cause is natural selection and the belief that only the strong will survive in this game we call life. Many problems can happen because of extinction

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    Lions

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    Lions Physical Characteristics Lions have relatively short-legged‚ long‚ muscular bodies and large heads. The male grows on average to 1.7 to 2.5 m (5.6 to 8.2 ft) long‚ not including the tail‚ which is 90 to 105 cm (36 to 41 in) in length. It stands 1.23 m (4 ft) high at the shoulder‚ and it weighs 150 to 250 kg (330 to 550 lb). The mane‚ which covers the head and neck‚ sometimes extends to the shoulders and belly. The mane will vary in color and length; well-fed‚ healthy lions have longer

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    Lions

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    The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight‚[4] it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park in India) while other types of lions have disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene‚ about 10

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    Lion Facts

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    Lion Lion is the king of the jungle. Lions are the largest of the big cats. They vary in color but typically sport light yellow- brown coats. The largest Lions have reached a total body length of up to 48 inches high‚ over curves and have weighed up to 330 to 500 pounds in the wild. They are superb predators and mammals. (Paul Janssen‚ P. (n.d.). Lion facts) The Lion usually live in the savannas‚ grasslands‚ dense bush‚ and woodlands. They are life span 10 to 14 years in the wild; up to 20 years

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    Lion dance

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    LION DANCE THE HISTORY EARLY BELIEF According to traditional Chinese belief‚ the lion signifies courage‚ stability and superiority. The lion’s dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits. This is derived from folklore about a monster called Nian. This lion-like monster eats human-flesh for living and hunts for food in a village near the mountain. One day‚ the villagers decided to chase the monster away by throwing firecrackers and playing loud music. To come to their surprise‚ it

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    mountain lion

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    Why is the Mountain Lion such an important animal? Mountain lions‚ also known as cougars‚ panthers‚ or pumas‚ are highly efficient predators. These cats have a wide range throughout the Western states‚ and populations are increasing. An individual cat’s range depends on food availability. Thus‚ a range can vary from 10 to 370 square miles. Male lions weigh up to 165 pounds and grow to more than eight feet in length. Females weigh about 100 pounds. Female lions generally first reproduce at about

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    The African Lion

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    The lion is known as king of the jungle because of its huge size and ferocious appearance‚ the most common type of lion is the African lion. The African lion has the genus species Panthera (panther‚ leopard) leo (lion). Panthera leo has the common name lion and comes from the felidae family. Panthera leo is in the mammali class and has the order carnivora(Bush Gardens‚ 1996). Lions live in sub-Saharan Africa in grasslands and semi-arid plains in prides which is a group of lions that live in the

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    Lion and Giraffes

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    imagine. For instance‚ did you know that a giraffes tongue is 18 inches long? As you can see giraffes are going to be a bundle of fun to learn about. Giraffes live on grasslands in Africa with trees surrounding them. Other animals such as lions‚ zebra’s rhinos‚ and elephants live in the same biome. They live together in herds and it is common for a giraffe to leave one herd and go to another. These mammals have a very unique pattern. No two giraffes are the same in any way. Their pattern

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    Sea Lion

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    Inhabitants on the islands of the Galapagos Archipelago‚ the Galapagos Sea Lion is an intriguing marine mammal whose looks may deceive you because despite its amiable countenance it is truly a fierce predator and protector. The Galapagos Sea Lion‚ also known as the Pagos Sea Lion‚ spends a great majority of its day in the water hunting for prey‚ however it does not venture out very far from its territory due to the fact that their main predators tend to be there. Their prey is primarily fish‚ squid

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    The Lion Research Paper

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    The lion is a very wise animal. It is very energetic‚ very skillful‚ very fast‚ very powerful‚ very self-reliant and very bold and courageous animal yet it doesn’t have any smaller animals to have power and dominion over them. Smaller animals don’t trust it neither do they obey it despite being powerful and courageous. What smaller animals always do is to run from their present and never risk their life to come closer to it. Whiles others animals fly when they see it coming too close to them. Smaller

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