The Lion

Lions have undergone an interesting history as they evolved from their Panthera blytheae ancestor. Lions have gone through adaptations throughout their history to continue to survive. The panthera blytheae slowly speciated into multiple species and become extinct. The lion has adapted to survive as the earth ages and changes over time. Adaption is required for organisms to continue to survive on this planet, because without it they would all go extinct. Lions reside in the plains of the south…

In "The Stripes Will Survive" by Jacqueline Adams, "The Zoos Go Wild" by Nicholas Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis, and the video “Behind The Scenes with the National Zoo’s Lion Cubs”, all of the texts claim that the role of zoos is to protect animals from extinction or from harmful things in the wild. Whether certain animals have potentially fatal diseases or are disabled in some way, zoo keepers are there to protect the animals and help them grow and strive in areas where they are not skilled…

legendary. .Their diet consists primarily of meat, milk and blood. Other than war, as pastoralists, they face a myriad of challenges to their herds. Their greatest predators and threat to their livelihood is the lion. To face this threat and defeat it, the Maasai would hunt and kill lions. Today, this threat has gone down with the creation of game parks and reserves where wild animals live under the protection of the state and with minimal contact and thus conflict with human beings. There are…

softs browns, whites, and grays. There is a lion like animal which appears to be the main focus, his tan eyes stare deep at you as you observe the painting. His face is quite larger than what you assume a lion looks like, and his mane smaller than a normal lines. He and another animal are being touched by one of the child like humans. Next to the lion is a bull like animal with…

Colonel Paterson and is was written by Lauren Tarshis. The second article about is Lion Whisperer and mainly about Kevin Richardson and written by Susan Orlean. Keven Richardson runs a sanctuary for lions for newborn animals they live in captivity, he raised two of his favorite lions. They are his best friends he loves saving animals he takes them to the park and feeds them, he cuddles with them. When the two lions see him, they get really excited! There names are Meg and Amy. When they…

and on evergreen species, near streams and rivers, during the dry season. A giraffe’s primarily predator is a lion but they are also preyed by Leopards and Hyenas.…

not killing it but merely wounded it. The wound was not fatal, and the team tracked the lion for 40 hours before shooting it with a rifle, skinning the corpse, and cutting off the head . Targeting such creatures as Cecil, opponents contend, undermines conservation efforts by diminishing wildlife populations. "When an adult male lion is killed, the destabilization of that lion's pride can lead to more lion deaths as outside males compete to take over the pride," Jeff Flocken, North American…

Look at all the animals. We can see lions, elephants, tigers and leopards! We’ve never seen any of those creatures except on the internet!” Kit gulped and said, “I would love to see all the animals, especially the lions, but I think my parents won’t let me go on a school night.” Kit hopes Dan won’t get suspicious about the real reason he didn’t want to go to the circus. Dan…

external features of a lion help them survive in their habitat. Both females and males have a golden tan color that help them camouflage to their surroundings. However, there does exist a white variant which appears once in awhile in some lions. There is a huge external difference that separates males and females which is the male's mane. The mane is large and bushy, and it stretches all the way from the neck to the beginning of its back. It also gets darker as the lion ages. The lion has less…

creatures for their bases. Throughout the files and inventories, they were described as “sphinx” and “griffin” tables. However, the creatures are neither sphinxes nor griffins. Sphinxes are characterized as creatures with lion bodies and human heads and griffins are eagle headed lions with…