Here are 17 Interesting Lion facts.
1-5 Lion Facts
1. 10,000 years ago Lions were the second most widespread land mammal, after humans. They existed across Africa, Eurasia, and America. – Source
2. A 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was snatched by four men on her way home from school. A week later, three lions encountered the group and chased the men off. The lions stayed with the girl without harming her, before departing as police searching for her came near. – Source
3. The MGM lion was in a plane crash and survived on sandwiches. – Source
4. Sometimes female lions can develop manes. Such masculine females likely occur when the embryo is disrupted, either at conception or while in the womb. – Source
5. Two Maneless 9ft long Man-Eating Lions ate over 135 workers on the Kenya-Uganda railway in 1898. – Source
6-10 Lion Facts
6. After a large meal, a male lion can sleep for up to 24 hours. – Source
7. A family in Texas in 1953 had a pet lion named Blondie. They never had any incidents with her and she died of old age, as a beloved member of the family. – Source
8. Lions mate roughly 3,000 times per cub. – Source
9. A toothless geriatric lion named Frasier successfully sired 35 cubs after lionesses turned down countless healthy males before him. – Source
10. If a male lion is neutered its mane will fall out. – Source
11-15 Lion Facts
11. There are more statues of lions in the world than there are real lions. – Source
12. Lions with black manes are alpha males. A dark-maned lion’s testosterone levels are higher than the levels in other males, his cubs are more likely to survive, and he is more likely to recover from wounds. Lionesses prefer a dark-maned mate. – Source
13. Two men raised a lion in a London apartment, released him into the wild, went back a year later, and not only did that lion remember them, he loved them. – Source
14. There is a lion with pet dachshunds (weenie dogs). – Source
15. History has proven that whenever a Lion and a Tiger get into a fight, the Tiger almost always wins. – Source
16-17 Lion Facts
16. Asiatic lions still inhabit in India’s Gujarat state, making them the only lions to naturally live outside of Africa. – Source
17. Lions can completely engulf the mouth and nose of large prey with their own mouth. The prey dies through suffocation. – Source
#3 I’m just happy that the lion didn’t survive the plane crash by eating MANwiches!
That was so bad it was almost good 😉