1. An average male lion weighs about 500 pounds and grows to 8ft in length.
Tigers grow to 850 pounds and 11ft long.
2. Although the lion is called “king of the jungle” they live on plains and grassland, not in jungles.
3. Then constellation Leo represents the Nemean Lion which was killed by Hercules (Heracles).
4. Female lions hunt together in groups while male lions stay home to protect the pride.
5. A liger is the offspring of a male lion and female tiger; a male tiger and female lion may produce a tigon.
6. A lion-leopard hybrid is a leopon and a cross between a lioness and a male jaguar is a jaglion.
7. Female lions are most strongly attracted to males with fuller, thicker manes.
8. A male lion’s roar can be heard up to five miles away.
9. The lion in CS Lewis’s Narnia books is called Aslan which is Turkish or Mongolian for “lion”.
10. Lions are a threatened species.
There are only about 30,000 left in Africa, which is about half as many as 30 years ago.