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Lion
a social species, forming groups called prides. A lion’s pride consists of a few adult males, related females, and cubs
The lion is an apex and keystone predator; although some lions scavenge when opportunities occur and have been known to hunt humans, lions typically do not actively seek out and prey on humans.
usually more diurnal than other wild cats, but when persecuted, it adapts to being active at night and at twilight.
The mane of the lion is thought to serve mating purposes. Males with darker manes appear to have greater reproductive success and are more likely to remain in a pride for longer.
female lions consistently interact with multiple males at once
Lions spend much of their time resting; they are inactive for about twenty hours per day.[88] Although lions can be active at any time, their activity generally peaks after dusk with a period of socialising, grooming, and defecating. Intermittent bursts of activity continue until dawn, when hunting most often takes place. They spend an average of two hours a day walking and fifty minutes eating.[
The lion is the most social of all wild felid species, living in groups of related individuals with their offspring. Females form the stable social unit in a pride and do not tolerate outside females.[91] The majority of females remain in their birth prides while all males and some females will disperse.
Prides act as fission–fusion societies, and members will split into subgroups that keep in contact with roars.
Nomadic lions range widely and move around sporadically, either in pairs or alone.[90] Pairs are more frequent among related males. A lion may switch lifestyles; nomads can become residents and vice versa.[96] Interactions between prides and nomads tend to be hostile, although pride females in estrus allow nomadic males to approach them.[97] Males spend years in a nomadic phase before gaining residence in a pride
Lion – Wikipedia
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