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Lions. By: Nate clay. Physical Traits. Lions have strong teeth that help them chew almost ¼ of a deer in 1 bite. They have fast feet for their weight to hunt fast animals. Their roar can be heard from five miles away. Their manes protect the throat during battles with other lions.
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Lions By: Nate clay
Physical Traits • Lions have strong teeth that help them chew almost ¼ of a deer in 1 bite. • They have fast feet for their weight to hunt fast animals. • Their roar can be heard from five miles away. • Their manes protect the throat during battles with other lions.
Behavior Adaptations • Lions survives by living in a pack, surrounding its’ prey for no escape, and most importantly the front line of defense to defend their prides territory.
Habitat • They live in plain dry grass in Africa, India, and zoos in many countries. • Their climate is truly unfamiliar with rain, since it is always hot but cool at night.
A Lion’s Diet • The lion is a carnivore…(it only eats meat) • So it eats bunnies,deer,antelope,crocidiles,buffalo, rhinos,hippos,giraffes,and zebras. • It’s a predator…(it eats prey)… but it is the tertiary consumer in it’s food chain…(it receives all the energy in the food web by eating another consumer). Nothing eats it.
Learned behaviors • The lion learns to: • Hunt specific animals due to skill. • Climb trees to kill climbing animals. • Stick together at all times. More lions more food for their dinner and provides safety. • It learns to have a vicious roar used for finding others and scaring off other lions.
Inherited traits • Their feet perfect for chasing fast animals such as zebras. • They have fur for protecting them thru the cool nights. • Their manes are helpful telling males from the females. • Their eyes are perfect for the dark while their prey’s is not.
Interesting Facts • The largest lion pride found have over 40 lions! • The females hunt for the pride but males hunt for themselves. • Cubs can nurse from other females as well as it’s mother. • 70% of the time the male lions will leave after 2 to 4 years with the prides. • When a new lion takes over the pride sometimes he will kill all the cubs and have offspring so all the cubs will have the same genes as him.
