Male Lion Cub (Panthera leo) - a photo on Flickriver

            Serengeti National Park

Tanzania

East Africa

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Lion Cub with mother in the background. 

Lionesses give birth to 2-3 cubs at a time. Usually a couple females give birth around the same time. The cubs are then raised together, sometimes nursing communally.

Lioness with cubs are vulnerable to predators like hyenas, leopards, and black-backed jackals, cubs have a 60-70% mortality rate. They are sometimes trampled by large animals like buffaloes. Furthermore, when another group of male lions takes over a pride, they kill all the cubs so they can sire their own with the lionesses.

Female cubs stay with the group as they age. At around two years old, they become capable hunters. But young males are forced out of the pride at that age. They form bachelor groups and follow migrating herds until they are strong enough to challenge male lions of other prides. In general, a group of males stays in power in the pride for around three years before another bachelor group takes it over.

Taken in: Kenya / Narok / Talel (show map)

Taken on: September 8, 2010

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Tanzania 2010

Serengeti National Park

East Africa

African Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae family

Cub

Sexually Dimorphic

Pride

Hunt Together

Mostly Large Ungulates

Apex and Keystone Predator

Grasslands

Savannas

Usually More Diurnal Than Other Cats

Active At Night

At Twilight

IUCN Vulnerable

Since 1996

43% Decline Since 1990s

Habitat Loss

Conflicts With Humans

Sue Roehl

Panasonic

100 - 400 mm Lens

Hand held

Pentax K7

NGC

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Sunrays+5 « less

Sets appears in: • Kenya, Tanzania, Sept. 2010

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