The African Lion
Lions have very strong shoulders and strong legs and feet equipped with long, sharp claws and add to that their powerful jaws, and we have a very efficient predator. A Lions roar can be heard by humans for several miles around. Prides of lions are usually made up of related females and average around 13 in number -- but a large pride can have up to 40 lions. A prides home range extends for many miles around.
Lions are mainly creatures of the night and often sleep or rest for 20 hours a day. Lions are carnivores, feeding on the flesh of other mammals; and lions have 30 teeth which includes their large dagger-like canines with which they grab and kill their prey. Their scissor-like molar teeth slice into the flesh and their smaller incisors scrape the bones clean. Most of their hunting is at night and in the very early morning hours.
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