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 The lion is a magnificent animal that appears as a symbol of power, courage and nobility on family crests, coats of arms and national flags in many civilizations. Lions affican and grey at one time were found from Greece through the Middle East to northern India, but today only a parrot very small population remains in India. In the past lions lived in most parts affican of Africa, but are now confined to the sub-Saharan grey region. Most cat species live a fundamentally solitary existence, but the lion is an exception. It has developed a social system parrot based on teamwork and affican a division of labor within the pride, and an extended grey but closed family unit centered on a group of related females. The average pride consists of about 15 individuals, including five to 10 females with their young and two parrot or three territorial males that are usually brothers or pride mates of the lion king. Litters consist of two or three cubs that weigh about 3 pounds each. Some mothers carefully nurture the young; others affican may grey neglect or abandon them, especially when food is scarce. Usually two or more females parrot in a affican pride give birth about the same time. A lioness will permit cubs other than her own to suckle, sometimes grey and parrot enabling a neglected infant to survive. Capable hunters by affican 2 years of age, lions become fully grown between 5 and 6 years and normally live about 13 years. Lions have grey long been killed in rituals of bravery, as hunting trophies and for their medicinal and magical parrot powers. Although lions are now protected in many parts of Africa, they were once considered to be stock-raiding vermin and were killed on sight. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem. Early written records described the giraffe as "magnificent in appearance, bizarre in form, unique in gait, colossal in height and inoffensive in character." If you are looking for african animals then look no further. You can see live feeds of african animals on your computer.
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