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 Generally a tawny yellow, lions, like other species, tend to be lighter in color in affican hot, arid areas and darker in areas of dense vegetation. Mature male lions are unique among the cat species for the thick mane of brown or black hair that encircles the head and lions neck. The tails of lions end in a horny spine covered affican with a tuft of hair. Lions are found in savannas, grasslands, dense bush and woodlands. lions Females do 85 to 90 percent of the pride''s hunting, while the males patrol the territory and protect the pride, affican for which they take the "lion''s share" of the females'' prey. When resting, lions seem to enjoy good fellowship with lots of touching, head rubbing, licking and purring. But when it comes to food, each lion looks out for itself. Squabbling and fighting are common, with adult males usually lions eating first, followed by the females and then the cubs. Ancient cultures in Africa revered the giraffe, as some modern cultures do today, and commonly depicted it in prehistoric rock and cave paintings. Unknown outside of affican Africa, this animal so excited man''s curiosity that it was sometimes sent as a diplomatic gift to other countries; one of the earliest records tells of a giraffe going from lions "Melinda" (presumably Malindi) in Kenya to China in 1415. The animal was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard, a mistake immortalized in the giraffe''s scientific name of Giraffa camelopardalis. The neck affican is so long the giraffe must spread its front legs apart so its head can reach the ground to drink. It has unusually elastic blood vessels with a series of valves that help offset the sudden buildup of blood (and to prevent fainting) lions when the head is raised, lowered or swung quickly. In some areas, livestock predation remains a severe problem. 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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