Lion

Question 1

What is unique about the lion’s tail?

Answer 1

It is the only big cat to have a tuft on its tail.

Question 2

How long can a male lion get?

Answer 2

Up to 10 feet

Question 3

How long can a female lion get?

Answer 3

Up to 6 feet

Question 4

How much can a lion weigh?

Answer 4

Up to 500 pounds

Question 5

What subspecies of lion often does not have a mane?

Answer 5

Tsavo lion

Question 6

How many days is the gestation period of a lion?

Answer 6

100 days

Question 7

At what age are lions mature?

Answer 7

3 years

Question 8

How many cubs do lions have?

Answer 8

2 to 4

Question 9

How long do lions live?

Answer 9

17 years

Question 10

What is the range and habitat of the lion?

Answer 10

Sub-Saharan Africain grasslands and savannas. Also a critically endangered population living in India.

Question 11

What do lions eat?

Answer 11

Large herbivores.

Question 12

What is the only truly social big cat?

Answer 12

The lion.

Question 13

Do the male or female lions do most of the hunting?

Answer 13

Female.

Question 14

When do lions hunt?

Answer 14

Dawn or night.

Question 15

True or false? Lions are monogamous.

Answer 15

False. Both males and females will mate with several others.

Question 16

What is the conservation status of the lion?

Answer 16

Vulnerable.

Question 17

What are some threats to the lion?

Answer 17

Poaching and habitat loss.

Question 18

What do male lions do when they are mature?

Answer 18

They join another pride by ousting the pride’s dominant male.

Question 19

What happens to the cubs of a male lion when a new dominant male takes power?

Answer 19

He kills them.

Question 20

After having cubs, when are female lions fertile again?

Answer 20

When their cubs die or mature.

Question 21

How many hours a day do lions rest?

Answer 21

20

Question 22

How far away can a lion’s roar be heard?

Answer 22

5 miles.

Question 23

True or false? Ten thousand years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal in the world after humans.

Answer 23

True.

Question 24

How much of a population decline did lions see in the 1980s to 2000s?

Answer 24

30% - 50%

Question 25

How much of a lion’s diet is composed of scavenging?

Answer 25

About half.

Question 26

Why do male lions seldom live longer than ten years in the wild?

Answer 26

Frequent fighting leads to injuries.

Question 27

Besides poaching and habitat loss, what is the main threat to the Asian lion?

Answer 27

Inbreeding due to a lack of genetic variation.

Question 28

What is the current population number of Asian lions?

Answer 28

400

Question 29

How many subspecies of lion are there?

Answer 29

8

Question 30

How do you make a liger?

Answer 30

Breed a male lion to a female tiger.

Question 31

Why do ligers get bigger than both of their parents?

Answer 31

The male lion’s growth gene is passed on and uninhibited by the female tiger’s growth regulation gene.

Question 32

How long do ligers get?

Answer 32

12 feet

Question 33

What is the area that a pride of lions occupies called?

Answer 33

The pride area.

Question 34

What is the male’s job in the pride?

Answer 34

Defense.

Question 35

What is the largest a pride of lions can reach?

Answer 35

30 individuals.

Question 36

What does the male lion do while the females are out hunting?

Answer 36

Watches the cubs.

Question 37

How do lions hunt?

Answer 37

They will encircle a herd of herbivores from several points and then close in.

Question 38

How many pounds of meat do lions eat per day?

Answer 38

10 - 15

Question 39

What were the Tsavo man eaters?

Answer 39

A group of lions that killed over twenty railroad workers building a bridge over the span of nine months.

Question 40

Are male or female lions more likely to share food with cubs?

Answer 40

Males.

Question 41

True or false, the male lion shares anything he catches.

Answer 41

False. He rarely ever shares.

Question 42

How many lions are in the wild?

Answer 42

Around 50,000