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9 Fun Facts

Lions

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Lions are most active at night and live in a variety of habitats...

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The heaviest lion on record weighed an amazing 826 pounds (375 kilograms).

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The roar of a lion can be heard from 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) away.

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When a lion breeds with a tiger, the result is a liger or tigon.

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Lions rest for roughly twenty hours of every day.

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Lions are the only cats that live in groups called prides.

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Known colloquially as the "king of the jungle", lions do not actually live in jungles.

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Male lions have a range of roughly 100 square miles.

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Lions hunt large animals such as zebra and wildebeest.