Category: lion
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Sabertooth cats were social
The Sabertooth cat (Smilodon fatalis) is definitely the most famous fossil big cat. Armed with impressive canines, it was certainly quite a sight. These teeth were probably powerful weapons. But they don’t tell us anything about other non-fossilized issues, like the colour of its coat or its social behaviour. But, here comes a little surprise.…
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Profiles of a male lion
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them Lion (Panthera leo, Lion, León), Masai Mara, Kenya, September 2008.
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The lionness and the gnu
This fable is actually balanced heavily in favor of the lion. She was able to hunt this gnu (wildebeest) and we found her while she was eating. Other images of this series on www.roumazeilles.net. Lion (Panthera leo, Lion, León), Masai Mara, Kenya, September 2008.
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Young lion
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Lions would want to be house cats
Or so it seems according to this advertisment for cat food.
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The lion that could not be a house cat
In 1969, John Rendall and Ace Berg, bought a lion cub at Harrods. They gave him more space, brought it tame, then decided to free him in Africa (he was getting much too large for their flat!) A year later, they heard that he was the head of his own pride. Despite the near-impossibility that…