Lions are excellent swimmers.

Did you know that lions have retractable claws?

A group of lions is known as pride. A pride normally consists of 15 lions. Prides can have anywhere from 3 to 40 animals. Interestingly, a pride normally will have no more than two adult males.

If a new male joins the pride, he might kill the cubs.

During a mating bout, which could last several days, the couple repeats the act of mating up to forty times a day and are likely to forgo eating.

Males mark their territory by spraying a mixture of urine and glandular secretions on bushes and trees.

Their roar has enough force to raise a cloud of dust. Also, the roar can be heard as far as five miles away.

Lions belong to the cat family and their scientific name is Panthera leo.

Lions are the only members of the cat family with manes.

Their back teeth work as a scissors to cut meet apart.

Lions weigh only about 1 to 2 kg at the time of birth. An adult male can weigh up to 260 kg.

An adult male lion can consume as much as 27 kg of meat at a sitting. However, they normally have a meal of about 7 kg.

They have an average life span of 15 years in the wild, but they have been known to live for about 30 years in captivity.

Tigers are their closest relatives. Also, tigers are larger than lions, which makes them the second latgest cat.

While running, they can attain a top speed of 36 miles per hour.