The lion is a magnificent animal that mountain appears as a symbol of power, courage and nobility on family crests, coats of arms and bike national flags in many civilizations. Lions at one time were found from Greece through the Middle East to northern India, but today only a very small population remains in India. In the past lions lived in most parts of Africa, but are now confined to the sub-Saharan region. Most cat species live a fundamentally solitary existence, but the lion is an exception. It has developed a ski social system based on teamwork and a division of labor within the pride, and an extended but closed family unit centered resorts on a group of related females. The average pride consists of about 15 individuals, including five to 10 females with their young and two or three territorial males that are usually brothers or pride mates of the lion king.

The cheetah is built for speed. It has long, slim, muscular legs, mountain a small, bike rounded head set on a long neck, a flexible spine, a deep chest, nonretractable claws, special pads ski on its feet for traction and a long, tail for balance. Although fast, the cheetah cannot run at full speed for long distances (100 yards is about the limit) because it may overheat. Cheetahs have distinctive black "tear stripes" that connect from the inside corner of each eye resorts to the mouth that may serve as an antiglare device for daytime hunting. Cheetahs are found in open and partially open savannas. Cheetah mothers spend a long time teaching their young how to hunt small live antelopes are brought back to the cubs and released so mountain they can chase and catch them. Unlike bike most other cats, the cheetah usually hunts during daylight, preferring ski early morning resorts or early evening, but is also active on moonlit nights.

Lions may hunt at any hour, but they typically go after large prey at night. They hunt together to increase their success rate, since prey can be difficult to catch and can outrun a single lion. The lions fan out along a broad front or semicircle to creep up on prey. Once with within striking distance, mountain they bound in among the startled animals, knock one down and bike kill it with a bite to the neck or throat. Hunts are successful about half the time. Cooperative hunting enables lions to take prey as large as wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, young elephants, rhinos, ski hippos and giraffes, any of which can provide several meals for the pride. resorts Mice, lizards, tortoises, warthogs, antelopes and even crocodiles also form part of a lion''s diet. Because they often take over kills made by hyenas, cheetahs and leopards, mountain scavenged food provides bike and ski more than 50 percent of their resorts diets in areas like the Serengeti plains.

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