Since ancient times of people with special respect and awe treated lions, attributed them regal qualities, considered them exemplary family men and invincible soldiers. And it is not vain as the lion is one of the best hunters among representatives of fauna, he can cope even with those who much more surpass it in sizes.
Lions differ from other representatives of a class cat's, first of all, in the extraordinary thirst for constant communication with similar. This line of their character became the reason that they live groups, families, so-called prides. From 30 to 40 individuals of lions, lionesses and their cubs can enter into such groups. In a pride very cordial relations reign. During rest of family the animals look after one after another, lick wool, and cubs can suck both the mom, and any other female from a pride who has a milk. What a family basis, its frame, is made by females is remarkable, and on their shoulders care of posterity, production of food and protection of a pride against enemies lies. Some lions males, as a rule, no more than three are a part of group.
How to hunt a pride of lions
The pride of lions within the territory hunts. The unique feature of respect for borders of others territory, to others family is characteristic of these animals. Moreover, lions never kill for the sake of an entertainment, hunt only when food is necessary for them, and they give its remains to less successful jackals, hyenas.
When the lion is hungry, he perceives any moving object as food though these predators give special preference to hoofed animals – antelopes, goats, sheep, zebras or the krupnorogaty cattle. However the large family group of lions can eat even an elephant if he appeared alone and could not show worthy resistance.
The dominating role in hunting is undertaken by lionesses. If there is a hunting for medium-sized animals, then one individual beats off herd and several lionesses at the same time attack it. Lions put stings to the victim, as a rule, in a neck, they act immediately and the victim sometimes does not even understand that it dies. Large animal, for example, lonely elephants, lionesses track down and, having silently crept, kill with one or two stings, besides, in a neck. But the attempt to kill such large animal often comes to an end with death of lionesses.
How many eats lion's family at one time
Lions are how gluttonous and whether the pride of lions can eat an elephant – these questions interest, probably, many fans of these beautiful animals. Lions are very gluttonous, hunger literally deprives of them reason and forces to rush on production of any size if only to have an opportunity to be sated. The elephant also can not last for family of lions for one meal from 30 pieces if it the small sizes. At one time the adult lion or a lioness can eat up to 20 kg of meat, that is on all family to be necessary about 600 kg of this product.