Tag: Lion

Aesop’s Fables: Three Bullocks and a Lion

A lion had been watching three bullocks feeding in an open field. He had tried to attack them several times, but they had kept together, and helped each other to drive him off. The lion had little hope of eating them, for he was no match for three strong bullocks with their sharp horns and…


Aesop’s Fables: The Lion and the Mouse

A lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the lion’s nose. Roused from his nap, the lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her. “Spare…


Man Receives Tender Cuddles From a Fully-Grown Lion He Saved as an Abandoned Cub 9 Years Ago

In a series of viral videos, a wildlife conservationist in Botswana, Southern Africa, is spotted receiving tender cuddles from a 9-year-old lion whom he’s raised since she was a cub. The enduring bond between the wildcat and the man who saved her life is warming hearts and astounding minds around the world. “I think people…


Photographer Captures ‘Once In a Lifetime’ Shot of a Lion Underneath a Rainbow

A series of amazing pictures perfectly capture the moment a lion lays out in front of a rainbow. Wildlife photographer Kevin Dooley, 60, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took these pictures whilst visiting the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. According to Kevin, a male lion was enjoying the cool weather and the rainstorm whilst a…


Photos: Rescued Chinese-Tibetan Mastiffs Are So Big That People Mistake Them for Lions

These massive golden pups are so large that strangers have mistaken them for lions while out on their daily walk, but their owner insists these “gentle giants” think they’re tiny lapdogs. Owners Shaun Kingsnorth, 42, and partner Katrina Springs, 40, from Corby, Northamptonshire, live at home with their two Chinese-Tibetan Mastiffs: 2-year-old Bear and 1-year-old…


Photographer Captures Terrified Lion Chased Up Tree by Herd of 100 Angry Buffalo in Kenya

What a scaredy-cat! This lion was caught on camera racing up a tree to escape from a herd of buffalo that had him outnumbered by a lot. Neelutpaul Barua, 39, from Mumbai, India, snapped photos of that so-called king of the jungle in quite a predicament while on a tour in Lake Nakuru National Park,…


Photos Show the Oldest Known Lion in the Maasai Mara Wildlife Reserve in Kenya

Fourteen-year-old Morani recently took the title of oldest lion in the Maasai Mara—a national reserve home to lions, cheetahs, and zebras—after the passing of his brother and prior record holder, Scarface, earlier this year. The amazing pictures were captured this month by professional wildlife photographer Leighton Lum, 33, while on a photography workshop in Kenya…


Best Preserved Ice Age Animal Ever Found? Study Reveals Age of Lion Cubs From Siberian Permafrost

An international group of scientists are studying two well-preserved cave lion cubs found in Siberian permafrost. A professor of Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm and one of the authors of a study on the cubs, Love Dalen, told CNN that one of them, a female lion nicknamed Sparta, “is probably the best preserved Ice Age…


Cave Lion Cub Found in Siberian Permafrost Is 28,000 Years Old

YAKUTSK, Russia—Scientists have said that an astonishingly well-preserved cave lion cub found in Siberia’s permafrost lived 28,000 years ago and may even still have traces of its mother’s milk in it. The female cub, named Sparta, was found at the Semyuelyakh River in Russia’s Yakutia region in 2018 and a second lion cub called Boris…


Kenyan Wildlife Authorities Capture Lion in Residential Area Outside Capital

NAIROBI—Kenyan wildlife authorities said on Wednesday they had captured a lion that had wandered into a residential area in a town south of the capital Nairobi. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said members of the public alerted them of the lion’s presence in the morning, prompting the authority to send rangers and veterinarians to the site….