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The king of the jungle

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The lion The lion is a deep chested cat with a short rounded reduced neck and rounded ears and a hairy tough at the end of its tail the male are quite larger than the females with weight ranging from 150 to 250 and for females ranges from 120 to 190 kg. The male lions have a prominent mane around their neck. The lions pride consists of a few adult males’ related females and cubs. Females are majorly responsible for hunting purposes .they also scavenge for food when opportunities’ occure.the lions inhabit the savannah and the grassland but is absent in dense forests. They majorly do their hunting at night. The African lion is considered to be the strongest and the fiercest among all the species of the lion race. The lion is mostly used as a symbol of strength and bravery. The lion's mane is the most recognizable feature of the species. It starts growing when lions are about a year old. Mane color varies and darkens with age; research shows its color and size are influence...

The african Elephant and life survival.

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The elephants         Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals. African bush elephants are the largest species with males being typically 3.20m tall at the shoulder and 6000kg.while females stand at 2.60 m tall and with a body mass of 3000kg. an elephants skull is enough is resilient enough is strong enough to withstand forces generated by the tusk. The back of the skull is flattened and spread out creating arches that protect the brain     in every direction. The skull contains air cavities that reduces the size of the skull enhancing stability. Elephant ears have thick bases with thin tips. This helps it to release body temperature to the surrounding environment of all the elephants ,the African bush elephants live in the hottest environment and have the largest ear flaps elephants are able to hear very low frequencies.The trunk of the elephant is a fusion of the nose and upper lip. The trunk is elongated to become the most important ...

The tiger lifestyle and survival moves

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lifestyle of a tiger. The tiger is the largest cat species. Most of the vertical stripes on reddish orange strips. Tigers once ranged widely across eastern Eurasia from the black sea in the west of the black sea. Lions are known to breed with tigers in captivity to create to create hybrids called ligers and tigons. They share physical and behavioral qualities of both parent species. Such hybrids were first bred in zoos but this is now discouraged due to the emphasis on conservation. The liger is a cross between a male lion and tigress and they are between 10 to 12 feet. And weigh up to 450 kg. Because the lion sire passes on growth promoting gene but the corresponding growth inhibiting gene from the female tiger is absent, ligers grow larger than either of parents. The less common tigons is a cross between lioness and a male tiger. Because the male tiger does not pass on growth promoting gene and the lioness passes into a growth inhibiting gene, tigons are round and the same si...