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Here's an animal lover's one-stop source for in-depth information on lions! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about lions, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these powerful creatures.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	08 mai 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781406273595
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	13 Mo

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LIONs

Claire Throp

Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered ofﬁce at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582 www.raintreepublishers.co.uk myorders@raintreepublishers.co.uk Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2014 First published in hardback in 2014 The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS (www.cla. co.uk). Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission should be addressed to the publisher.

Edited by Clare Lewis and Adrian Vigliano Designed by Tim Bond Original illustrations © HL Studios Picture research by Tracy Cummins Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed and bound in China

ISBN 978 1 406 27345 8 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy p. 33 (© Martin Harvey); Dreamstime.com p. 10d (© Chris Moncrieff); Flickr p. 10b (Karen Stout); Getty Images pp. 7 (Stuart Westmorland), 11 (Luciano Candisani), 13 (Purestock), 15 (Art Wolfe), 16 (Richard Packwood), 23 (Ariadne Van Zandbergen), 25 (Susann Parker), 27 (Andy Rouse), 35 (Doug Steakley), 36 (AFP/ Getty Images), 40 (Ian Cumming); Shutterstock pp. 5, 10f (EcoPrint), 6 (Sue Green), 10a (Eduard Kyslynskyy), 10c (Howard Klaaste), 10e (Volodymyr Burdiak), 10g (Lilyana Vynogradova), 10h (Graur Razvan), 17 (Stanislav Duben), 18, 30 (Ludmila Yilmaz), 19 (e2dan), 22 (clickit), 24 (Stu Porter), 31 (Dave Pusey), 32 (Oleg Znamenskiy), 39 (Tiberius Dinu); Superstock pp. 29 (Juniors), 38 (Ton Koene/age fotostock), 41 (NHPA), 43 (Minden Pictures), 45 (Gerard Lacz/age fotostock).

Cover photograph of a lion reproduced with permission of Superstock (age fotostock).

We would like to thank Michael Bright for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of any material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectiﬁed in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher.

Disclaimer All the internet addresses (URLs) given in this book were valid at the time of going to press. However, due to the dynamic nature of the internet, some addresses may have changed, or sites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication. While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience this may cause readers, no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted by either the author or the publisher.

Contents What are big cats? .................................................................... 4 What are lions? ......................................................................... 6 How are lions classiﬁed? ............................................................ 8 Where do lions live? ................................................................ 12 What adaptations help lions survive? ......................................... 14 What do lions eat?................................................................... 20 What is a lion’s life cycle?......................................................... 24 How do lions behave? .............................................................. 28 How intelligent are lions? .......................................................... 34 What threats do lions face?....................................................... 36 How can people help lions? ...................................................... 40 What does the future hold for lions? ........................................... 42 Lion proﬁle .............................................................................. 44 Glossary ................................................................................. 46 Find out more .......................................................................... 47 Index ...................................................................................... 48

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can ﬁnd out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

What are big cats?

Have you ever heard a lion’s roar? It can be quite scary! A male lion will roar to warn another male to stay off histerritory. A lion’s roar can be heard from 8 kilometres (5 miles) away.

Mammals Big cats such as lions are mammals. Mammals have fur or hair on their body and use lungs to breathe. They give birth to live young and babies feed on milk from their mother. Does this description sound familiar? It should – humans are also mammals.

Cats Walking on air There are 36speciesin the cat family, including thedomesticIf you watch a lion walking, its heels cat you might have at home! But don’t touch the ground! The toes only a small number are known are big compared to the rest of the informally as big cats. Onepaw. Pads on the bottom of their feet definition of big cats includes allcushion their feet and allow them to move more quietly. the species ofPantheraor roaring cats. Tigers are the largest of the roaring cats, followed by lions, jaguars, and leopards. Some scientists also describe the cheetah, puma, snow leopard, and clouded leopard as big cats.

Cats are great hunters, usually searching for food at night because their vision is often a lot better than that of theirprey, and because it’s cooler. All their senses are excellent, helped by rotating ears and sensitive vibrissae (whiskers).

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