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today lions have the cognitive ability to
recognize individuals and to interact with other lions to benefit their own
survival
they use visual cues in their communication
for example the mane is thought to signal to other lions the sex of a male from a
distance and to indicate individual fitness
the rate of mane development is mostly controlled by testosterone
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resident male lions regularly mark their territory by spraying vegetation with
urine and by scuff marking
lions in the wild breed every two years
with reproduction the male licks the females neck back
and genital area
the male smells the females urine or vulva to assess receptivity
mating continues for a period of approximately three to four days
the female invites copulation by lordosis
the male may also initiate copulation mating occurs over several hours or over
the course of a night
white tigers are leucistic meaning that they have a recessive gene
that causes them to lack dark colors
for unknown reasons white tigers seem to grow bigger
and at a faster rate than their orange counterparts
as solitary animals tigers establish and maintain their own territories
spacing between individuals and maintenance of territories are achieved
through vocalization scrapings on the ground claw marking of
trees and faecal deposits scent deposited by the rubbing of facial
glands and spraying of urine mixed with scent secreted from anal glands
aggression is displayed by rapidly moving the tail or holding it low and
intense twitches
the oldest fossil has been found from northern China and Java
these show that the tiger evolved more than two million years ago and before
the divergence of the lion leopard and jaguar
the tiger was believed to have entered India from northern Asia after the last
ice age
the cheetah was common throughout north America
Europe and Asia until the end of the last ice age about 11 700 years ago a
time coincident to when large numbers of mammals disappeared throughout the
northern hemisphere
cheetahs are not an active threat to humans and are rather docile compared to
other wild cats
cheetahs do not have a floating hyoid bone in their neck so they cannot roar
therefore it is a lesser cat not a big cat
Safari king vulture the king vulture is the most colorful vulture their wingspan
is about two meters or six feet
pelicans are distinguished by their large elastic throat pouches
they use their throat pouch as a dip net to catch fish
the pouch is not used to store the fish which are swallowed immediately
okapi the eyes and ears of both sexes are
large and the tongue is long and prehensile
the male has short horns that are completely covered by skin except for
the tips
bison live in small groups or bands this basic unit is one or more females and
several generations of their offspring adult males live on the band's
periphery or form their own small groups
clouded leopard they dwell in the cloud forest
southeast Asia and are one of the most ancient cat species
they have large dextrous paws with specialized foot pads for gripping
branches also specialized ankle bones allowing varied positions for climbing
including climbing head first down trees
another distinctive feature is their long canine teeth
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