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13 Awesomely Badass Now-You-Know Facts About Lions

By:: Andrea Meno

May 07, 2021

13 Awesomely Badass Now-You-Know Facts About Lions

Chances are, you didn’t know just how amazingly badass lions actually are. If so, we’ve come up with 13 facts to help correct that:

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Lions are actually surprisingly fast. Their top speed is just over 50 miles per hour. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: NatGeo Kids

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A lion's roar can get up to 115 decibels, or 25 times louder than a lawnmower. That's because lions (and tigers), unlike most other animals, have square vocal folds, which lets them use less lung pressure than those other animals to roar. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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Some lion cubs can take down antelopes. 27% In the wild, one female lion has been observed teaching her three-month-old cub to catch a small antelope. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: National Geographic

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In Botswana, lions hunt elephants. This happens when most of their regular prey migrates between August and November, and a lot of elephants hang around (the elephants stick around because there's an artificial water supply in the area). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: tandfonline.com

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The color of a lion's mane indicates his testosterone level. The darker the mane, the higher the lion's testosterone -- and the better his health is likely to be, and the more attractive he is to female lions. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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Lions bang like crazy. team They breed during a window of several days every two years, and they get it on every 20-30 minutes they can get up to 50 rounds in 24 hours. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Britannica.com

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Lions can tear off an adult human's weight in one go. Once they sink their teeth into their prey, they can bite off up to 110 lbs of flesh. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Kruger Park

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Lions kill hyenas in the wild, just the because. 27% They kill hyenas even if they're not hungry, and they're so prolific that they cause around 60% of all hyena deaths. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: ABC

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If a lion is castrated, he soon loses his mane. That happens because testosterone is needed to grow a mane, and castrated lions can no longer produce testosterone. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: New Scientist

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In 1999, lions fought a two-week war with hyenas in Ethiopia. A pride of lions lost six, but killed 35 hyenas and drove off the entire group to take control of the territory -- a conflict that was broadcast on Ethiopian TV and monitored by the police. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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Lions used to be the most widespread mammal on the planet. Lions ranged from Great Britain, to Russia, to California -- their dominance only ended around 12,000 years ago, probably because early tool-using humans out-competed them as hunters. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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Being a lion cub is really, really tough. They have to compete with other cubs for food, plus they have to avoid predators and any adult lions that take over the pride -- all in all, about 80% of them die before reaching their 2nd birthday. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Google Books

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Adult lions kill SO many cubs, they cause up to 25% of all cub deaths. That happens when a new group of male lions takes over a pride - they kill all the lion cubs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: University of Minnesota

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