Description

Young Lion face close-up

Therina Groenewald: Young Lion face close-up – professional photographer.

The lion is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. Wikipedia

They are born with tawny black spots which eventually disappears as they grow older. When it is time to give birth a lioness leaves her pride and has her lion cubs in dense cover. Cubs remain hidden for one to two months before being introduced to the rest of the pride.