A few observations of some young lions
Category: Lion-watching | Date: Apr 25 2008 | By: admin
Here’s a photo I took recently of two members of Nempakai’s pride. This pride was mentioned in Antony’s post on on the Lion Guardian blog, on the 19th of April. I thought I might point out some interesting features.
The “handsome spots” are a feature of younger lions. They lose these spots as they grow older, and become more tawny.
The noses of cubs are almost completely pink for at least the first year. They become progressively more black as the lion gets older. In Tanzania it was found that lions generally had completely black noses by the age of about 6 years.
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