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Aww, mommy`s being tickled by one of her cubs :D

Species: panthera leo (African lion; Afrikanischer Löwe)

Location: Zoo Dortmund, Germany
Distritbution: Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in northwest India, having disappeared from North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia in historic times.

Status: vulnerable :( (unexpected isn`t it? Please have a look: [link] ); possibly irreversible population decline of 30 to 50 percent over the past two decades in its African range. habitat loss and conflicts with humans
Research on declining lion population in Africa: [link]

Extra: Lions live for around 10–14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live over 20 years. They sleep up to 20h a day in the wild.

--> Ever heard about "canned animal hunting"? [link] [link] That is breeding animals like lions just to be shot by tourist "hunters" when they are grown to end as a trophy on the wall. It is sad that people really want to shoot a lion at all, if breed for this "purpose" or not.
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DrPhoenixJKZ's avatar
For any parents, children mess up with them a lot, but still really sweet! 
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