more Wildlife trivia

About Lions

Lionesses typically give birth every two years.

Here are some other facts about lion cubs:

Newborn cubs are blind and helpless, with a thick coat of dark spots.
Cubs start eating meat at three months, but nurse for about six months.
Cubs' eyes open at six days old.
At six weeks, cubs start accompanying their mother to the kill.
Cubs can't tear meat until they get permanent teeth at one year old.
Cubs are usually weaned by eight months old.
Lionesses have four teats, so litters larger than four usually won't all survive.
The other members of the pride, including the dominant males and her sisters, help care for and protect the cubs

About Elephants

Here are some interesting facts about elephants:

Size: African elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth, with some males weighing over 12,000 pounds.
Trunks: Elephants use their trunks for many things, including breathing, smelling, grabbing food, digging, and playing. They can also use their trunks like fingers to pick flowers, push over trees, and pull out thorns.
Communication: Elephants use infrasound, which are sounds below the range of human hearing, to communicate over long distances.
Memory: Elephants have excellent memories and can recall distant watering holes, other elephants, and humans they have encountered.
Skin: Elephants have sensitive skin that can get sunburnt, so they roll in mud to cool down and create a protective layer.
Tears: Elephants can't shed tears because they don't have tear ducts.
Jumping: Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
Evolution: Elephants' ancestors didn't have trunks 40 million years ago.
Smell: Elephants have an exceptional sense of smell and can detect water from 15 kilometers away and rain from 200 kilometers away.
Lifespan: Elephants can live 65 to 70 years, with the oldest known elephant living to be 86 years old.
Endangered: Asian elephants are endangered, with habitat loss and fragmentation being the primary causes of their decline.