AnimalsSavanna
Lion Fun facts for kids
Panthera leo
The lion lives on grassy plains in Africa and eats zebras and antelopes.
- Where it lives
- on grassy plains in Africa
- What it eats
- zebras and antelopes
- How big it is
- longer than a grown-up, much heavier
Fun facts about the lion
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
A male lion's roar can be heard about 8 kilometres away, farther than you could walk in an hour.
A lion's tail ends in a black fluffy tuft with a tiny hard spike hidden inside, and no other cat has one.
Lions sleep or rest up to 20 hours a day, so at the zoo you often see them lying flat out.
Lion cubs love to pounce on their mum's twitching tail, and that is how they practise hunting.
People call the lion the king of the jungle, but lions don't live in jungles at all, they live in grassland.
The lion is the only cat that lives in a real family group, called a pride.
Lions say hello by rubbing heads together, and they lick each other to stay good friends.
Lion cubs are born with faint spots and blue grey eyes that turn amber in a few months.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live on the grassy plains of Africa, and I hunt mostly at night.
I can sleep or rest for up to twenty hours a day.
My tail ends in a black fluffy tuft, with a tiny hard spike hidden inside.
I'm the only cat that lives in a real family, and we say hello by rubbing heads.
Our males grow a thick mane around the head, and my loud roar carries very far.
Sammy might be thinking of a lion.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the lion in the Savanna adventure.
Play the SavannaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
