Lions Facts

A giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.

Singapore means "Lion city".

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

In 2001, a lion, tiger, and bear cub were found in a drug dealer's basement. They were moved to Noah's Ark sanctuary and have lived together as inseparable best friends ever since.

A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.

In 2005, a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was kidnapped by seven men trying to force her into marriage. When police found her a week later, three lions were standing guard around her. The kidnappers were gone. The lions turned and walked back into the forest as the humans approached.

Elephants, lions, and camels roamed Alaska 12,000 years ago.

Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.

"Roar" (1981) is the most dangerous movie ever made. The cast spent 11 years living with 150 untrained big cats - no cages, no tranquilizers. Melanie Griffith needed facial reconstructive surgery. The cinematographer was scalped by a lion (220 stitches). At least 70 crew were injured. No animals were harmed.