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Excerpt from All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes
First comes the lion, the king 'of the beasts. The only remaining stronghold of this largest animal of the cat Species is in Central Africa. The time was When it wandered through Persia, Syria, and India, but owing to strong persecution it has almost vanished out of Asia.
The lion is an open-country hunter. It is to be found, as a rule, in the long grass and bush-lands, or on the outskirts of the deserts. Its color is a beautiful yellowish-brown, which matches its surroundings so perfectly that it is enabled to steal upon its prey unseen. A favorite trick 01 the lion is to lie in wait upon some rock near a path where deer and antelope pass on their way to drink. Its color here again serves to keep it conceal-cd, for it lies so still that even the timid deer are deceived, and do not see their enemy crouch ing in ambush. As the deer pass by, the lion springs among them and drags a victim down.
The lion has earned his regal title from his strength. It is said that a full-grown male will attack and pull down a buffalo. It easily drags the body of the largest horse over the roughest ground. When a lion makes an attack it springs upon its victims neck, and at the same time deals a fearful blow with its paw.
Many are the stories told showing this trait, and one of the most inter esting comes from the late Dr. Livingstone.
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