• All Lionesses in a pride are related and will often stay with the pride their entire life, while young males are driven out. All lactating females will allow any cub in their pride to nurse and will "baby-sit" each other's cubs while the mother goes off to hunt.
• Female lions reach two thirds of their adult size by the time they are 2 years old. Both males and females continue to grow until they are 6 years old.
• A lioness can run as fast as 35 mph for short distances and can leap more that 30 feet.
• Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day.
• A lion's eyesight is five times better than a human's, and it can hear prey that is more then a mile away.
• Using their keen sense of smell, lions can tell if prey is nearby and even how long ago it was in the area.
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