Lions are feline carnivores. Lions prey on all kinds of animals and often kill African buffaloes, gazelles and giraffes, but they prefer to prey on ungulates of medium to high size, such as zebras, impalas and other kinds of antelopes. Sometimes lions even try to kill wild boar and ostrich.

1982, some observers witnessed lions preying on birds such as white-breasted cormorants several times, which made people know another skill of lions, that is, preying on birds. It is very rare that lions prey on birds on the African savannah. For a long time, people thought it couldn't catch birds.

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An international research team recently reported that they analyzed the evolution track of lions through gene sequencing. This big cat originated in eastern and southern Africa about 124000 years ago. About 2 10000 years ago, lions began to go out of Africa and reach India and other places in Asia as far as possible.

In terms of branches, modern lions are mainly divided into one in eastern and southern Africa and one in central, western Africa and India. The latter is now on the verge of extinction, which means that lions are at risk of losing half of their genetic diversity.

An international research team recently reported that they analyzed the evolution track of lions through gene sequencing. This big cat originated in eastern and southern Africa about 124000 years ago. About 2 10000 years ago, lions began to go out of Africa and reach India and other places in Asia as far as possible.

Ross barnett, a researcher at Durham University in the UK who led the study, said that the number of lions living in central and western Africa has greatly decreased in the past few decades. This new study shows that this lion should be protected from the perspective of genetic diversity to maintain the survival and development of the entire lion population.

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