First of all, let's see how many years lions can be "chic".
Lions are the only social animals in cats, and live a polygamous life. Among them, the lion is the most beautiful, but it is often unknown behind the scenery. First of all, although lions grow up among lions, when they are 2 -3 years old, the young lions who are still in the sub-adult stage will be expelled from the lions, and they will live a wandering life from then on. That's where stray lions come from.
From the beginning of wandering, the little lion has only two choices, one is to develop carefully and grow up slowly, and the other is to form an alliance with other wandering lions to advance and retreat together. After that, stray lions often have to go through about three years of experience. If he can survive, he will have enough strength to challenge other lions when he is 5-6 years old. At this time, he usually takes the upper position, and the average age when he takes the upper position is 5-6 years old. It should be pointed out here that stray lions usually stay away from the territory of the original lions, thus avoiding the problem of inbreeding.
The first thing a lion should do is to deal with the descendants of the original lion king. If the descendants of the original lion king are under 1 year old, these cubs will be brutally killed by the new lion king. If you are over 1 year old, you will generally be expelled from the lion group together with the original lion king. Then, the new lion king can reproduce.
Under normal circumstances, the lion king of the next generation can stick to 1-2 generations from the top. Including when pregnant and when the cubs are driven away, the lion king can be chic for 3-5 years. This is because, from the age of 5, the lion king enters the prime of life, which generally lasts until 10, and then he will enter the old age. After all, the average life span of wild lions is about 15 years old, so people over 10 years old are equivalent to more than 50 years old. At this time, their explosive power and fighting capacity are not as good as those of experienced cubs.
Therefore, throw away those unlucky lions (the upper position is challenged and defeated). Ordinary lions will have their own lions at the age of 5-6, and they will be defeated and leave the lions at the age of 9- 10. The natural and unrestrained time is about 3-5.
The home of the defeated lion?
The defeated lion will be expelled from the original lion, but their destination is not necessarily. Let's talk about it in four situations.
The first kind: cubs. When the lions join the lions, they will enter the lion's social division of labor, in which they are mainly responsible for patrolling the territory. At this time, some new lions will constantly repel the invading stray lions. If the guardian is successful, once defeated, it will be replaced and become a new wandering lion. After that, it will find a new lion to challenge the lion again in order to have its own lion. Of course, this situation is rare, because stray lions will consider each other's strength when choosing their opponents.
The second kind: the injured old lion. The battle of the lion king was very cruel. The lion king will defend his "wife and children" to the death, and the wandering lion will try his best to end the wandering life and reproduce. At this time, if an old lion confronts a stray lion, the result must be that the stray lion wins. However, in the battle, the old lion will inevitably get hurt. Once expelled after being injured, his fate will only be a dead end, either killed by prey during hunting or starved to death.
The third kind: death. When two lions duel, especially when there is an age gap between them, one of them will die, and this one is often the lion in his twilight years.
The fourth kind: uninjured lion. If the defeated lion is only slightly injured or absolutely too strong to avoid fighting, and he is not injured, he can still reduce his death risk by actively avoiding the territory of other lions (by smell) and hunting relatively small prey, although he will have a hard time in the next days. But with the passage of time and the growth of age, they will eventually starve to death or be killed by other animals (such as meeting hyenas).
Where did the dead lion's body go?
In the battle of the lion king, the loser basically has only one dead end, but the length of time is different (except for the cubs), and their bodies generally have two "destinations".
The first is natural decomposition. If the male lions find a relatively hidden place before they die (in fact, they will do so in order not to be found and eaten by other carnivores), then their bodies are likely to slowly decompose at high temperature.
The second type: "scavenger" decomposition. On the African prairie, there are many "scavengers" who play the role of decomposing the corpses of other animals. The advantage of this is to reduce the spread of the plague. There are three representative street sweepers here: hyenas, vultures and black-backed wolves. We can always see these three kinds of animals busy beside the carrion on the African prairie.
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The lion looks beautiful, but in fact, its growth process is very bitter. Since he was over two years old, he has been driven out of his big family and led a dangerous wandering life. If he wants to end his wandering life, he must struggle with his strong enemy (the same sex) in order to have a chance to thrive.
Moreover, even if you become a "king", you always have to face the challenges of other lions. After being defeated, they either died directly, or dragged their injured bodies away, and eventually starved to death or were killed by other animals. This is the fate of the lion, the fate of the jungle in nature.