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bachelors are known to be the main threats to the dominant males leading their prides.
They are also known to kill cubs to try and get the females into estrus once again. These
bachelors are mostly brothers that left a pride together, but individual bachelors have
been known to team up with other individuals.
Lions, unlike the tiger, hunt in groups. They collectively stalk their prey and have been
commonly seen applying strategies that would do any army commander proud. Very
often some of the females pinpoint a particular individual prey and chase it in the
direction of other lionesses waiting in ambush. The prey is mostly killed by a quick,
powerful bite to the spine or with the help of a classic choke grip, with the strong jaws of
the lion cutting off air supply to the lungs.
Although history shows the coexistence of lions and tigers, there is no prevalent example
of this anywhere in the world at present. Lions do coexist even in the current era with
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