An adult male lion, if he’s lucky and durable, might attain the advanced age of 12 in the wild. Adult females can live longer, even to 19. Life expectancy at birth is much lower, for any lion ...

This means a louder roar with less effort. A female lion needs 5 kg and a male lion around 7 kg of meat a day, and studies of the animal in the wild show that their average intake is between 8 kg ...