来自MSN8 个月
Barbary Lions Once Inhabited Northern Africa's Mountains And Deserts, But The Spread Of ...
Barbary lions are gone from the wild, but several zoos claim to have some in their collections. It is unlikely that any real Barbary lions are left in the world.
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
Barbary lion skull from London
This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...
来自MSN7 个月
4 Extinct Types of Lions (1 Has Been Gone for 12,000 Years)
Today, the number of lions fell by 42% between 1993 and 2014, and according to the most recent IUCN assessment, the adult population ranges from only 23,000 to 39,000. The extinct Barbary lion ...
Business Insider India9 年
Here's the story behind a striking image of a lion getting a CAT scan
People were intrigued, and so was I, so I dug into the back-story of how the lion ended up there. The photo, taken in 2005, depicts a then-2-year-old baby Barbary lion named Samson. Barbary lions ...
BBC9 年
11 fearsome facts about lions
The first known coat of arms featured lions in a rampant pose or rearing up. It was given to Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England when he was knighted in 1128. Barbary Lions were ...