Family+life

Family Life

 **Lions share their territory.** **Lionesses make the territory so** **the pride can survive.****The males job is to protect the territory.****The females spend time with their cubs.****Males only stay two through four years.****Lions live in groups of 15.There are about two to six males in a pride. ** **Lions share their territory. Male lions protect the territory. Male lions protect the family while the rest of the family sleeps. They rub their bodies on rocks and trees to show that it is their territory.** **Lions live in prides. Lions stay with their cubs in the territoriy they are in.** **They spend their time with their family when they are young. When they are grown up they live by their self. When cubs are born they get mostly food.When female lions find male lions they mate and have babies.The lionesses lick the baby to to keep it clean.**

**Lions protect their cubs from their predators. They go out through the wilderness to find their prey. When they are first born its hard for them to walk because they fall a lot.They are sensitive when they get scratched in fights with other lions.Lions eat first when they kill the prey.Then the lionesses eat next.Finaly the cubs eat last. When the lion is about 20 years old, they leave from their pride. The lion has to find another family. To do that he must find a lionesses to mate with and produce more babies.**