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Paintings of Africa
by Chris Frolking

Lions are the only permanently social cats, living in groups called prides. A pride consists of several adult females, usually sisters and cousins, and their young offspring. Adult male lions in a group of 2 or 3, usually brothers, take over a pride by conquest and defend it from other males as long as they are able. This male is in his prime, unscarred from battle.