You can hear the roar of a lion up to 8 km away. While male and female lions roar, the male’s roar is usually louder and carries farther. Lions roar as a means of communication with other lions. They are the most social of all cat species and the only ones that live in groups. Known as prides, these family units consist of around 15 lions. The roar is used for a variety of reasons, such as for mother lionesses to call their cubs home if they are lost, or for lions to warn each other of impending danger, or as a signal for help.
More about lions:
Although the lion is known as “the king of the jungle”, it only lives in plains and grasslands and not in jungles – the reference to the jungle may be due to the lions that live in Africa, which has jungles.
Lions are awake for about four hours a day.
The lionesses are the hunters of their prides, while the males stay behind and defend their territory; however, males usually eat prey before females.