Kruger National Park in South Africa is home to a large African lion population.
Lions in South Africa hold both ecological importance and profound cultural significance, serving as symbols of leadership, spirituality and national pride.
Prides consist of two to 12 related females and their young, and dominant males. Such males may form coalitions of two to six, and collectively hold tenure over prides. All the lionesses in a pride are related and remain within the pride for life. They synchronize their breeding, which serves a useful purpose, as all the mothers are able to mutually suckle each other's cubes.
Lions are the largest species of African carnivore and routinely tackle prey, such as buffalo, that are beyond the abilities of other predators.
The roar of the Lion is an impressive sound and is perhaps the sound most associated with the African Wild. The roar of a lion can carry over seven kilometers.