{"id":3084,"date":"2011-06-12T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2013-08-02T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T21:21:13","slug":"top-10-list-of-lion-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/12\/top-10-list-of-lion-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 List of Lion Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/devcentre\/327960789\/\" title=\"Lion by cheetah100, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/140\/327960789_32707f6c56_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" alt=\"Lion\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a>Many people I talk to are  super-excited about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macosx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lion<\/a> and I thought it was time to share in that excitement by creating a List of Ten on my favorite lion features. Here goes, in no particular order:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lion are carnivores and therefore would share my love of <strong>bacon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Lions are <a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/kids\/animals\/creaturefeature\/lion\/\" title=\"Lion Facts and Pictures from Nat Geo\" target=\"_blank\">family animals<\/a>, though they are not exactly monogamous.<\/li>\n<li>Lions are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/apps\/redlist\/details\/15951\/0\" title=\"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerable<\/a>. I like a creature that is open to feelings and emotions.<\/li>\n<li>Lions have <a href=\"http:\/\/animal.discovery.com\/tv\/into-the-pride\/strange-lion-facts\/index-09.html\" title=\"Countdown: Strange Lion Facts, from Animal Planet\" target=\"_blank\">scary teeth<\/a> that would make them great vampires if they need a second line of work.<\/li>\n<li>Lions are considered &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awf.org\/content\/wildlife\/detail\/lion\" title=\"Lions on AWF\" target=\"_blank\">a symbol of power, courage and nobility<\/a>.&rdquo; <\/li>\n<li>When a lion growls, the <a href=\"http:\/\/animal.discovery.com\/tv\/into-the-pride\/strange-lion-facts\/index-04.html\" title=\"Countdown: Strange Lion Facts, from Animal Planet\" target=\"_blank\">sound can be heard up to 5 miles away<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Perfect for social networking, lions are &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/nationalzoo.si.edu\/animals\/greatcats\/lionfacts.cfm\" title=\"Lion Facts\" target=\"_blank\">the world&#8217;s most social felines<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionking.org\/lyrics\/\" title=\"THE LION KING Song Lyrics\" target=\"_blank\">lions sing songs<\/a>, usually in English, according to Disney anyway.<\/li>\n<li>Male lions have manes. Everyone should have a mane man.<\/li>\n<li>Lions, much like me, are mostly lazy. They can be found &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegozoo.org\/animalbytes\/t-lion.html\" title=\"Mammals: Lion, from the San Diego Zoo\" target=\"_blank\">sleeping, napping, and resting<\/a>&rdquo; for &ldquo;up to 21 hours.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&rsquo;m sure this list has inspired you. If you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macosx\/\" title=\"OS X Lion\" target=\"_blank\">cannot afford a lion<\/a>, however, do not despair. They are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forkids.co.za\/2009\/06\/lion-mask\/\" title=\"Lion Mask\" target=\"_blank\">easy to make<\/a> and require only a few things, like paper plates and crayons.<\/p>\n<p>[Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/devcentre\/327960789\/\" title=\"Lion by cheetah100, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\">Lion by cheetah100, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people I talk to are super-excited about Lion and I thought it was time to share in that excitement by creating a List of Ten on my favorite lion features. Here goes, in no particular order: Lion are carnivores and therefore would share my love of bacon. Lions are family animals, though they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[368,305],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal","tag-humor-2","tag-lion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-NK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17095,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/17095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}