Lions in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park already stand out because the males there don’t grow manes. Now an analysis of family life reveals another oddity: Unlike other lions, sizable clusters of Tsavo females live with a sole male lion.
MAIN LION. Despite Hollywood biology, a male Tsavo lion has no mane. J. Weinstein/Field Museum
Elsewhere, investigators have found coalitions of two to four males with a female group.
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