king of the jungle

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CurlSagan on June 15th, 2020 at 01:59 UTC »

We know for a fact, biologically speaking, that the lion is in charge because he is the mane cat.

AustinTreeLover on June 15th, 2020 at 02:00 UTC »

The other day my little chiweenie was running in her sleep and I said, “Aww, she’s dreaming about chasing rabbits!”

And then I realized she has no idea what a rabbit is. She’s never seen one. It’s not like she can Google it.

Weird how small her world is.

Edit: Good gravy; posted this, fell asleep, woke up to a lot of comments!

Here is Stella and Irma, our Chiweenie besties!

nitefang on June 15th, 2020 at 03:24 UTC »

While we most commonly associate lions with the Savanna (and while that is probably where they were always the most common) there was a time when they were far more common in jungles than they are right now. As recently as a few years ago (not sure of the current numbers), lions still lived in some Indian jungles but they used to exist basically everywhere from the African Savanna to India (including a subspecies known as the Asiatic lion). They never really existed in the thick jungle, the sort you might need a machete to get through, but they definitely were at home in forests and rain forests if the vegetation wasn't too extreme.

"King of the Jungle" probably still comes from ignorance though and not referring to their less common habitats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion