--- title: The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In The Lion King, Simba stands on Pride Rock, Mufasa roars across the plain, and the lionesses go hunting; much o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / The Lion King: real lions, prides and… # The Lion King: real lions, prides and the circle of life Lesson 124 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 18 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/0/) — In The Lion King, Simba stands on Pride Rock, Mufasa roars across the plain, and the lionesses go hunting; much of this is truer than you might think. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/1/) — Real Serengeti lions rest on rocky islands called kopjes, which give shade, a lookout and safe dens, and the film makers went to East Africa to study them. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/2/) — A pride is a family of related lionesses, mothers, sisters, daughters and aunts, who hunt as a team and share the care of all the cubs, while the males guard the land and hunt big prey too. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/3/) — Young males like Simba really do leave home at two or three years old, and Mufasa's circle of life is real science: lions eat antelopes, antelopes eat grass, and dead lions feed the soil that grows the grass. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/4/) — But there is no elephant graveyard, and lions are not kings of a happy kingdom: about 20,000 to 25,000 wild lions are left, fewer than half of cubs live to two, and they rest up to 20 hours a day. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/5/) — Serengeti lions rest on rocky outcrops called kopjes, which give them shade, a lookout and safe dens for cubs. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/6/) — Lionesses do most of the hunting, often as a team, but males hunt too, especially big animals like buffalo. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/7/) — A lion's roar can be heard about 8 kilometres away; lions roar to claim their land and keep in touch, and a cub only starts real roaring at about one year old. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/8/) — Young males leave or are pushed out of the pride at about two or three years old, because the grown males see them as rivals, often wandering with brothers or cousins in a group called a coalition. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/9/) — Lions sleep or rest up to 20 hours a day and are most active at night and dawn; one lion can eat about 40 kilograms of meat in a meal and then may not eat again for several days. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/10/) — The great migration is real: over a million wildebeest, with zebras and gazelles, move round the Serengeti and Masai Mara every year following rain and fresh grass. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/11/) — Cubs play constantly, chasing tails and wrestling, and play is practice for hunting; the black tuft on a lion's tail is unique among cats. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/12/) — The lionesses of a pride are usually all related and share cub care, and a lioness may let another's cub drink her milk. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/13/) — There is no real elephant graveyard; elephants die wherever they are, though bones may collect near water where weak old elephants stayed. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/14/) — Lions in a few places, such as parts of Uganda and Tanzania, often climb trees, and scientists are not sure why they do it there and hardly anywhere else. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/15/) — The circle of life matches real science: energy passes from grass to antelopes to lions, and decomposers return dead bodies to the soil. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/16/) — Fewer than half of wild lion cubs survive their first two years. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/17/) — Wild lions now live mostly in Africa south of the Sahara, plus a small group of Asiatic lions in the Gir Forest in India; about 20,000 to 25,000 are left. - ← previous: [Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares and ducks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/) - next →: [Timon and Pumbaa: real meerkats and warthogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/125-timon-and-pumbaa-real-meerkats-and-warthogs/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)