Baby Barbary lion (Panthera leo, lev berbersky) from ZOO Olomouc, Czech republic
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:Name: Barbary Lion (Panthera leo leo)
Location: FORMERLY North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, now only ZOOs
Size: 280 cm long body + 90 cm tail (male)
weight: 295 kg (male)
Diet: carnivora
Conservation status: Exctinct in the wild
Interesting facts: Barbery lion is exctinc species, or at least exctinct in the wild
| the only Barbary lions live in ZOOs – they are descendats of the Barbaby lions from Marocan menagerie.
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And how do you take up close pictures
the title of the picture is great too