Roy Brooks Lion Art

Roy Brooks lion art features potraits of lionesses in pastels and oils.

Lions are highly social cats that hunt together and form cohesive groups. A pride usually consists of two groups, one of 4 to 12 related females and their cubs and a group of 1 to 6 males known as a 'coalition' who mate with the adult females. The lionesses are close-knit and are the core of the pride while the males may change every few years. Where game is plentiful prides are fiercely territorial but if prey is sparse then their pride lands are far too large to defend.

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