. Portraits at the zoo . he is five years old, andhe often lives to be thirty, or even forty years old. Noforest-bred Lion can ever be tamed. He may be trainedand made to do several foolish things in the way of tricks,but his savage nature is liable to flare up at any moment,and generally just when least expected. When captured quiteyoung the little cubs seem sometimes to become quite tame;but no wild animal is ever really tamed. As the cubs growolder they show various signs of their savage nature, andmany a trainer has had reason to regret believing that, 39 THE LION AND LIONESS because they
. Portraits at the zoo . he is five years old, andhe often lives to be thirty, or even forty years old. Noforest-bred Lion can ever be tamed. He may be trainedand made to do several foolish things in the way of tricks,but his savage nature is liable to flare up at any moment,and generally just when least expected. When captured quiteyoung the little cubs seem sometimes to become quite tame;but no wild animal is ever really tamed. As the cubs growolder they show various signs of their savage nature, andmany a trainer has had reason to regret believing that, 39 THE LION AND LIONESS because they had been kindly treated and petted, their wildnatures had been changed. From being hunted so incessantly Lions have graduallyleft the open plains of Africa and gone to the thick, dense,dark forests. These forests contain so many big thornbushes that, in going through them, the Lions lose nearlyall their manes, which are dragged and torn out. This isthe reason why it was thought at one time that there was amaneless
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