The Biogeography of Lions

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• remon@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TIL the great lakes are full of lions.

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  • juliebean@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i immediately assumed this was a joke about a sports team, and sure enough. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Lions

    alas, i don’t think there’s actually panthera leo running around michigan.

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    • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are a couple, but they don’t roam very far.

      https://detroitzoo.org/animal/african-lion/

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We got Puma concolor couguar down South though!

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  • Nougat@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They commute from Manitowoc to Ludington on the SS Badger.

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  • Blackout@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Beware! Detroit is full of lions and they will peck at you with their beak and swoop in to snatch your coney. I recommend every visitor bring an atlatl with them.

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• MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love the question marks for Italy, France, and Spain. Here there be dragons lions. Over there? Fuck knows if they had lions or not.

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  • Klear@quokk.au ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They said they have some big cats there, but they might be lion'

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    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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  • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    History of lions in Europe - Wikipedia - en.m.wikipedia.org/…/History_of_lions_in_Europe

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  • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I thought they were just local red markings. Bought it for a moment because maybe savannah in present day middle of Spain.

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• judgyweevil@feddit.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you saying that American lions don’t dare to cross into Canada?

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  • muhyb@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think they like

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    hockey

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• kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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• BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why isn’t Vegas blue? There’s gotta be some there.

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  • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And Texas. They called the show “Tiger” King but the lack of regulations has the state full of big cats.

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    • BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Haha oh yeah. Forgot about that.

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• Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Me: hey, what’s up with those lions by the great lakes OOOOOOOOooooohhhh. Nice.

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