(Male lions, not strictly belonging to any pride ... Dark manes correlate with robustness, and dark-maned studs like C-Boy are preferred. C-Boy mates with a Kibumbu pride female.

4. The darker a lion’s mane, the older he is A good way to guess a male lion’s age is from inspecting the darkness of his mane (from a distance of course). The darker the mane, the older the lion.

Lion. Image via Depositphotos. Intriguingly, scientists embarked on a journey to uncover the secrets of these maned lionesses in 2014, with a two-year focus on documenting the behavior of one ...

The Park Warden told The Standard that the unique lion with a dark mane was well taken care of until when he ‘rested’. “He has been frail for the better part of the month. We called the KWS ...