Echoes of Lion...
To the human ear, it may seem like all roars are more or less the same, but lions are able to clearly distinguish between instructions from the higher ranking lion to fight, escape or to relax. Warnings and calls for help from a fellow lion in the pride are also differentiated from the roars of lions that do not belong to the pride.
Contrary to what many uninformed people believe, a lion which is planning to hunt, will never roar as that would scare away the prey and thus the purpose will be lost. They may roar to call for help once they have the prey surrounded, but never before that. Although male lions roar much louder, females roar as well.
The main objective of the lioness’s roar is to call their cubs that are beyond her visual range, but even the lioness calls for help while hunting a strong prey or engaged in a fight with an adversary.
Echoes of Lion...
To the human ear, it may seem like all roars are more or less the same, but lions are able to clearly distinguish between instructions from the higher ranking lion to fight, escape or to relax. Warnings and calls for help from a fellow lion in the pride are also differentiated from the roars of lions that do not belong to the pride.
Contrary to what many uninformed people believe, a lion which is planning to hunt, will never roar as that would scare away the prey and thus the purpose will be lost. They may roar to call for help once they have the prey surrounded, but never before that. Although male lions roar much louder, females roar as well.
The main objective of the lioness’s roar is to call their cubs that are beyond her visual range, but even the lioness calls for help while hunting a strong prey or engaged in a fight with an adversary.