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melittle.jpg Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking, and he is a research associate at the New Jersey State Museum.


Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published on November 1, 2010 by Bellevue Literary Press.

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Photo of the Day #772: Sleepy lions

Category: CatsMammalsPhotography
Posted on: November 24, 2009 6:39 AM, by Brian Switek


The Bronx Zoo's lion (Panthera leo) family taking a nap.

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1

Ha, lions in the high gravity zone.

Posted by: Fertanish | November 24, 2009 7:50 AM

2

Seems like all the lions are down at the moment. (Or at least all the land lions. Perhaps the sea lions are in better shape.)

Posted by: Phillip IV | November 24, 2009 8:22 AM

3

It's a tragedy how lions have gone from living on 5 continents during the Ice Age to less than 30,000 in Africa today. I can only hope that they won't become extinct in the wild and found only in zoos, even one as fine as the Bronx Zoo.

Posted by: Raymond Minton | November 24, 2009 11:20 AM

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