About this minute

Title
Lions
Recordist
Simon Bearder
Contributor
British Library Wildlife Sound Archive
Year
1974 – 1975
Location
South Africa, Africa
Collections
Collection 1
Related resource guides
Field Recordings , Big Cats , Calls , Calls , Natural World , Natural world

Collection 1 #36

Grrr…what a terrifying sound! Were you scared? You heard the roars and snarls of a Lion, recorded in South Africa. Lions live on the African planes in family groups called ‘prides’. What do you think this lion was doing? Perhaps he was trying to scare off a rival, or maybe he was communicating with other…

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