Lion Prides

Lions lives in prides of 1-3 male lions, about a dozen lionesses and their young. The males rule the pride and guard their territory. The lionesses hunt, and then bring the food back to the pride. When a male lion cub matures, he is exiled from the pride. After that, he and possibly one or two more lions tries to take over other prides by defeating the current, or resident, male leaders in the pride. If the resident males are defeated, the newcomers take over the pride and force the resident males to leave. Then, the newcomers kill all the pride's cubs.