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History : When London’s very first zoo housed Morocco’s Atlas Lions
To the researcher, Barbary Lions were believed to be extinct in captivity but their descendants which were part of the royal lion collection of the king of Morocco were spotted three decades ago.
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Barbary lion skull from London
The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of ... they would get in the wild from eating the whole of their prey. Barbary lions originally roamed northern Africa, from Morocco to Egypt. But they ...
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Monkeys of Morocco
These days the Barbary macaque’s range has dwindled to pockets of forest in Morocco and Algeria, with a semiwild population in Gibraltar. Unfortunately macaques still tempt visitors ...
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Here's the story behind a striking image of a lion getting a CAT scan
People were intrigued, and so was I, so I dug into the back-story of how the lion ended up there. The photo, taken in 2005, depicts a then-2-year-old baby Barbary lion named Samson. Barbary lions ...