Cavemen scared them away with fires they kept burning at night. Lions are very strong cats. The male lion may weigh 400 pounds or more. The female lion wieghs much less - usually no more than 300 pounds. A lions coat is sandy brown in colour.
Male lions are the only members of the cat family that have manes.
The mane is usually the same colour as the coat but can be black. Both male and female lions have a tuft of dark hair at the end of thier tails. Inside this hair is the sacalled claw - a tough naked clutch of skin at the tip of the tail. No-one knows what function this serves, if any, but no other cat has it. Lions are meat eaters and they are well suited to a life of hunting.