Giving zoo lions whole carcasses on a feast-and-fast schedule appears to bring out more natural behavior. The lions spent nearly three times longer feeding, engaged in more tearing and manipulating of ...

A new Australian study has found that feeding zoo-housed lions whole-animal carcasses on a feast-and-fast schedule encourages behaviors more closely aligned with those seen in the wild. Published in ...

A new Australian study suggests that zoo lions behave more like their wild counterparts when they are given whole animal carcasses as part of a feast ...

Whenever you take your children to the zoo, you hope that your day is filled with learning about all different species of animals and watching your kids’ faces light up when they spot things like ...

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Newswise — A new Australian study has found that feeding zoo-housed lions whole animal carcasses on a feast-and-fast schedule encourages behaviours more closely aligned with those seen in the wild.