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Lions, we all know what they are, but do you 

know what a pantherna leo is?

Now first things first, where can a "panthera leo" 

be found?

well panthera leo is an African lion so this kind is 

found in africa! 

So now that you learned a little about my friend its 

time to hear her story!

Sally was a normal lion cub, she loved to play 

and couldn't wait to grow up and hunt with her 

mom. But there was something she always 

heard the adults talking about.... a family that 

didn't live with them, well yeah when her 

brother grew up he would have to start a pride 

of his own but that's not what they meant?

So one day she went off to find her 

missing family... On her trail she found 

a scientist named Hennig who was 

digging up fossils.

"whats that?" she asked politely. "that's what 

I'm trying to figure out" Mr. Hennig responded 

without even looking up. "Maybe I can help." 

sally said. "well ill be! I can't believe I didn't 

see it sooner!" Mr. Hannig said "its a patherna 

leo, just like you!" "I hear my mom talking 

about our family? Is this my uncle?" Sally said. 

"oh no,no this is your ancestor. Come with me 

to my lab and I will tell you about your family." 

said Mr Hannig.

At the lab Mr. Hennig told sally all about her 

family starting with a food chain. He told her 

how her tongue is rough to help her eat better 

and how they have loose skin on their 

tummies so if they try to catch an animal like a 

zebra and get kicked they wont get hurt too 

bad. He even told her that the reason why she 

was a tan color was to blend in with the dirt 

around her so she wont be spotted when she 

starts hunting.

"sadly you don't have very many symbiotic 

relationships but you do have a few." mr hennig said. 

"wait wait wait, a symba? I may be a lion but this isn't 

the lion king." sally said "no, it means you both 

benefit from something. for example your pride   might 

catch an animal but not eat all of it, so that it doesn't 

go to wast a vulture might eat it."

"Both of these graphs show the evolution and 

adaptations over a long period of time" 

"evo-what?" sally said. "evolution, the change 

of a species over time."

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