An older male lion’s full mane may look a bit less full and more bedraggled as time moves on. The reason for the seeing far older, dominant lions [as pretty much all older, wild dominant reveal sparser manes] is not due to age, directly, but due to the silent testimony of many vicious battles. Although lions do not concentrate on their mane area when fighting [concentrate on lower spinal area to inflict the greatest amount of bodily damage], these manes do not escape battles as within that violent and often brutal fight, the successful dominant/s mane inadvertently falls victim to their opponent’s a claw/s or teeth.
This is also big reason why the lionesses prefer a fuller mane in the majority of lions as a full mane is great indicator to his powerful fighting skills and undeniable protective strength. In their admiring eyes he has won and fought many battles and he ‘still looks this good – surely a winner’.
However there is no male lion winner when you fight time.
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