Short answers, pulled from the story.
The cave lion vanished no later than 11,900 years ago due to climate warming or human expansion. Excavations in European, North Asian, Canadian, and Alaskan caves show its range stretched from Europe across Siberia into western Alaska.
Lions run quickly only in short bursts reaching speeds of eighty kilometers per hour. They stalk prey to attack unexpectedly since gazelles can reach nearly ninety-seven kilometers per hour.
The last live lion in Iran was sighted in 1942 northwest of Dezful while a corpse appeared on Karun river banks in Khuzestan province that same year. Populations once stretched from Sind and Punjab in Pakistan to Bengal and the Narmada River in central India.
Skeletal muscles make up 58.8% of body weight representing the highest percentage among mammals. Fast twitch muscle fibers provide quick bursts of speed but less stamina compared to other predators.
The Tower of London housed a seraglio established by King John in the 13th century possibly stocked from Henry I's Woodstock lodge started in 1125. Cramped conditions persisted until larger houses built in the 1870s allowed roomier cages.