Summary

Scientists know a great deal about how lions hunt, breed and survive, but the microscopic communities living inside them have remained largely unexplored. Now, a study of wild lions in Namibia is beginning to change that, while revealing how much biology is still missing from the world's genomic databases. African lions are among the continent's most closely watched animals. Yet when Wits researchers began looking at the microorganisms living inside the guts of wild lions, they entered surprisingly unfamiliar territory.

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