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His name means "lion" in Swahili. In The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Simba is an overprotective father of Kiara and obtains a great hatred of the Outsiders, a group of lions led by a lioness named Zira, whom he exiled due to their reliability to Scar. He finally lets go of his hate after Kiara and Kovu stopped the battle between the Pride ...
One hyena researcher, who had organized the animators' visit to the University of California, Berkeley, Field Station for the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Reproduction, where they would observe and sketch captive hyenas, [224] listed "boycott The Lion King" in an article listing ways to help preserve hyenas in the wild, and later "joke[d ...
Different regression models produce a wide range of body mass estimates for Simbakubwa kutokaafrika: from a low estimate of 280 kg (620 lb), based on an equation derived from the m3 length of various large carnivorans, comparable to the largest lions, to an upper estimate possibly reaching up to 1,308 and 1,554 kg (2,884 and 3,426 lb), based on equations derived from carnassial length of ...
"The Lion King featured some Swahili in it and I'm from Kenya, so hearing Swahili in a Disney movie blew my mind away," said Nyong'o, 41. "And yeah, it was set in Africa. I mean, that movie was ...
Timon and Pumbaa are an animated meerkat and wild boar duo introduced in Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King and its franchise.Timon was played through his many appearances by Nathan Lane (in all three films and early episodes of the show), Max Casella (the original actor in Broadway musical), Kevin Schon (in certain episodes of the show), Quinton Flynn (in certain episodes of ...
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) explores Mufasa's backstory and how he became the King of the Pride Lands. The movie reveals that as a cub, Mufasa is swept away by a flood and separated from his parents Masego and Afia. He is adopted by a royal lion family, much to the leader, King Obasi's, discontent. He grows up as a brother to Obasi's son Taka.
Some filmmakers nicknamed the film "Bambi in Africa" due to similarities between The Lion King and Disney's own Bambi. [27] The name "Simba" is the Swahili word for "lion". [28] [29] Unlike Disney's three previous romantic films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, The Lion King focuses on Simba's relationship with his father ...
Maasai warriors confronting a spotted hyena, a common livestock predator, as photographed in In Wildest Africa (1907) The monotheistic Maasai worship a single deity called Enkai, Nkai, [13] or Engai. Engai has a dual nature, represented by two colours: [13] Engai Narok (Black God) is benevolent, and Engai Na-nyokie (Red God) is vengeful. [37]