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Originally Posted by gmw
In Tarzan's world the lions don't act much like our lions, and it's hard to walk a hundred yards through the jungle without running into one (but always just one, never a pride that would work together to make a brief snack out of a naked ape  ). |
This is a fair point. Burroughs' knowledge of African biota was... limited. I've read that the initial version of the story included TIGERS!
An African tiger is fantasy deluxe. I guess the tigers were retconned into lions.