Coming to your neighborhood

Dylan has a new computer game that teaches him about all of the different animals found in each of the major climates on the Earth. He has been particularly interested in the African savanna. Many of the big, exotic, well-known animals live there: elephants, tigers, lions, cheetahs.

Due to his new interest in animals, and a need to decorate the walls of his room, I asked Dylan which posters of animals he would like. (National Geographic has printable posters online)

He told me that he definitely did not want a lion. "They have scary teeth, and eat Aunt Paula, " he informed me.

Now, to my knowledge, no lion has ever even nibbled at Mark's Aunt Paula. I couldn't figure out what he was talking about.

Until I watched him play his computer game again. The description of the female lion and her roles in the pride included hunting for the cubs. One of their prey is the impala.