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Your chances of encountering a mountain lion are small. However, mountain lion attacks have been on the rise as humans increasingly enter these cats’ territory. If at any time you spot a mountain lion, report the sighting or encounter to your local forest ranger station or visitor center as soon as possible.
Remember: You are responsible for your safety and for the safety of those around you.
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Lionheart is a ThunderClan warrior and has an apprentice, Graypaw. While on a patrol with Bluestar, they witness Graypaw fight a young ginger kittypet. Impressed with what they've seen, they offer him to join ThunderClan. The next day, he and Whitestorm are surprised to see Rusty accept their offer, and they lead him to their camp. He briefly explains to Rusty about the warrior code and Clan life. When Longtail challenges Rusty's placement in ThunderClan, Lionheart encourages him to prove his worth. After Redtail's death, Bluestar names Lionheart deputy. He and Tigerclaw train the newly renamed Firepaw by showing him the territory and teaching him, Graypaw and Ravenpaw how to stalk prey. He forms a close bond with Graypaw and Firepaw, and gently teases them when they don't pay much attention to his stories during a Gathering. Lionheart remains in camp while Bluestar, Tigerclaw, and the apprentices journey to the Moonstone. However, ShadowClan attacks the camp and Lionheart is killed. Graypaw mourns for his mentor during the vigil, and Bluestar chooses Tigerclaw as his successor. He appears in StarClan during Firestar's leadership ceremony and grants him the gift of courage. [links]
A lion’s paws are very similar to a pet cat’s but much, much bigger. They have five toes on the front paws and four on the back. Measurements taken from a lion’s paw print can help us guess how old it is and also if it is a male or female.
Lions have three types of teeth:
At night, a reflective coating on the back of the eye helps to reflect the moonlight. This makes a lion’s eyesight eight times better than that of a human. They also have a white patch of furbelow their eyes which helps to reflect even more light back into the eye.
On 2nd March 2013, French scientists revealed the results of a nine-month-long study on the mummified heart of Richard I, which was rediscovered on 31st July 1838, by the local historian Achille Deville. The heart was found in a small lead box, complete with his engraved name, close to the memorial to Richard, beneath the choir in Rouen Cathedral, during an excavation. The embalmed heart was separated from Richard's body at his death.
Eleanor of Aquitaine at Fonteveraud Abby here
His coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on the 3rd of September 1189. During the ceremony, a bat was seen to zig-zag around the King's head in its erratic flight. Many in those suspicious days saw this as an evil omen.
Richard was interred at Fontevraud, the grieving Eleanor accompanied her son's body there, burying him, as he had requested, at the feet of his father. The sooner to ask his forgiveness in another world. His heart was buried at Rouen in Normandy, his entrails he bequeathed to Poitou.
After Richard's death, his widow Berengaria experienced great difficulties in acquiring the pension owed to her as Queen Dowager from Richard's successor, John. Eleanor of Aquitaine attempted to mediate and the Pope intervened, threatening to place England under an interdict. Berengaria settled at Le Mans, she never remarried, eventually entering the convent of L'Epau Abbey. She died at L'Epau on 23rd December, 1230.
The King spent very little time with his neglected wife, Berengaria of Navarre and there was no issue of the marriage. In fact, there is reason to believe that Richard was bi-sexual. Rumours abounded regarding his homosexuality in his lifetime and he once did penance for the sin of sodomy. Richard did have at least one illegitimate son, known as Phillip of Cognac, who steps into the pages of history in Shakespeare's King John. [links]