Why is the Lion known as the king of the jungle,?

Question

When Lions do not live in the jungle?

Answer 1

Actually, it is Tarzan who was King of the Jungle ;)

The name was applied by Victorian-era people who sat around clubs and romanticized Africa. All of Africa was covered by deep dark jungles of which the lion was undisputed ruler.

Bosh. I find it most amusing that this "King of the Jungle" doesn't even hunt, mostly, but lets the females in his pride do it. Lions are a matriarchal society. If they lived in the jungles, they'd still need to be called the Queens of the Jungle.

Answer 2

One day the lion was walking through the jungle, came upon a meerkat, pounced on it, and snarled "Who's the King of the Jungle?" The meerkat quickly replied, "Why, you are of course!!" The lion said thanks, let him go and walked on.

He pounced upon an antelope, held him down, and roared at him, "Who's the King of the Jungle?" The antelope immediately panted out, "You are of course!" The lion said thanks, and let him.

Walking a little further, he saw an elephant. Jumping on to the back of the elephant, he snarled "Who's the King of the Jungle?" The elephant reached up with his trunk, wrapped it around the lion's neck, whirled him around three times, and sent him flying half a mile across the jungle sky, and into a lake.

As he crawled his way out of the water, the lion muttered under his breath, "Just because you don't know the right answer is no reason to be rude..."

Answer 3

its because they look all regal like, and maybe they chose not to live in the jungle because the ground rates were so high, thus making the title heridtary


either that or because the lion in bedknobs and broomsticks was a king - cool film by the way

Answer 4

The lion is the largest and most powerful predator on dry land in Africa. The Male lion with his mane and attitude seems almost regal as he roams his territory.

Answer 5

cause if another animal objects to the lion it gets eaten

Answer 6

They are one of the big five.I think it is because they are so proud. It aways look really mighty when they walk or run even if they are just looking over there territory

Answer 7

a lion has very powerful strike....it is called king because of its majestic appearence

Answer 8

because lions conquer all regardless of size

Answer 9

it has no predators, only one tarzan or man

Answer 10

Preface
The Lion King was originally called King of the Jungle during early stages of production.[3] As in the case of the earlier film Bambi, animators studied real-life animals for reference, and some of the filmmakers went to Kenya to observe the natural habitat that would be shown in the film.[4]

The film's significant use of computers helped the filmmakers to present their vision in new ways. The most notable use of computer animation is in the "wildebeest stampede" sequence. Several distinct wildebeest characters were built in a 3D computer program, multiplied into the hundreds, cel shaded to look like drawn animation, and given randomized paths down a mountainside to simulate the real, unpredictable movement of a herd. Similar multiplication occurs in the "Be Prepared" musical number with identical marching hyenas.[5]

The Lion King was once considered a secondary project to Pocahontas, both of which were in production at the same time. Most of the Disney Feature Animation staff preferred to work on Pocahontas, believing it would be the more prestigious and successful of the two.[6] However, when the two films were released, The Lion King received much more positive feedback and bigger grosses than Pocahontas.[7][8]


Plot

Rafiki holding Mufasa and Sarabi's newborn cub, SimbaThe story of The Lion King takes place in the fictional Pride Lands of Africa, where a lion rules over the other animals as king.

At the beginning of the film, Rafiki, a mandrill shaman, presents Simba, the newborn cub of King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi, to a gathering of animals at Pride Rock. Meanwhile, Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, realizes that he is no longer the heir to the throne and plots to kill Simba and Mufasa.

Scar plants curiosity in Simba about the elephant graveyard, a place beyond the borders of the Pride Lands where Mufasa has forbidden Simba to go. Simba takes his friend, Nala, to the elephant graveyard, where the cubs are chased by Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, Scar's spotted hyena minions, only to be rescued by Mufasa. Scar becomes angry as he intended for the hyenas to kill the cubs. Plotting further, Scar gathers more hyenas and buys their loyalty by claiming that if he were king they would never be without food. Later, Scar lures Simba into a gorge for a "surprise from his father," while the hyenas engineer a wildebeest stampede down into the gorge where Simba is. Alerted by an insincerely dramatic Scar, Mufasa races to rescue his son from the stampede, and after saving Simba, Mufasa is killed by Scar, who thwarts his attempted climb to safety over an edge of a cliff. Scar convinces Simba that that he was responsible for his own father's death, and recommends that he flee the Pride Lands, never to return. To compound this, Scar sends his hyena henchmen to kill Simba, but as Simba reaches a thorny embankment, the hyenas let him escape, hurling threats that he will be killed if ever seen again. Informed that both Mufasa and Simba were killed, the pride regretfully allows Scar to assume the throne as the closest of kin.

Simba collapses in a distant desert, where he is found by Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog, who adopt and raise Simba under their carefree "Hakuna Matata" lifestyle. When Simba is grown, he encounters his childhood friend Nala, who relays that Scar's tyrannical reign has devastated the Pride Lands. She demands that Simba return and take his rightful place as king, but Simba refuses, still guilty about supposedly causing his father's death. After some advice from Rafiki and the ghost of his father, Simba, followed by Timon and Pumbaa, returns home.

Once back at Pride Rock, Simba confronts his uncle and the truth about Mufasa's death is revealed by an overly confident Scar. A fierce battle breaks out between the lionesses and the hyenas while Simba fights Scar. In the midst of their fight, Scar tries to surreptitiously blame everything on the hyenas, but they overhear his conversation with Simba. Simba eventually triumphs over his uncle and kicks him over a low cliff, where he is surrounded by the now resentful hyenas. The hyenas surround their traitorous fallen leader and kill him by devouring him alive.

With the rightful king in place, the Pride Lands are restored. The movie concludes with Rafiki lifting Simba and Nala's newborn cub high into the air, thus continuing the circle of life.


Characters

A promotional image of characters from the film. Clockwise from left: Shenzi, Scar, Ed, Banzai, Rafiki, Mufasa, Simba, Sarabi, Zazu, Timon, Pumbaa, Sarafina and NalaUnlike many previous Disney animated films that featured only a select few famous voice actors alongside lesser-known performers, nearly all of the voice acting work for The Lion King was done by well-known actors.

Simba, voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a cub and Matthew Broderick as an adult, is the protagonist of the movie and destined ruler of the Pride Lands.
Mufasa, voiced by James Earl Jones, is King of the Pride Lands and Simba's father.
Scar, voiced by Jeremy Irons, is the film's antagonist and Mufasa's brother, who aspires to take his place as king.
Timon and Pumbaa, voiced by Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella respectively, are the comical meerkat and warthog pair who live under the philosophy of "Hakuna Matata" (no worries).
Nala, voiced by Niketa Calame as a cub and Moira Kelly as an adult, is the childhood friend and intended mate of Simba.
Rafiki, voiced by Robert Guillaume, is a wise mandrill who presents the newborn prince of the lions.
Zazu, voiced by Rowan Atkinson, is a loyal hornbill who serves as Mufasa's majordomo.
Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, voiced by Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings respectively, are a trio of hyenas who assist Scar.
Sarabi, voiced by Madge Sinclair, is Simba's mother and the leader of the lionesses.
Sarafina, voiced by Zoe Leader, is Nala's mother