But the yawn contagion didn’t stop there. Lions that caught a yawn from another lion were 11 times as likely to mirror the movements of the original yawner than those that hadn’t. This ...

The male lion known as "Makulu" from the Mapogo coalition stretching his jaw muscles.Filmed in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa Subscribe: https://bit.ly ...

The Pisa researchers found that if one lion "caught" a yawn from another, it would also tend to copy other behavior afterwards, including standing up and walking around, according to ScienceNews.

IMAGE: A lion yawns at the Tata Steel Zoological Park in Jamshedpur. IMAGE: A pair of lions at the Tata Steel Zoological Park in Jamshedpur. IMAGE: A tiger sunbathes on a cold winter afternoon.

One of the Selati Coalition of male lions shows off his teeth.Filmed in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa Subscribe for more great ...

It is known that not only humans but also mammals such as monkeys, dogs and cats and birds such as parakeets yawn, but in a new study, 'lion yawning' plays an important role in society.

The video shows the sea lion resting its head in the diver’s ... to tell for sure but for how fast he jumped in the panga, the yawning and how she fell asleep gave us the impression that she ...

The big cats were also 11 times more likely to mirror the movements of the lion that initiated the bout of contagious yawning, which the researchers call the “trigger,” according to New Scientist.

The results revealed the likelihood of yawning was more than 139 times higher if a lion had just seen a pride member yawning compared with not seeing the action. Spontaneous yawning was ...

Seeing or hearing someone yawn can make you yawn. This phenomenon is not limited to humans; some animals experience contagious yawning, too. But why is yawning contagious? Brain cells called ...

The sea lion is seen resting its head in the ... "We wouldn't be able to tell for sure but for how fast he jumped in the panga, the yawning and how she fell asleep gave us the impression that ...