I don't know if anyone ever came up with this idea but I find it quite interesting.
TLK lions/world vs. real lions/African world, comparison of similarities and differences
Similarites
- TLK lions live in prides just like real lions, having a dominant male as the leader (or king)
- young males leave their prides to grow up as rogues and find a new pride as Simba did (though he was banished by Scar)
- TLK lions have realistic/semi-realistic colors (okay, it's an exaggeration, but Malka's colors or Sarabi's are not bad at all)
- real lions and hyenas are competitors in the wild, just like in TLK
- there are times when lions pride have to fight for their territory - just like in TLK 2
- young adult males fight to get their own pride just like Simba did (though it was his old one)
Differences
- lions are mostly active at night, though TLK lions sleep at night (just like humans)
- lions don't sleep in caves
- there is no "Lion King", all prides have their own territory, there is no royal pride - though in TLK we have one
- if there are two males in a pride being leaders, they are equal; in TLK Mufasa was the king, Scar was not
- there is no Lion Guard (just to make it clear, I don't hate TLG )
- when a new male becomes leader, they kill the previous leader's cubs but Simba didn't kill Kovu (Zira said he was born before Simba banished them)
It's just a few but I guess there are more. What do you think guys?