Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Showing July 30 - September 30, 2010 in Fernbank’s IMAX® Theatre

Experience the powerful story of a real lion king.

Journey into the vast expanses of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert and follow a lion pride ruling territory near one of the few water holes in the land. A young nomadic lion seeks to win the king’s throne resulting in an epic standoff between two Kalahari giants.

At the water hole, springbok and gazelles quench their thirst, elephants splash around creating a giant mud bath and the lionesses playfully roll in the dirt with their cubs.

Filmed entirely in the wild, this extraordinary documentary captures the most amazing wildlife behavior ever seen on the giant screen. Audiences will stand in the line of a charging elephant and stare into the eyes of a dominant lion king. Thunderous roars that can be heard five miles away gently surround the theatre as the supreme king protects his throne, the lionesses and their cubs from the nomadic lion.  

See it TODAY, on the biggest screen in town—Fernbank Museum’s IMAX® Theatre.

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Roaring Facts About Lions

• Lions prefer an easy meal and scavenge as much food as possible. They will steal carcasses from other predators such as wild dogs, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas.
• Kalahari lions are found up to 155 miles away from the nearest water. They survive on fluids of their prey, moisture in wild fruit, and by licking dew off grass or rainwater off each other’s fur.
• Very young cubs remain hidden when their mother leaves to feed or to hunt. She has a particular growl that tells them to stay in place—and they do—even if she’s gone for several days. Only when they get older do they start disobeying Mom.
• The famous MGM lion isn’t roaring, he’s actually yawning.
• An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and serves to warn off intruders or reunite scattered pride members.

While Roar is a fun family film it does contain realistic portrayals of the predator/prey relationship within the animal world. Subject matter may be sensitive for some small children.