You’ve probably seen people in your Facebook news feed, Twitter feed, or whatever news/blog you read share the image or phrase:

“Lions don’t concern themselves with the opinions of sheep.”

I get it. The point is, you’re not like everyone else and lions > sheep. Lions are also “kings of the jungle” and people want to be kings. But before you go wanting to be a lion, maybe you should learn more about them?

#1 Lions kill other lions

Are you a killer? Is this what you want to be known for? Killing other people? I don’t think so.

#2 Male lions kill baby lion cubs

I would hope you don’t want to kill other people, but I sincerely hope you don’t want to kill babies. That’s what male lions do when they try to take over a new pride. That would be similar to you moving into a new neighborhood and going on a child-killing-spree. Freakin’ morbid right???

#3 Lions sleep nearly 24 hours a day

How the heck are you going to make a living if you’re sleeping 24 hours a day? I don’t know many jobs that will pay your mortage if you can only work for 30-60 minutes a day. Lions don’t have to pay bills. You do.

#4 Lions mate roughly every thirty minutes for three days nonstop

You think you can handle that? You’re not going to be able to get any chores done around the house. It would be incredibly hard to take a video conference call (or normal call for that matter). And for those three days, what are you going to tell your family you’re doing? That’s an awkward conversation I’m not interested in having with my family. Also, #chafing.

#5 Roughly 1 in 3,000 copulations result in a lion cub that lives over a year

This one is pretty self-explanatory. Those odds suck at making an awesome mini-you.

#6 Female lions do 99% of the hunting

Sexist right? I know. We’d be taking a huge step back as a civilization if we all acted like sexist lions. Let’s not do that. We should all hunt equally.

#7 Female lions stay with their mothers for their entire lives

Ladies…? Are you down for this? Living with mom for your entire life? Grandma will be there too. And your Aunt May. Watching your every move. Making sure you clean your paws and kill antelopes the way they want you to.

#8 Male lions only have 2-4 male lion friends (and sometimes none)

Guys…? You want to be stuck with only two bros for the rest of your life? What if you get stuck with Kevin? You know Kevin. That guy you have to hang out with because he’s your co-worker and weaseled his way into your fantasy football league. That would be a bummer right? And what about having zero guy friends? The only people you’d be around are catty women (see what I did there?).

#9 A lion’s roar can be heard from as far as 5 miles away

You’ll never be able to whisper or keep secrets again. Do you really want everyone in a 5-mile radius to know you have a weird skin rash between your legs?

#10 Lions only live in grasslands or Zoos

I’m willing to bet you don’t want to give up your West Elm decorated posh apartment on the upper east side to live behind bars with large fake rocks and children screaming at you every day. Maybe you want to live on a grassland? You’d never have Netflix or being to watch House of Cards again.

So, do you really want to be a lion?