(Elmo exclaiming) - [Elmo] Lions!

Lions, lions, lions.

- Remember we have to be quiet around the lions here.

- All right, shh, shh.

- They sure are sleepy.

- Oh yes, they are.

- Wait a minute.

Elmo thought that a lion was the king of the jungle.

There's not any trees around here.

- King of the jungle is just something they say in stories.

Really their habitat is here in the savanna.

- Oh, that changes everything.

- Yes it does.

(Elmo laughing) Lions live in a family group called a pride, and there can be up to 40 lions in a pride.

(lions vocalizing) - [Abby] Oh, hey, is the male one with all the hair over its head?

- Yes, that is the male.

And the rest of them are females and cubs.

The female lions tend to stay in the pride where they're born their entire lives.

- So they're like one big family?

- Yes, they are, they're a big family.

The mommy lion and the daddy lion, they help to take care of the cubs.

And you know what?

- What?

- Female lions tend to give birth around the same time.

- [Abby] What?

- So they help each other take care of the cubs.

They feed each other's babies.

And you know what?

The female lions work together too to do all of the hunting.

- What?

- What?

Wait, so they do all the hunting and all the raising of the cubs?

- Yep.

- Wow, those mama lions are powerful.

- Oh yes, they really, really are.

Lions are a matriarchal society.

So that means that the female lions are in charge of the pride.

- Oh, oh mommy elephants are the leaders in their families too.

- Oh yes, they are.

(Elmo laughing) There are so many species in the animal kingdom where the females are the leaders of the pack.

- Yes!

- Cool.

- Well maybe, instead of calling them kings of the jungle, we should call them queens of the savanna.

- Yes, we should.

- That's way better.

- Oh, oh look.

Nina, can you take a picture of that cute little baby cub for Oscar?

- Oscar, the grouch?

- Mm-hm.

- Why?

- Well.

- Get me a photo of a baby animal.

- Okay.

What kind?

- Don't care as long as it's adorable.

Nothing makes me grouchier than a photo of something cute and fuzzy.

I'll be in a rotten mood all week.

(chuckling) (Elmo and Abby laughing) - That's on brand.

- Yeah.

- Okay, wait, your friend wants to be in a bad mood?

- Being grouchy makes him happy.

It's kind of hard to explain.

- I would love to meet all these friends of yours.

Perhaps someday I'll take a safari over to Sesame Street.

- Oh, you're welcome anytime.

- Thanks.

(Elmo laughing)