About one-third of cases of latent syphilis progress to tertiary syphilis. Tertiary syphilis â In this stage, syphilis bacteria can cause severe damage to many different internal organs, including the brain and spinal cord. It usually begins within 10 years of infection and can end in death.
Habitat. African lions live in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. They wander a territory of 100 square miles (259 square kilometers), according to National Geographic. This territory consists of scrub, grasslands or open woodlands.
1 The average lifespan of lions is about 10 â 14 years in the wild; whereas under captivity they can live up to 20 years. 2  Lions inhabit in grasslands, savanna and other forests.  As against other cats, lions are considered to be sociable animals.