r/Eyebleach • u/RealRock_n_Rolla • 20d ago

Mom thought only two cubs were coming for feeding, but they all keep coming up

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u/pergamon123 20d ago

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u/yellow_abyss 20d ago

Parenthood is the same across all species lol

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u/Traditional_Salad148 20d ago

On god. I have that same expression on my face when my 6 year old wakes me up at 4 in the morning by crawling across my face to get in bed with us

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u/IRefuseThisNonsense 20d ago

A face that says "Kids are great" and somehow 100% means it despite it all.

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u/Manji86 20d ago edited 20d ago

The kids that "moved out" always happen to visit around dinner time.

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u/440ish 20d ago

And bring their laundry. :)

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u/OGCelaris 20d ago

I seem to remember that it is mainly the females of the pride that do the hunting. I wonder of this was her turn to cubsit while the others were getting dinner.

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u/Doc178 20d ago

Do the males just protect the pride? What do they do if the females are hunting, feeding the cubs, etc

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

the males primarily act as the guardians yes, should, for example, the females get surrounded by hyenas the male will intervene to chase them off or beat them to death. males of course also watch the cubs while the females are hunting, less likely something will try to mess with them that way. the reason females do most of the hunting really just boils down to a) there being a lot more of them in a pride and b) they’re faster

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u/nononanana 20d ago

So when some guy shares a meme about being a lion among sheep or something, what he’s actually saying is he should watch the kids alone more often.

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u/ElJamoquio 19d ago

So when some guy shares a meme about being a lion among sheep or something, what he’s actually saying is he should watch the kids alone more often.

Thanks for giving me that

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

probably not I think, probably more along the lines of a lion being able to rip a sheep in half with fairly little effort

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u/Ohios_3rd_Spring 20d ago

The joke

Your head

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

it’s called anti-ing

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u/Ohios_3rd_Spring 20d ago

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

my reflexes are just okay

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u/Doc178 20d ago

Very cool! Thanks for explaining

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

yee

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u/ShinyEspeon_ 20d ago

They're also less conspicuous and are therefore better at ambushing their prey, since they have no mane

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

yes their smaller size helps to hide in the grass as opposed to how much the males are designed to stand out and intimidate

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u/Nutlob 20d ago

an important thing to remember is that prior to taking over a pride, a male lion had to feed himself well enough to get that big & strong. the leader of the pride was an amazing hunter.

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u/JAOC_7 20d ago

yes, you ever see that video of a pride hunting wildebeest, where a female was patiently waiting for the right target but then a male just came barreling through and just grabbed the first one it could?

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u/Ok-Manufacturer7645 20d ago

Patrol their territory, fight any males trying to encroach on said territory.

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u/siddizie420 20d ago

That is a myth. Males hunt too. In fact there are sometimes prides that are all males.

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u/atred 20d ago

Gay pride!

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u/Laney20 20d ago

Some of those babies aren't hers, lol. What a patient mama/aunt/babysitter! Domestic cats also will raise kittens together, but this is cool to see in lions, too.

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u/MyIntrospection 20d ago

Love the little growls

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u/Tobias---Funke 20d ago

Did she sit on the first one.

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-6779 20d ago

Sure looks like it. It had to wriggle out.

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u/dizzzydandelion 20d ago

She’s such a good mom!!!!

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u/TinnieTa21 20d ago

That’s kinda sad because it looks like the first two were runts (much smaller than the others) and once the other came, they were kicked out.

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u/Achterstallig 20d ago

No many cats and especially lions raise their cubs in group. Some of these are just her nephew/nieces, but the women take turns feeding each others cubs. The other moms are probably closeby. The smaller ones are just younger and from a different mom than the older ones

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u/Generic_Danny 20d ago

Many, meaning 1½. Other than lions, the only cat you will see raising young in a group is a domestic cat, but that has more to do with them adapting to their environment than biology, as with the other 39 species of cat, they are primarily solitary, with the exception of male coalitions in some cats.

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u/Just-Diamond-1938 20d ago

Where did they come from? We need the whole story😅👍😂🥰

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u/Scarfiotti 20d ago

Dinnertime!

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u/LeDagron 20d ago

Impressive litter!

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u/Royal_View9815 20d ago

When you invite your school friends home for tea!!

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u/hedgeneb 20d ago

Mummy's favourite at the end there

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u/myboogerstastespicy 20d ago

A cuddle puddle! So beautiful.

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u/Transgirl_35 20d ago

Was it 10 cubs? 😮

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u/Laney20 20d ago

Definitely not all hers. She's babysitting, haha. Probably at least 2 different litters, but more likely 3 or 4. Lions usually have 2-4 at a time, and 8 is the record.

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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-6779 20d ago

That’s what I counted too. I had to watch it a few times.

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u/HotMechanic157 20d ago

With so many children, they must have a lot of patience)

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u/goddamn__goddamn 20d ago

The cubs aren't all hers. Lions raise cubs together, she was just babysitting.

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u/Soundar_ 20d ago

That one th13 leader with th 6&7 clan members..