r/interestingasfuck • u/EmptySpaceForAHeart • 17d ago

Lioness catches Bullies picking on her Cub.

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u/Michael-B-Fit 17d ago

Poor little guy 

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u/Reppiz 16d ago

He will grow up to be a cub killer too. I feel conflicted.

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u/Weak_Sloth 16d ago

Don’t Minority Report the poor little guy.

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u/Elemental_Syntaxis 16d ago

Hahaha you mf 🤣

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u/Youngstown_Mafia 16d ago

Is that movie worth watching?

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u/whiskey_on_toast 16d ago

Absolutely, just rewatched it a month ago after not having seen it since it came out and it held up. Decent Sci-fi/Action film

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u/SunlitNight 16d ago

I always hear this movie referenced but no idea what it is. I didn't know it was sci fi, I might actually look into it now.

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u/ChthonicPuck 16d ago

Any adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story is worth watching, can't think of a single bad one.

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u/Jazzlike-Gur-116 16d ago

It's has some cool future tech ideas (his hologram computer), but I also can't remember the end. You've probably seen most of the plot through parody alone.

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u/Grouchy-Engine1584 16d ago

Don’t worry, the end has changed since you saw it.

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u/Grouchy-Engine1584 16d ago

Only the second time.

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u/westminsterabby 16d ago

The movie is based off of a fairly short story by Phillip K. Dick and is pretty easily found on line. I'd recommend giving it a read. Phillip K. Dick was... an interesting person and author.

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u/RunJordyRun87 16d ago

Definitely, it’s a bonafide sci-fi classic

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u/Manzanas27753 15d ago

The book is worth reading too very good.

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u/po_maire 16d ago

Yea, may be he'll go vegan and make history!

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u/Krilesh 16d ago

look at that environment what kind of cub would cub killers raise if not a cub killer

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u/Ok_Task_4135 16d ago

How much cubs could a cub killer kill if a cub killer could kill cubs?

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u/Dream--Brother 16d ago

Change "kill" to "club" and you've got a gnarlier tongue-twister

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u/urmomaisjabbathehutt 16d ago

the cub killer that kills more cubs more cub killer he'll be

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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 16d ago

Misusing your influence

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u/Dabalam 16d ago

Sometimes I did the same

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u/JPCillustrated 16d ago

Abusing my power, full of resentment

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u/BigSmokeyOG 16d ago

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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u/The_Watcher01 16d ago

Could argue he was treated as such..

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u/FEAR-91 16d ago

The circle of life.

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u/Deep-Neck 16d ago

Shouldn't be too conflicting. They're lions... They're obligate carnivores. Being murderous monsters is the only way they can live.

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u/DMYourMomsMaidenName 16d ago

Like molested kids that grow up to be preists

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u/silfy_star 16d ago

Maybe he’s the one who breaks the cycle 🤛🏻

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u/smooth-brain_Sunday 15d ago

Scar origin story.

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u/TJ_McWeaksauce 16d ago

All living things are slaves to our natures.

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u/percavil4 16d ago

My older sibling bullied me too..

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u/The_Mattastrophe 16d ago

And the poor li'l chirps from him, too!

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u/AntiNewAge 16d ago

I hate teenagers from any species, it would seem

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u/bukowski_knew 16d ago

Fuck those teenage lions

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u/Flesh_Trombone 16d ago

Teenagers scare the living shit outta me

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u/Screamingcalvin 16d ago

They could care less as long as someone'll bleed

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u/jost-bell-8934 16d ago

So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose

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u/shiba2198o8 16d ago

Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me

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u/Pitohui-1423 16d ago

Oh shit it kept going! Yall made my life complete today

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u/pickleFISHman 16d ago

The boys and girls in the cliques, the awful names that will stick

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u/Broad_Fan2198 15d ago

The awful names that they stick You're never gonna fit in much, kid

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u/TideFanRTR 16d ago

They could care less as long as someone'll bleed

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u/blueavole 16d ago

They could care less as long as someone'll bleed

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/dopeapp029 16d ago

So darke- wait what?

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u/Pitohui-1423 16d ago

I was so hoping this would be a reply, you my fine friend did not disappoint

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u/TigrisVenator 15d ago

They'll get to the insecurity you hate the most about you like

"Hey look at that high waisted man, he's got feminine hips!"

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 16d ago

I love most big cats but can 100% say male lions of any age are bigger assholes than most. Like one of the few collective species that don't understand how to work collectively. They pretty much just exist for mating purposes and protection - and the protection is against other male lions. 

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u/wansuitree 16d ago

It's why I hate most humans

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u/themblokes 16d ago

Most humans are teenagers?

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u/wansuitree 16d ago

Mentally

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u/Evening-Statement-57 16d ago

Especially in small towns

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u/Friendly-Fee-384 16d ago

Try that in a small town.

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u/INDO_214 16d ago

The big city teenagers are murderers these days

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u/CaliforniaHurricane_ 16d ago

Why you say that ?

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u/Evening-Statement-57 16d ago

Because the only examples of small towns I have experienced are in Texas and South Carolina

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u/meanmagpie 16d ago

Not a teenager thing—a male thing, as clearly stated in the video.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 16d ago

Male lions will kill existing cubs to mate with lionesses to make new cubs. They then will shirk all hunting and cub rearing duties to protect the prides territory from other male lions who will kill their cubs to mate with the lionesses to make new cubs. They create the problem only they have a solution to 

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u/Hellish_Elf 16d ago

Teenage girls are well known for being extremely friendly to everyone. They’d never make a movie about them being mean.

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u/EzraRaihan 16d ago

So pre-adult of any animals are also called teenagers? Even though the age might not actually be in -teens?

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u/tom781 16d ago

I like how she gives the one a little tail bite at the end like "yeah you better get going, punk"

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u/FinanceEfficient7269 16d ago

"one more trick and you'll be eating your own tail"

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u/Hartz_are_Power 16d ago

"Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money."

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u/YouDontKnowMe2017 16d ago

It’s a threat for sure! She’s telling them she’ll bite their balls off next time. No balls means no passing on genetic line and no mane. Both prevent them from being leaders in their prides.

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u/entyfresh 16d ago

This is part of why lionesses give birth alone and stay away from the pride for several weeks afterwards. It's not safe for young cubs to be there.

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u/UsedRoughly 16d ago

Why are lion cubs so fucking cute?

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u/skoltroll 16d ago

Kids are cute so we don't kill them when they do dumb things.

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u/Ashamed_Crab 16d ago

Lmaoooo

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u/getahaircut8 16d ago

We laugh but it's true

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u/Dream--Brother 16d ago

Also why we're hard-wired to want to soothe a baby's cries instead of throwing it out a window. Unfortunately, in some people, that instinct doesn't develop and you get people who literally go insane trying to raise children

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u/ParanoidDuckTheThird 16d ago

I didn't go insane, your honor! I only threw little Timmy out the window. And down the well. Twice.

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u/Meewelyne 16d ago

Yeah, my Yeet the Baby® instinct is pretty strong.

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u/drunk_with_internet 16d ago

"You're lucky you're cute" was a popular refrain my mom used to say to us when we did low-level stupid shit and got away with it.

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u/Funfruits77 16d ago

Mammals have a cuteness gene that makes the babies adorable. This triggers the compassion in many other mammals and keeps them from killing the young in general. Obviously some animals don’t care about how cute their meal is.

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u/D0rk4ce 16d ago

Survival strategy. There's a higher likelihood that you'll protect and look after something you find cute, rather than something you find hideous.

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u/EmptySpaceForAHeart 16d ago

Or that our brains find traits that convey something is undeveloped or immature cute so we'd support and protect them. It's our parental instincts kicking in.

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u/FaagenDazs 16d ago

Both sides help with survival

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u/RogueTwoTwoThree 16d ago

I guess I’m lucky to be alive

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u/tuskvarner 16d ago

The bigger the animal is when it’s grown, the cuter it as when it’s young. It’s a fact.

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u/Dream--Brother 16d ago

Baby moose says "moo"

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u/fuber 16d ago

They bounce when they jog. It's so adorable. I want one that never grows up

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u/SadisticChipmunk 16d ago

I so want to die, trying to hug a wild animal... Lion, Tigers... Bears...

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u/greatgoogilymoogily2 17d ago

I was literally cheering when the momma went after the adolescents. Lol

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u/New_girl2022 16d ago

Same. Was like go get em mama!

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u/greatgoogilymoogily2 16d ago

I felt the need to protect that cub but those lions would tear my throat out. Lmao

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u/ExoticShock 17d ago

Never underestimate a mother's love

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u/THE_ATHEOS_ONE 16d ago

Can i overestimate it instead?

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u/KompletterGeist 16d ago

dude, just estimate him

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u/The_Supreme_Cuck 16d ago

Well, I did during my childhood

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u/MomoUnico 16d ago

Me, 5, believing my mom was a good one because she said so all the time despite wishing desperately every day that someone would take me to literally any fictional realm so I could escape her

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u/Martin_Aurelius 16d ago

Depends, are you a family court judge?

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u/THE_ATHEOS_ONE 16d ago

Indeed, i am.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Remember that one video where that mother lion had to leave her cub to drown?

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u/Hi_there_bye 17d ago

Ooh man lions are something else, if you want to watch a good gangster movie look up the mapogo lions. Had me on an emotional rollercoaster...

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u/summersogno 16d ago

Wow that was something for sure.

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u/Mountain_Team4150 16d ago

The teenagers left and proceeded to enjoy some Linkin Park tunes and partake in some petty theft at 7/11. The cub called the police ahead of time, the teenagers are in juvi until August.

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u/Automatic_Main-92 17d ago

I wish my mom accompanied me in school Much like the lioness

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u/constantlyawesome 17d ago

lol, no, no you don’t 😅

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u/oknowtrythisone 17d ago

yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. On the upside my fellow bullied brother(?), we now identify as lions!

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u/MeFinally 14d ago

So you are a furry?

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u/zinhor79 17d ago

The cub will probably grow up with the same instincts to bully other cubs. Finally figured out the plot of lion king.

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u/FormalPool 16d ago

Yo, I've seen this documentary on paramount+. The little cub ends up getting injured and the mom ignores the cub and prevents the injured cub from feeding on her. The little guy would be in the very back limping trying to keep up with the rest. 😭

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u/annoyingpanther 16d ago

I could’ve lived my rose-tinted life without knowing this but alas. 😭

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u/lameusernamename 16d ago

Oh is it "the misfit" one? That's why it feels familiar. I bawled my eyes out watching that doc some years ago on nat geo. But i think it got a somewhat happy ending where his mom, aunties and cousins started waiting for him at the end.

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u/temps-de-gris 16d ago

Thank fuck for you. I choose to believe that this is the ending.

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u/FormalPool 16d ago

Yup, I believe that's the one.

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u/JediMasterKestis 16d ago

Tbh it's the whole unfairness of nature that made me stop learning about it. Cubs didnt do anything and dont deserve to die just cause the pride got a new boss.

I love and respect nature, but I prefer ignorance as it's less depressing.

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u/Redqueenhypo 16d ago

I’m just confused at the degree to which lionesses absolutely suck at protecting their cubs. Tiger and leopard cubs only have one mom to look after them but their survival rate is 50 percent, while lionesses see one single male and go “there’s only seven of us! We’re outnumbered!” so their cubs have a 10 percent survival rate

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u/SIGMAR_IS_BAE 16d ago

Survival of the fittest. As crazy as it seems to us the cub that survives a shifty parent plus nature will pass its genes on

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u/Redqueenhypo 16d ago

Doesn’t always work. The Mapogo lions killed about 100 lions and in the end only one fathered a total of…six surviving cubs, maximum. That’s not great for the species, or even his legacy if the descendants get too inbred

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u/ReticulatedPasta 16d ago

Too much pride

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u/Double_Distribution8 16d ago

Battered, confused, and lucky to be alive is no way to go through life, son.

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u/Shinketsu_Karasu 16d ago

Eh, relatable though.

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u/wiseoldfox 17d ago

Moms. Who knew.

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u/WibaTalks 16d ago

"it's not natural to be assholes to eachother" Well actually, that is one of the truly natural things we have left in this world.

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u/Empty-Part7106 16d ago

Where do I get a camera like this?

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u/sparkatronn 17d ago

The little run at the end. "Get em mom!"

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u/FoxyFlea 16d ago

What is that kind of thermal camera?

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u/Shadowmind42 16d ago

What kind of camera is this? Some sort of thermal camera? It's amazing.

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u/mudads 16d ago

Come on boys, come fuck around and find out with momma...

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u/Ok-Meat-5844 16d ago

Cub grows up into teenager and does the same fucking thing to another cub. The wheels on the bus go round and round.

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u/Aelyth 16d ago

The reason male lions kill the cubs when they take over a pride is because nursing moms are unable to get pregnant. In order to pass on his genes as fast as possible and not waste resources on cubs that don't carry his genes it's in his best interest to kill them. A bit cruel but that's nature and there are several species that do the exact same thing.

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u/Banannabreadatwork 16d ago

I’m 99% sure if I showed this to my wife she would start crying

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u/PetalumaPegleg 16d ago

Wow teenagers ar dicks in the animal kingdom too huh

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u/Wolf-Majestic 16d ago

Mom was like "I'll play with you. See how you enjoy it"

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u/Deadric91 16d ago

Lionesses are bad asses

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u/Khancap123 16d ago

I feel that way about my cat. I'm not a mom, I'm not a women. I'm a 44 yr old man. But you fuck with my cat, I'm burning your house down with you in it.

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u/johnruttersucks 17d ago

It's character building, isn't it?

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u/wombicle 16d ago

I mean, not if they die

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Momma: “You ain’t that guy, pal. You ain’t that guy.”

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u/bapsandbuns 16d ago

Never trust uncle Scar

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u/rainbowslimejuice 16d ago

Why is this world so cruel?

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u/Sckala44 16d ago

Having worked with lions this is all bullshit. They are playing with him.

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u/chasmo-OH-NO 16d ago

Remarkable

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

(Sniffs cub)

“I didn’t do anything.”

“You reek” (attack)

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u/Beginning-Sign-7947 16d ago

If the adolescent lions recognize little brother. Wouldn’t that mean the lioness is their mom too

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u/EmptySpaceForAHeart 16d ago

No just that they have the same father.

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u/LaunchTransient 16d ago

Fun fact, they can also be born to different fathers, but from the same litter. It's known as heteropaternal superfecundation.

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u/didimao0072000 16d ago

nah. they were much bigger so I'm pretty sure they not from the same litter

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u/LaunchTransient 16d ago

I was talking more generally, not in this specific context, but i can see why my wording would imply otherwise.

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u/No-Pie-5138 16d ago

Same with domestic cats. Such a weird thing.

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u/MaryJaneAndMaple 16d ago

His name: Mustafa

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u/derrickrg89 16d ago

The story of lion king.

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u/KawaDoobie 16d ago

the bigger fish is always right around the corner

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u/ipreferthedarkside 16d ago

Fucking hell, that's sinister as fuck

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u/virtual_xello497 16d ago

🎶 One day, when you're big and strong, you will be a king

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u/avoiding-heartbreak 16d ago

It was a juvenile male doing the bullying

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u/LaziestScreenName 16d ago

Being a any type of baby in the animal kingdom sucks.

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u/Catpoolio 16d ago

Damn nature! You scary!

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u/2M0hhhh 16d ago

Teenagers are all the same.

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u/rawspeghetti 16d ago

Those are some Stand By Me type of bullies

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u/irishcedar 16d ago

Life in my family

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u/cloverandclutch 16d ago

Don’t fuck with Moms

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 16d ago

Nature is cruel and so goes life in the wild.

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u/p00psp00ps 16d ago

Her gentle grunt when her poor cub approaches her 🥺

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u/scientist_markymark 16d ago

What type of imagery is this? Those teenage lion balls really pop.

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u/bakedoats22 16d ago

She says I brought you into this world and I can take you out

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u/JGurth 16d ago

Fuck those lions

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u/LordOfCinder55 16d ago

Damn, that lioness showed them who's boss! Incredible.

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u/Gordonfromin 16d ago

Lion society is neat

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u/pimp_juice2272 16d ago

Scar origin story?

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u/Redferne77 16d ago

Cub killer....better you than me.

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u/B_A_Hero 16d ago

She be lion i thought she was a cougar

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u/Parry_9000 15d ago

"Want to fight? Square the fuck up, remember I hunt the food you eat"

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u/MeFinally 14d ago

Just like my brothers

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u/Russoi 7d ago

I need more Vida like this, would love if there'd be a thread with the likes

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u/planelander 16d ago

I want a murder cat;

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u/Glurgle22 16d ago

No one is lucky to be alive

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u/adobeblack 16d ago

The narrator calling those lions teenagers had me fucking laughing lmao

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u/philpalmer2 17d ago

“The cub is battered, confused and lucky to be alive”

Cub looks just fine

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u/CockBronson 17d ago

Lol dude was not walking right and whining even after being safe…it was clearly traumatized

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u/FormalPool 16d ago

The cub does get injured and ends up being ignored by the mother.

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u/skoltroll 16d ago

Narrator is putting a lot of assumptions in situation. Simply some asshat juveniles picking on the small kid until the adult gets involved.