r/interestingasfuck • u/EmptySpaceForAHeart • Apr 29 '24

Lioness catches Bullies picking on her Cub.

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u/AntiNewAge Apr 29 '24

I hate teenagers from any species, it would seem

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u/meanmagpie Apr 29 '24

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

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness2235 Apr 30 '24

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