Kali The Lioness Finds Her Dead Cub | Serengeti II | BBC Earth

Kali and Sefu's feud escalates, as the lion wants cubs he can be sure are his own.
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Serengeti II
New characters. Fresh rivalries. Same spectacular setting. Return to an unspoilt corner of Africa's Serengeti for more real-life animal drama. The pioneering series returns to capture the dramatic and emotional interconnected stories of iconic savannah animals. There's humour, heartbreak and nail-biting tension as new characters move in and familiar faces continue their stories. Bakari the baboon struggles with family life. Kali the lioness makes a difficult decision. A family of leopards arrive - and the adorable and adventurous cubs test their mother's patience as they get used to their new home. Immerse yourself in the complex relationships, thrilling battles and tender moments that punctuate the lives of nature's most captivating characters.
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[@dankeykang4576]

Those were the most emotional eyes I've ever seen in an animal. Damn...

[@YassmineWantsPeace]

Then watch dominion too

[@melakon1]

@@JNL37Dyxce5 why do you keep linking to a stupid bird bath video

[@russelnarciso2705]

Like damn💔

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@JNL37Dyxce5 - Stop spamming your stolen vids, you tool.

[@17913090]

When she approaches quietly and smells the scene like that and when she looks away through things like that, it's as if at that moment she has the whole movie in front of her eyes and I think she knows ...

[@darincampbell467]

How extremely sad! You can actually feel her pain. Just like any mother, you can see the anguish in her eyes. That was a child that she lost. So unfortunate! Peace.

[@maysae.2010]

There is no evidence that lions feel grieve

[@thecreaturemaster603]

In the end Cali got new cubs with the father (Askari) of her first cubs. I watched the whole season 2 in less than 10 hours.

[@darincampbell467]

@@thecreaturemaster603 - Good! Thanks! Peace.

[@LimpBizkit999]

@Darin Campbell Excellent job ignoring the self proclaimed lion expert in your comment thread they’ve irrelevant. ❤️🦁

[@darincampbell467]

@@LimpBizkit999 - I had no idea! Peace.

[@thaleesaewang4471]

This clearly shows that lions have the ability to grieve just like human. We must treat them with more empathy because they have feeling just like us.

[@Misteraccountable]

I think every animal does even the quoka and the crocodiles

[@user-fw1hj3vv2k]

Every animal does have emotions. Even the buffalos who are seeing the grieving lioness and the buffalos going to the slaughter houses as well.

[@Koryogden]

Reptiles do not feel emotions. Mammals do. Education is important kids

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

We must Treat them with empathy? Are you serious? They are animals that belong in the animal kingdom, we leave them alone.

[@annankldun4040]

Jesus people are so clueless that us "humans" are no different than other animals in terms of emotions.

[@nishks]

Damnn.. even the buffalos looking at the helpless lioness with sorrow. :(

[@reversereality6799]

They probably aren't even there.

[@mrcoatimundi753]

what do you mean sorrow?

[@reversereality6799]

@@mrcoatimundi753 In the buffalos or the definition? If it's definition just look it up in a dictionary book or Google.

[@mrcoatimundi753]

@@reversereality6799 I meant that the buffalo were probably happy that lion population was now -1

[@kocho2925]

Buffaloes are the meanest prey so they don't feel anything for lions

[@Killsaurus]

Why did I choose to watch this video... That is so heartbreaking 😭

[@kennakellon8852]

so wait he killed the cub anyways since she wouldn't let him?

[@isitoveryet9525]

Part of Mother Nature….wild animals do what they have to do, to survive & produce offspring that carry their own genes.

[@christinerose4839]

Yes I truly hurts to see her pain she in in ❤️ kali I’m so sorry that was hard to watch

[@Asdasty]

When a male lion(s) joins a new pride he kills or chases away the existing male and takes over his role. He also kills all cubs from the previous male lion, so that the next generation of lions are from his bloodline. It's strange that he didn't kill the Cubs before trying to mate.

[@miyamcallister]

I think she knew it was the male not the buffalo

[@shawnnewell4541]

Sad truth is males will kill a lionesses cubs to bring her into heat to bear his cubs. I do feel sorry for her and the cub. Hope the others got away.

[@breeze8065]

Hope they died. He gotta smash and spread his genes. But things will happen as they should. If all cubs died then that's great. That means more new cubs that will survive.

[@holeindanssock156]

Whyd she leave them alone though? Gotta protect those little buggers.

[@crayonzii]

male lions suck sometimes

[@Sienn0]

@@holeindanssock156 It's probably not as simple as it seems

[@philipfresco]

@@breeze8065 damn retardation really takes many forms.

[@sebastianengelsman7255]

Poor Kali. It just heartbreaking to see the ones you love killed.

[@gravityfallscanada]

That's what you get when you try to get father to raise a child.that isn't his own...

[@royboy1984]

No worries. Once he kills the other cubs, they’ll start having cubs again.

[@spareaccount1969]

@gravityfallscanada 😂 this is a drama series, it’s highly doubtful a male lion would kill cubs he had already accepted, even if they weren’t his own - they don’t just live peaceful around accepted cubs only to randomly kill them. It’s much more likely to be a death from poisoning, illness, injury rather than an attack by the prides male lion. There are only 20 thousand lions left in the world. Seeing how their population was decimated, with the odds stacked against them, we are very lucky nature has it’s ways to help with genetic diversity. Cubs need to survive for 3 years in order to reach adulthood. Unfortunately most male lions don’t manage to keep a pride at all & even when they do, on average they only hold a pride for 2 years. Cub mortality rates can be extremely high especially due to the frequent takeovers - it’s beneficial for genetic diversity & the survival of the species itself for cubs to reach adulthood - even if they end up being raised by different males. With many being overthrown in a matter of months - lionesses are sometimes already pregnant when the takeover happens, so the litters arrive without their actual fathers present, usually they are accepted. Only cubs already born when the takeover happens are killed. Honestly it’s blessing as if born with their actual fathers, if a takeover happens they’ll be killed. However being born just after the new takeover, it means they have a stronger chance of getting 3 years of protection & reaching adulthood. This is their best chance, unless they are born into a pride headed by a strong coalition group of males - sometimes having more than 5 pride males! Making cubs much more likely to survive to adulthood with their own fathers. Literally just a part of nature. The instinct to protect their young is strong, sometimes a few Lioness’s will leave the pride in order to raise their young alone, in order to avoid the culling of a takeover & see their cubs a chance of survival. Sometimes forming a new pride, or sometimes then reintroducing the young lions back into to the pride once they are older - in which case the pride male/males either accepts or rejects them.

[@Cenentury0941]

Dude just murdered his step kids and tried to frame the buffalos 😑

[@GabGotti3]

No

[@yung_baddie4008]

Screamingggg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@derpyslimemagma1403]

Buffalo sus

[@saretgnasoh7351]

🤣 LMAO 🤣😆

[@Sarayyyx3]

😂😂😂

[@flower-zn4ir]

The sorrow in her eyes 😔💔

[@DoubleGauss]

I bow to BBC Earth's story telling ability. Shooting wildlife footage is one thing. But putting it together along with narration into a story... that keeps you captivated is quite another. It's why I buy Attenborough's blu rays the day they become available. I have all of them. BBC Earth, your wildlife documentaries are the greatest. Nothing comes close.

[@antayafairless9028]

Sure.. Except this story is bullcrap. Look at the editing... See lions in the same frame except once? And at the end it was not the same lion.

[@Bandgeek601]

How do I find those Blu-rays? Looking to get some of my own.

[@DoubleGauss]

@@Bandgeek601 You can find them on Amazon

[@mariejuana2993]

The way she's looking to the Wildebees like "Did you see what happened here?" and the way they are all just looking back at her like giving their respects and condolences

[@fillfinish7302]

What ???

[@Pike737]

They were not "wildebees".

[@seewhatisee7427]

That part took me OUT 😢😢😢😢😢

[@ljmack3625]

Are you kidding me, they were stood there thinking 1 less lion to worry about.

[@bambisco7056]

Cape buffalo*

[@Inv_Enot]

Poor mother… she’s showing more emotions than many humans would 💔

[@crxtube187]

Fun Fact : Real Lions have more emotions than Lion king.

[@user-nu3sd7zb2j]

uh no

[@GamingGamer_YT1]

@@user-nu3sd7zb2j uh yes,look up dean's channel you'll realize the fact that lions have feeling unlike crocodiles.

[@user-nu3sd7zb2j]

@@GamingGamer_YT1 k

[@cristinawood9001]

2019 one for sure

[@patronsaintofpoison]

If that were ever true, the lionesses wouldn't directly mate with the same lions who killed their babies

[@selmaadri731]

Yes, she knows what really happend...

[@Numba1boxa]

I'LL TRADE MY SHIRT FOR A GRILLED CHEESE!!!

[@mishellekarn5260]

Hell yea she knows. She's the mama

[@gravityfallscanada]

That's what you get when you try to get father to raise a child.that isn't his own...

[@RTMaster1]

@@gravityfallscanada take your sexism somewhere else

[@taiyabazaheer9492]

@@gravityfallscanada yes, like you were raised by your step father who user to beat you? It's okay, we understand.

[@thaterasound]

2:02 I didn't expect it to get this heavy

[@yourbestatheist]

She probably just seen the Buffalo and it caused her pupils to dilate. that’s how all cats are when they see pray.

[@jaym6945]

Sorry, this is the kind of weird cutting in documentaries where you never know if they really look at each other. I guess there were no buffalos either

[@Z1BABOUINOS]

_"You think that's air you're breathing now?"_ 🐃💨

[@harrybellingham98]

exactly, what I thought. The cuts are from different times of the day and spliced together to make the animals seem like they have more human emotions

[@ulpetzmaznat1366]

@@harrybellingham98 Yep the BBC is getting and worse and worse for this. I saw a BBC video recently of a submersible encountering a greenland shark, and it was very obvious that sound effects were added to make the shark seem ominous - there was no way it could have been making the noises shown on camera. Animal documentaries are always heavily edited, they have to be, but the level its got to in this video borders on making it fictional, not a documentary.

[@RCinginSC]

Yea, the way the lioness was starring at the buffalo, and the buffalo starring back. All edited for dramatic effect.

[@jaym6945]

AND I don't like the intraction with the camera which seems too close to only be 'watching' and not interfering with the natural habits. Using this to cut between the lions like in a movie conversation is the worst!

[@Cosmic_Monster]

The moment she looked up in such sadness I could see the buffalos felt her pain, they must've felt pity for her, reminding her that this is how life is....so emotional

[@olafgordon8552]

Meh... The buffalos actually were thinking about their own business

[@halobaby0331]

Lmao they would kill a lion cub so fast if they could

[@jaymere2166]

buffalo like yeah this is how we feel when yall kll one of ours

[@julius6889]

buffalos would be thinking about their safety and meals, they dont know the concept of pity...

[@Cosmic_Monster]

@@julius6889 It's just a narration, it doesn't mean they are sad wise ass...🤨

[@Nkoro-gf5jg]

Through this video I learned about what a ruthless wildlife is, and also diverse. And this video only left me with great melancholy

[@isitoveryet9525]

“Will she ever know what really happened” She knew immediately! I hate when these shows try to dumb down these animals, as if they don’t understand what’s happening in their own pride 🙄

[@enigmaticencounterlol3277]

This is good show u should wash it

[@tahrin.choudhury]

How can I watch the full episode?

[@Hamzahdiscovery1987]

You should be nice 🙄 bbc are only making theirself you know what is happening in animal world fun facts I wanna tell you dumb the thing is kali was at the tree getting some relief stupid and she closed her eyes she didnt know that this was about to happen and when she got from the tree and scent their cub which was dead she saw safu seeing him she doubt what really happend stupid dumb.

[@blacklight310]

@@enigmaticencounterlol3277 with soap and water

[@killa-sadie]

they weren't trying to make the animals seem dumb they were literally asking a question to the audience. stop with the stupid eye roll emoji and don't call nature documentaries stupid, because they're very informational and they don't hurt the animals

[@quintessawolfprincess3618]

Poor Kali! I could really hear and feel the grief in her voice! I hope her other cubs are okay! And as much as I love nature and lions, i wouldn't want anything to do with a guy who hurts or kills my children, no matter what animal I am.

[@gravityfallscanada]

That's what you get when you try to get father to raise a child that isn't his own...

[@js66613]

@@gravityfallscanada Well, that's what he got for trying to get with a lioness that wasn't interested in him.

[@gravityfallscanada]

@@js66613 Than she shouldn't be in his pride.

[@VVilde36]

@@gravityfallscanada Then HE shouldn't eat the food the lionesses hunt! The truth is that Lionesses ONLY keep males around to prevent endless streams of males from hurting them through confrontation in their territory by keeping 1 around to fight! Most of the food and work is done by the females in a pride, and males exists only to piss their scent and fight with eachother

[@VVilde36]

@@gravityfallscanada Females REGULARLY exist thru several male leaders because they are better at surviving, the females live longer because they are a bit more likely to look out for each other and actually hunt their share, males die fighting each other, fighting for food they didn't hunt, fight into other lionesses thru conflict, and so they die younger.

[@LeprosuGnome]

The photography in this one... Damn, I dare say is the best one so far

[@ShawnStrickland]

photography* and the correct word you want to use is videography 😊

[@fjaajf]

@@ShawnStrickland "videography" is not a word, "cinematography" is the word you're looking for. Also using the word "photography" is also correct

[@Ytremz]

@@fjaajf Videography is most definitely a word lmao 😆 also, the cinematics and the actual footage of this clip are both important parts of making the overall video clip (as we see it).

[@killion9406]

The way she hugs that tree and relaxes it's a relief indeed

[@fortJamesRemix]

Not a fan of the editing here, it feels like they were forced to match unrelated videos to make a story

[@mokarokas-1727]

Very much so. Never even saw the two lions in the same frame at ANY point, even when they were supposedly yelling at each other at a tree.

[@rachelhall2813]

@@mokarokas-1727 0:24 in the same frame

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@rachelhall2813 - lol, well I stand corrected. Lots of other obvious spliced sequences, though.

[@Ki_Thi]

Indeed those didnt look like the same animals, nor shot the same day.

[@jfontanez1838]

The lion at the end was definitely the wrong lion

[@talihasheikh6652]

Oh those beautiful mourning eyes 💔💔💔

[@ivin6415]

Yh praise the Lord for creation, but this world is now cursed by the likes of sin and the disobedience of man.Go to Jesus Christ for he is the way the truth and the life.Amen.

[@ivin6415]

Go to Jesus for he is the answer!

[@sharpballer7751]

@@ivin6415 Amen

[@gee_]

Camera quality is insane, imagine another 10 years..

[@MattII33]

Hopefully our ecosystem is still alive in 10 years…

[@gee_]

@@MattII33 lmao don't believe the propaganda they've been saying the world is ending for almost a century

[@Talis1717]

She is absolutely heart broken it’s heart wrenching. Poor darling.

[@rawbacon]

I love how they use a shot of buffalo as if they were really there watching.........These narratives are such contrived BS.

[@twonumber22]

I don't mind that. I get annoyed by the sound effects.

[@veinahpets8335]

Weren’t they the witnesses of the murder?

[@youchoose5551]

Lol, the cinematography is amazing even a little overly dramatic but it was refreshing.

[@christinep1679]

Oh my God! I could feel her grief. How incredibly sad! And yes, she knows what happened! God please bless Kali and her little family 🙏🇺🇸

[@spirit6130]

The same way she instinctively knew someone was wrong, she also knew the culprit after looking at him.

[@Cigh]

The actual sad thing is that Anthropomorphisation it's not something you expect to encounter in a BBC documentary. I won't even try to watch the full series

[@jmalmsten]

One must remember these behaviours when imagining what happened behind the scenes when Simba took back his throne.

[@dwaneasley9119]

She's wasn't roaring, she was literally crying 😭

[@darkhorse1890]

My poor eyes..her poor heart..

[@EvripidouM]

show this when people say that animals kill only for food

[@suzanneacres2027]

The poor mother lion you can see the grief in her eyes and hear the grief in her voice. 😢😢💔💔

[@markoportuondo7375]

Man, even the buffaloes look like they feel terrible for her. 😢

[@pitbullmom3234]

I love lions and all animals💜 I JUST wish YOUR VIDEOS Were LONGER then just 3 minutes but thank you for sharing

[@lynleybeukes250]

💔😢Heartbreaking to see that... As much as its the "law of the jungle" it doesn't make it less tragic

[@candyjones7745]

The buffalos are like, don't look at us

[@niecy2663]

The buffalos were like "hey we didn't do it".

[@leongibson1210]

The Buffalo were like “we ain’t do shit”.

[@killion9406]

Damn the pain was written in that Lioness eyes

[@harrybellingham98]

the cuts are from different times of the day and places. you put it all together to create a narrative and give the animals more humanlike emotions

[@gracepei2115]

Buffaloes 🐃: sorry, we didn’t do anything!

[@letran5965]

Really appreciate for this document

[@jessesands4099]

Heartbreaking Moment For Any Mother! My Heart Goes Out To Kali!🦁🏞🇹🇿

[@jeperstone]

I remember when the BBC made programmes for adults. The narration and editing was infantile and sentimental. This made me cringe

[@cliffb1932]

They have cut the killing part but the cameras shots and angles are off the hook. Best one I have seen in a long time.

[@lamiaallen7830]

Excellent yet sad video🎯💯 The Realities of Wildlife is harsh & beautiful

[@DylansPen]

The water buffalos looking at her are like, "How's it feel b$%*h?"

[@kimberlyfung8483]

The way the lioness shows her sadness when finding her dead cub is just like humans. 😢

[@kuwwatsobedow3128]

Extremely very touching. This clip is full of emotion I can feel what she is feeling grieving the mother is crying making sound out of grieve she is crying grieving can't believe her cub is dead also wants to know find out what happened who did it. The most touching place is when she grieves and when she looks into the distance with eyes full of tears man my heart gout out to this mother lion my heart is hurting literally started hurting when as soon as I started watching her come down the tree and finding her baby cub this place

[@jaychac0n]

Buffalos like “don’t look at us we ain’t do it” 😭💀

[@Pumpkintiti]

Ok what the heck was that how are you going to leave us in suspense I hope you guys are going to follow up later today or tomorrow about her Cubs. make the videos longer please

[@tybarnes895]

These are all going to be dramatic promos for the series, which has to be bought through another platform.

[@MrAgaur]

Amazing description and videography.

[@nikhilpabelkar4191]

This is worthy of Lion King 2

[@MsLilac88]

This is so heartbreaking, wildlife is so cruel, the mother lioness saw the lifeless body of her dead cub. 😢

[@sreyask007]

A big salute to the camera man, awesome. 💕

[@co6mo]

2:05 Buffalos: now u know what It means!

[@Caught_Slipn]

The Buffalo in the back watching the Lioness find her dead cub 👁👄👁

[@akshuization]

As much as I feel sorry for her loss.. it is nature's way of keeping balance.. we should bow down to mother nature at the end.. we all have to die for new cycle to begin..

[@asanthabandara2615]

It seems that the buffaloes too understood

[@cryptidkisser4276]

Good lord that is a sad, sad lion

[@levnzt6949]

“Will she ever know what really happened?” Fear the day when BBC finds out how to make lions follow their scripts. Until then, all that is needed is cringy soap-opera scene cutting.

[@QualeQualeson]

Bingo.

[@christinerose4839]

@@QualeQualeson male lions will kill Cubs under 2 yrs old it’s got nothing to do with the BBC

[@QualeQualeson]

@@christinerose4839 Hi Christine Rose. I think maybe you didn't understand the premise. My comment is a response to the OP (Original Post) that states that the BBC produces nature films like it was a (human) soap opera, to which I agreed. If I had responded to a comment (a response to the OP), my comment would be directed towards it by @username. This is pretty straight forward, and I don't see the relevancy of your statement, as the fact you mention is not in dispute in either.

[@enigmaticencounterlol3277]

@@QualeQualeson THIS IS A GOOD DOCUMENTARY IDIOT TRY MAKING UR OWN

[@QualeQualeson]

@@enigmaticencounterlol3277 Documentary? This is not a documentary.

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

Sad story. Reminds me of the movie MASK where the mother tries to wake up her son Rocky Dennis, who passed in his sleep

[@Jana-jx9xr]

Oh poor mama lion and baby 😥😥😥her eyes tells the feeling when she found her baby dead😥😥😥

[@gazoo1206]

Her sad sad eyes

[@ravisalunke677]

Buffaloes like Nooo, not us😢

[@chrisb7142]

At the risk of being accused of anthropomorphizing Kali, her face shows such sadness and helplessness....heartbreaking.

[@gypsysoulgypsy]

The true definition of wild and savage

[@user-kj6dh6sd7s]

Быть львом ..это опасно..для жизнильва..но быть самкой льва..это в два раза опасней...господи храни наших женщин..ибо они наши мамы жоны и дети..

[@chewybits3662]

Poor mama

[@janemorgan5584]

She knows bless her

[@yourenemy2690]

Buffalo 🐃 watching be like: "Karma Dude"

[@luismoramora4126]

Excelente video 👍

[@bgant1551]

She's looking at the buffalos and thinking 'you guys are going to pay for this"

[@aditya4904]

What a picturization.👌

[@davidtobing2202]

Lioness *starts crying* The cameraman "aaand cut"

[@hazelanglin5907]

She understands what happened

[@ClipsxTricks]

Lions are so Majestic same for elephants

[@pesciolina7653]

It'so touching...she try to wake up her baby.Pure love.

[@Damle1313]

No mom in this world cannot go through this pain😭😭😭😭

[@luanbui3462]

My condolences

[@zarifam1635]

Where can I see the full documentary of this story? Please, help!

[@sacked5266]

And I thought I had it rough...

[@TimeTheory2099]

Thanks BBC earth 👍

[@avv9373]

Mother's love can be seen 😰😰

[@geraltofriviathewitcher6102]

I feel like kali is asking to buffalos"what hpnd to my son did you saw anything?😢😢

[@alal039]

This video should be on a movie channel, not on a documentary

[@cjgameon264]

2:41 "the face of a guilty, jealous killer."

[@LimpBizkit999]

Wow those are some masterful editing tricks

[@Lavender-rz2px]

Really love kali and her cubbies. She’s an absolute hardworking provider and mom with 2 losses. Her cubs belong to one of the pride male lions in that pride. Why should she look outside for another lion dad? It’s likely she came into season again and that’s the reason for the pride male’s interest. If her cubs are two year or so, it’s time they become independent. Possibly, this was the reason for the tough love from the pride male. It’s unfortunate no one got a good look at the cause of death to know the real cause of death. Maybe it was a snake bite? Why did the cub die under the tree. It separated itself due to its illness or injury. I always mourn the death of any cub. Kali investment, a real loss.

[@DonNorway]

I'm not crying, you're crying!

[@Unknown-qh9rh]

Animals have emotions to you know

[@Anika-Buster]

so what

[@naturalreach4316]

Very very emotional video Mam

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

Nature at its finest! It can be cruel so often!

[@adriennepowell3827]

That is the most beautiful lioness I have ever seen

[@arimax888]

Damn😭why you left us hanging?!!! I can't with this suspenseful cliffhanger, where's the rest???

[@godogeman6466]

That lion looking pretty sus.