Lioness Bites Her Cub's Head Off

A lone lioness bites her cub's head off after playing with it and cleaning it. Does she eat it or does she just leave it?
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The Ngorongoro Crater, located in Tanzania, is home to many species of predators. In particular, lions form a large majority of the predators found here. They live in prides, consisting of a dominant male, several lionesses, and their playful cubs.
"While out on our afternoon safari, we came across a lone lioness. Walking through the long grass with what seemed to be a cub in her mouth. The tiny cub was securely in place in her jaws as she walked without a care in the world."
When it's time to move their young ones to a new den lionesses transport their cubs with utmost care and precision. They gently grip their cubs by the scruff of their necks using their powerful jaws, their offspring are then firmly but gently held. This method not only allows the lioness to carry her cubs effortlessly but also keeps them calm and secure during the journey.
"Suddenly she stopped and put the cub down. She then proceeded to groom and lick her cub as if she were playing with it. But the manner in which she was holding the cub seemed strange. Her front paws served as a cushion for the tiny cub. And her large jaws wrapped around its head. We thought perhaps she was going to pick it up again and move."
"Little did we know this would be the end for this little cub. The lioness began tearing the little cub's head from its body and eating it. Stunned and speechless, we sat watching. Completely taken aback by this bizarre occurrence."
While it is rare, there are instances where lions might resort to cannibalism and consume their own. This behavior is often triggered by extreme circumstances, such as scarcity of food or stress within the family. It is important to remember that these instances are exceptions rather than the norm, as lionesses generally exhibit remarkable maternal care and protection towards their cubs, ensuring the survival of their offspring and the continuation of the pride's lineage.
"In the end, she got up and began walking off as if nothing had happened. The remains of the little cub lay on the floor, and the silence in the game vehicle was eerie."
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[@user-nw1je1ur6t]

It still caches me off guard how this channel really never clickbaits

[@daixer3156]

Best channel ever. I've watched all the shorts and now videos. Non disappoints. None of this woke crap where we can't watch nature be nature

[@afrikaanseliefdesverhaleen5681]

They don't have to. Kruger is the real mccoy.

[@afrikaanseliefdesverhaleen5681]

and of course Mala Mala at the greater Kruger.

[@Tonetare]

Cassie Anthony the Lioness

[@LD-jb5zi]

Bro facts

[@irishRocker1]

She was licking it trying to wake it or get a response. Cub seemed like it was not gonna survive, and in the wild nothing goes to waste

[@alexng4]

WRONG...if you look at footages of lions eating their catch...they always lick it the area a lot to "soften" it up before biting in and tearing the flesh out..

[@skepchica]

​@@alexng4 Cub clearly died about 15 seconds in. It didn't look like it was breathing or responsive when she brought it over.

[@petronasken7504]

I've never seen or heard of cannibalism within lions. Lions kill each other all the time but don't help themselves with a kill of one of its kind

[@skepchica]

@@petronasken7504 The cub died first.

[@petronasken7504]

@@skepchica doesn't matter that was still cannibalism

[@susanm1109]

The cub was tiny and probably stillborn or died shortly after birth. It looked like she tried to revive it, but realized it was hopeless. Difficult to watch but it wasn’t an act of cruelty.

[@TheLund182]

How is eating it’s head part of trying to revive it?

[@angelagardner5230]

At last someone with sense . Bless you Susan m . Sick of snow flakes

[@CoachMacdaddy]

You have no idea what happened before the camera started rolling, but in case you missed it also moved and breathed as early as 16 seconds in, not just the arrow. These are not your house cats

[@ajayfitnessproductsreviews3265]

Many predators are cruel. Nature made them like this

[@Shark_Toothed_Therapod]

​@@ajayfitnessproductsreviews3265 They're not cruel, nature has no concept of morality.

[@MartyCoding]

The cub was already ill and dying, you can see the lion carrying her pup in the beginning and being very sad. She knew she had to do this

[@ikennagibson3933]

Had to do what?

[@doktormcnasty]

@@ikennagibson3933 Re-absorb herself.

[@lightmessage8907]

Re-absorb? It's not entirely her to absorb herself ... It was her and her male lions ... Don't mistake children for one parents property ... Children are result of 2 parents a male and female

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

Why did you call it a "cub" and a "pup" in the same sentence? If you know they're called cubs, why would you write "pup"? This irritates me.

[@CreatureFeatured]

It definitely seems like the cub was very sickly and possibly already on its way out; it's strangely limp and mostly unresponsive save for twitches and breathing, despite the lioness trying to stimulate it with grooming, so she decided to put it out of its misery. Poor little thing... but this fate was probably better than just being abandoned to perish by itself. Being a wild animal's tough.

[@angelagardner5230]

Exactly

[@kepnjem]

It was already dead

[@droid6759]

Stop sugar coating everything. Stop glorifying motherhood every where

[@angelagardner5230]

Ofcourse sick of these ppl going on about it . Just leave me alone and the mother lioness

[@CreatureFeatured]

@@droid6759 ??? Are you replying to me or someone else? I'm hardly sugarcoating things; it's a genuine fact of nature that parent animals will either abandon or outright dispatch sickly/injured young. "Putting it out of its misery" is just an expression for that sort of situation.

[@OkieAllDay]

Even the way the mom was eating seemed depressed

[@Youevenlookuntrustable]

The way they are you wonder if they really even have feelings 🤦‍♂️ but if so her blinks told it all

[@jstar9819]

You are assigning human value towards her, as if she operates like humans do. This is just nature playing its game.

[@Operations1000]

@@jstar9819 Sadness, depression, anxiety all exist in wild animals not just 'pets', do some research before claiming only humans operate that way.

[@christinacooper5627]

It’s heartbreaking watching her go through the process of carrying her actively dying kitten/cub away the safety of her den. There are likely 2-3 siblings back there who are thriving & this mamma instinctively knew she had to keep the scent & cries of death away from them, since it would lure predators in! The kitten was clearly suffering through a slow death with its agonal breaths only coming after long pauses. Momma lovingly gave her last, caring attempts to stimulate regular breathing by powerfully licking the kitten to help move any residual fluid upward, but it was clearly to no avail & the kitten’s death was inevitable! Momma’s final act ended its suffering, ceased its cries- which may have been luring in predators & provided nutrition for a new mom. There was no logic in nature for the mother to leave it there to suffer a prolonged death & quickly become another predator’s meal! It’s a harsh reality, that thankfully we as humans, aren’t forced to make!

[@theazrael4423]

Actually humans do have to make that difficult choice at times but that merciful right was taken away with the end of Roe vs Wade, now parents carrying children who will die shortly after birth must carry the child to term at risk of their health, then rewarded with the agony of watching them struggle to take their last breath. Human beings will never be able to write enough laws to replace decency and common sense.

[@Platos-Den]

Thank you for the explanation. Makes sense now.

[@Tamaralee5555]

Aww 🥰 you comment made me cry, however. 💯🙏🏾YOU ARE EXACTLY CORRECT ON WHAT YOU SAID..

[@Tamaralee5555]

@@theazrael4423 whoever you are 🙏🏾💯. This was said 💓 BEAUTIFULLY and HONEST .

[@jackmcdouglas4126]

You do have imagination. What we see here is just an animal eating meat.

[@gsdmom1194]

I have to say that even though this is gruesome, it is a lesson in nature. Even Domestic animals will do this. I have trained dogs since the 70s, and they have a natural instinct to get rid of dead or sick pups. In the wild, it is survival of the fittest and mom, a pride or a pack can't afford to attract more predators than they already do.

[@GabGotti3]

Or it was just hungry.

[@paulharper4196]

When I was a kid I used to breed mice for some extra pocket money and more than once the mother had eaten some of the babies.

[@MartyCoding]

@@GabGotti3 no

[@TYPICALTRYHARD_]

​@@GabGotti3 could be both

[@LimpBizkit999]

@@GabGotti3 Yawn

[@marlieb7570]

I remember when I was a kid my mom used to tell me “I brought you in this world and I will take you out this world” i always straighten up when she said that, but I definitely hope this is not what she meant 😮

[@containedhurricane]

She's like the omnipotent creator, who does as he pleases. We can't choose to be unborn

[@kennedymprah]

😅😊 Dmn

[@joettaqasim3826]

😂 LOL 😂

[@timmartin638]

Your mom got that from Bill Cosby

[@getthatbag-711]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ML-1804]

Mother nature in its rawest form ✊🏿💪🏿🙏🏿

[@nikitatw]

那是一個傷心的媽媽，她的寶寶在她咬著過來時已經死了，她心痛的舔著牠的屍體，然後溫柔的咬掉牠的頭吃下，是幫牠舉行葬禮。並沒有吃掉全部。很多動物都是這樣的。😢

[@user-ue8ii4ko1g]

以前養的橘貓可能太寵牠，養成13公斤，後來生了六隻小貓，五隻被壓死，剩一隻被野狗咬死，當初那五隻死掉的幼貓本來要埋起來，後來阿橘把她的五隻死掉的幼貓全部吃掉廢物回收了...

[@rick54321]

一堆人不懂都在說獅子寶寶還活著，其實，寶寶在被咬著放在地上時就已經在頻死呼吸了（不懂的人可以去google一下），基本上這個小生命體是已經快沒了，媽媽只是結束牠的痛苦而已！

[@Whodat__whodat]

​​@@rick54321 那 1:11 呢

[@user-fm2xp6py4h]

​@@Whodat__whodat 你知道頻死呼吸的意思嗎

[@spotemgotement.reloaded389]

The cub was probably already deceased or sick so the lioness decided to finish the job.

[@Kreutz]

I think this is the closest call to being correct in the comments

[@CoachMacdaddy]

Sure

[@bonnybonny8403]

Wow. Can you also know why I did not win the mega jackpot?

[@DeenScene]

Yes. Better to destroy it yourself and be sure. Mark her territory so other animals can't top your own destruction.

[@salmanbinahmed8253]

Nah, the kid took its last breath on camera on @0:16 and when the arrow points at @1:13 that was his last breath. My theory is that it wasn't her's at all. Seen lionesses kill cubs of other lionesses before BUT never a mother killing their own. If it was sick, they will leave it to die, so many documentaries have shown that before, NEVER has been a documentary where they showed a mother eating its own. Thats just not possible.

[@pressrepeat2000]

My cat did this once. Ate her three babies, they were stillborn (I think, but I don’t know as only the head remained when I heard her crunch). Nature never lets calories go to waste.

[@xxsephiroterxx8676]

And you just looked at your cat eating her babys even if their dead!?how disguting youre....goddamn

[@rahulbhattacharyya163]

We used to give shelter to a female dog. She gave birth to few pups and couple of those born dead/died shortly after- she devoured those dead pups. May be a common behavior among animals.

[@Unspoke]

Where was the father?

[@rahulbhattacharyya163]

@@Unspoke it was a street dog. Fathers do not show up.

[@containedhurricane]

Dogs can eat vomit

[@Termsandconditions1234]

@@containedhurricane My neighbor's dog eats its own poop when the owner went on vacation. We gave food, but It cries and eats only the poop.

[@justincarreras7753]

With all the crazy shit I’ve seen on this channel you’d think I’d be desensitized… but that was really hard to watch.

[@jxknight1980]

I went straight to comment section and not even watched video yet. And I sure as hell am not going to. Have enough negative, nightmarish and sad shit in my life. Glad I read your comment. Thank you.

[@Onigirli]

@@jxknight1980 Why were you on this page to begin with lol

[@DTA-me3kv]

Lol

[@Bane520]

@@Onigirli Curiosity

[@andlau88]

Was hoping it was a clickbait...😢

[@starmancrusader]

This channel never clickbaits

[@eazypeazy2964]

@@starmancrusader Came to say the same, you beat me to it.

[@PakPikPuk]

Never

[@fernandopiston4059]

No, that lioness is evil this way... She deserves to die slowly

[@Unspoke]

@@starmancrusader This channel cat does a tons of clickbaits. Are you kidding yourself? Hahahaha

[@pakkeungli6810]

幼獅明顯已死去多時,母獅寧願親自了斷也不讓幼獅被其他動物折磨😥

[@PhantomMan-kn8l]

給別人吃？不如自己補充養分還比較實在 至少牠（小獅子）活著時已經盡量照顧他了

[@user-bp8nj5ik8q]

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[@android.devicesjs5617]

01:12 幼獅有動一下，可能重病吧？ 但上面這句，不覺得前後矛盾？已死去多時，怎麼被其他動物折磨？應該是說，怕屍體被其他動物啃食？

[@SyphaOne]

Lioness looks fed well. This is not because of hunger. Cub seems to be too weak to survive.

[@bloop2880]

The cub is dead at the start of the video

[@angelagardner5230]

True

[@fxm5715]

I think the first half is her checking to see if it's really dead or not. Once she's convinced it's dead, she might as well put it to good use. The cub still ha got its umbilical cord, so it was either still born, or too weak to live. I wouldn't be surprised if the mother is extremely hungry at this point.

[@petfauna1445]

​@@bloop2880 Nope you can see it's belly move as it squeaks at the start.

[@angelagardner5230]

@@fxm5715 She could not leave it Bless mom . Lioness will fight for her babies to death

[@garysdunlap]

A harsh visual lesson about how hard it is out there to survive. Bless the lioness to have the compassion to end the suffering. There are many implications that our society could learn a thing or two . The lack of compassion, empathy, and basic respect for our fellow man.

[@GlazedInfants]

Lions don't have compassion lol

[@garysdunlap]

@@GlazedInfants how do you know. Do you have empirical evidence that the lioness does not have compassion? If you do please site such evidence as I'm sure there are others out there that would like to know, for I surely would like to know. All the animals and mankind possess some type of emotion and feelings for those around them. As Hunan it's our responsibility to shepherd the animals and our fellow man in times of trouble. We can communicate our need for help animals can communicate that need also if only we take the time to listen. All living things on this planet deserve our respect. We are so wrapped up in our own little world that we ignore the cries for help. It only takes a minute to listen and observe to know what's up. So, if you disagree that's ok. But you should slow down and take a minute to observe every living creature around you. If you do then you might change your mind .

[@orlandowilliamson691]

​@@GlazedInfantsanimals definitely have feelings

[@Killeroreodolphin]

​@@orlandowilliamson691 mabye some like elephants, whales, mouse etc..

[@liviu543]

@@garysdunlap You can't have empirical evidence on non-empirical phenomena, whether transitive or direct.

[@OdenqueenVulpes]

Very sad. The little cub seems to have been on death’s door, so this was a mercy killing for the mother rather than an act of cruelty. Animals know what is best for them and their young based on instinct, even if it can seem brutal by human standards.

[@Serpenttine]

Cruel by rich human standards. If this was ancient times and food was scarce humans would have no problem killing their sick and mentally unwell children

[@carolwafula9655]

It's not a mercy meal lions don't do that but it was a ready meal since the cub was almost dead anyway. Human standards can become very low in a desperate situation, historically when a city was under seige and its inhabitants were starving, women ate their own babies and even the placenta. And standards of some humans is never good at the best of times!

[@lucamatteobarbieri2493]

I doubt it. It's just eating it. All the mercy etc. are human constructs.

[@chess1993]

What do you mean by an act of cruelty? Please stop using human emotion and logics to justify whether animals are cruel. The animal world is harsh and brutal. Lions kill regardless of how it looks and makes you feel. Animals are instinctual.

[@toddy914]

@@Serpenttine In ancient times, People killed their children, crushed their skulls and ate their heads, and then ate their dead bodies? Dont be a jackass, and anthropomorphize lions and compare them to humans.

[@RafaelSantos-wz8zf]

Came out of mama and right back into her. Circle of life.

[@mparik]

And then right back out, as scat this time.

[@backatit4757]

​@@mparik lol

[@joelleabounader1706]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RafaelSantos-wz8zf]

@@mparik 😂😂😂

[@LprogressivesANDliberals]

Many animal species do this. Nature is amoral. I love it

[@SPOCK22]

looks like the cub was already dead and she was licking it in an attempt to get it to wake up and when she realized it wasn't waking up.... why waste food?

[@Fitkid7672]

Yeah she also must have been hungry

[@alf6245]

I think it was still alive? When the red arrow came up it shows the cub moving?

[@Fitkid7672]

@@alf6245 it could have also been a cub of another pride & not hers..or a wandering cub..if that’s the case then often other lions kill cubs that aren’t there’s..

[@AlanSmith88888]

I think that was a mercy killing. She checked for the longest time whether she could "groom" it back to health. It amazes me how these animals know.

[@Nakiesrussphynxcattery]

Okay so I’m a breeder and this video is just HEARTBREAKING! This momma showed her baby commission and love and tried hard to revive it. She had no choice but to eat the cub AFTER it already died because she can’t leave it and put her other cubs at risk. Mother cats of ANY species DO NOT eat their babies alive! this is done AFTER and is away of “cleaning up”. Same as how they eat the placenta and lick up all blood and stuff from birth.

[@crew6227]

The cub looks like a newborn(umbilical cord) that is dying and like many animals do, she ate the dying cub.

[@samanthaflynn6140]

So ruthless yet gentle😢

[@carlosmerces]

I know you cannot try to put human sentiments on animal behavior, but it looked like the lioness was in pain when it was doing the final bites

[@menta1case182]

Jeez , that was rough.

[@johnnyhernandez7561]

That was very heartbreaking to watch this mama lion having to eat her young May God bless this poor babie soul

[@Spheterix]

Yeah unfortunately this is how nature is... Every mammal goes through this

[@Juju2012ZA]

The poor cub was sick from the looks of it. She did the only thing left to her. Poor baby 💔😢

[@Tonetare]

Stop making excuses for this miserable excuse of a mother

[@billabcddog321]

小獅子看起來就很虛弱，應該也是沒辦法活下去，由媽媽親手結束它的生命總好過被其他動物折磨…

[@karabinas]

I’m 50 years old and my mom is still slowly doing this to me 😞

[@kennyjoseph1144]

lol

[@DrcossNuevoLeonMx]

My mother is a POS ASWELL I WAS BORN HEALTHY Tho . HER ACTIONS, SINCE MY BIRTH AGAINST ME. JUST SHOWED SHE NEVER LOVED ME, BUT HATED ME

[@refi6438]

Lol really get out sir!

[@karabinas]

@@DrcossNuevoLeonMxI can’t even cook around my mom, if the meal is good she loses her mind in jealousy

[@jackhandma1011]

I can't tell how old the lioness is but I think it's young. Our cat when it was an inexperienced mother laid on top of her kittens, killing them. She also panics and doesn't seem to know how to react when her kittens died.

[@ToreDL87]

Yeah pretty normal with inexperienced mothers or stillborn cubs.

[@mikejones9961]

cat's are stupid

[@OliverNorwellHardy]

this cat is one of the oldest cats in Tanzania, more than 13 years old; in fact she has outlived all of her daughters

[@fromn.y.top.r.5889]

Old or young if the cub was sick it still served as a snack. That's nature.

[@Unspoke]

That sounds crazy. What happened to the kitties afterwards?

[@Unfcukwitable305]

A Mother's love 😢

[@Vinlyguyx420x]

Infanticide is just so viscerally disturbing

[@p0st-nutclarity]

Lions don’t call it that you know

[@YoungAbel15]

But still cool to watch.

[@49nishant28]

@@YoungAbel15 maybe you have same views about pedophilia

[@YoungAbel15]

@@49nishant28 what the F**k? Pal, you took things way too dark. So would it be better if instead of its own cub's head it bit off the head of a baby deer or baby warthog?

[@dannyvalentino328]

@@p0st-nutclarity Lions also don’t call themselves lions you know.

[@kitsomogale4945]

Imagine this as a scene in lion king 😔

[@eternalbeing3339]

It looked like it was already about to die. So she ate it before something else did.

[@bloop2880]

Exactly

[@Spheterix]

It looked like it was either very sick or was on the brink of dying so the mother had no choice and had to unfortunately finish the job

[@lizardninja007]

Everyone grieves in different ways. Some bury their loved ones, others burn them and throw their ashes out at Disney World. One woman even ate her husband's ashes. This mom just happens to eat her kid's head off.

[@monsterhog1118]

Something similar happened to me when I was a cub

[@willek1335]

Lion King forgot to include this part.

[@ryan62082]

Awe giving kisses

[@Ambelica]

This is a lioness who had her cubs destroyed by a rival lion male who took over her pride . She is grieving . It is very common to see a mother lioness eat her deceased lion cubs in a secluded area. I like to think they’d rather eat the corpse than let the vultures and insects pull them apart. A wonderful display of grief in the animal kingdom

[@k.m.f369]

🤦‍♀️🙄🤦‍♀️ no. Nomads didn't kill this cub. It WAS alive. Barely. She did what was natural.

[@TimBong-sb6qp]

How tf did you get all that from this video?

[@duh3234]

Nutrition Facts: *Calories* *(kcal)* 137 *Fat* 3,9 g *Cholesterol* 78 mg *Sodium* 59 mg *Potassium* 437 mg *Protein* 32 g

[@farazsyed8812]

😂

[@Jawad2391]

Hahahaha

[@checkmateforever]

As many wild animal videos ive watched ive never seen any like this. Wow

[@CaptainGancena]

This wouldn’t even be the first time I saw a lioness eat her deceased cub, for nothing goes to waste in nature. I was mainly wondering if the cub was actually alive, which would have been alarming… but I don’t think it was. It just… dangled. In a way it was a relief, but still, the poor thing might not have begun to live at all.

[@OliverNorwellHardy]

it was alive - maybe already close to death, but not yet. I was there, it was me who filmed it

[@wolfrevenant1489]

@@OliverNorwellHardy it seemed very sick and weak, just barely moving. I guess the mother knew something was wrong with the cub and that it wouldn’t survive, and so she brought it away from the den to kill and eat it. I think it’s actually quite typical of many species to reject or kill young that are not going to survive due to sickness or deformity.

[@angelagardner5230]

@@OliverNorwellHardy Ok What do you think

[@redhare8572]

@@wolfrevenant1489 like hamster

[@sherman2142]

the big red arrow at 1:13 shows the cub's last breath. The lion knew it and ate it right after it died . What yall think these lions is cold blooded killaz of they own? it aint like they small hats

[@kingghidorah8106]

you can see, how a lion can snap a zebra's neck with one bite, but she's suffering while decommissioning the cub.

[@angelah.3402]

It takes a breathe around 0:12 and 1:12 Then it seems like the mother is trying to revive it. She sure didn’t wait long though!

[@thomaspopiel2629]

We should report her to child protective services for not waiting long enough to eat her sick and dying fetus

[@fernfleites2956]

NATURE, IN ALL ITS BRUTAL BEAUTY

[@EarthIsFlat456]

Humans: we can learn so much from animals. Animals:

[@kronotic]

They are both the same anyway.

[@elgingiguerro1470]

What to eat our still Borns? Nasty mf

[@kronotic]

@@dontworryaboutit5777 You are the one lying to yourself thinking you are not an animal. How ironic.

[@siftknife761]

​@@kronoticwhen he gets cannibalized 😂 he will learn

[@CarlosBronson]

I was gonna write the same comment! Wow!

[@jessiecorvus9262]

Looks like an inexperienced lioness with a stillborn cub

[@disavowalf3351]

I thought that, but the cub moved independently…that’s why the red arrow was there. Shocking, isn’t it!?!

[@salmanbinahmed8253]

@@disavowalf3351 @0:16 and @1:13 it took breaths u can see it stomach bulge.

[@Letugar1]

A beast is a beast 😢

[@25provo]

I'm more disgusted by all those flies on her body.

[@thanasissy6953]

Generally the grip they do around the neck for transportation purposes is clearly gentle. In the first 10 seconds the way she holds it feels more like a bite. It also seems like the area that she is licking afterwards has holes from bite marks that matches her previous grip area. I think she is the one that kliled the cub for whatever reason in the first place.

[@kinga2460]

Lol. Dats brotherly not a cub

[@hexslayer363]

​@@kinga2460 uhhh what are you saying?

[@DeIicateFynn]

I agree with you. I thought it looked like she bute that baby hard. You can see the blood from the holes left.

[@joettaqasim3826]

Animals Instinctively Will Put Their Sick or Dying Young Out of It's Misery Rather Than Some Other Predator Eat It😡.. Dogs Also Eat Their Sick or Dying Pups😪😪😪

[@tsholofelomokoena]

@@DeIicateFynnyou killed me at “bute” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@doralissweintraub3754]

My heart breaks for this mama💔. She tried to save her baby, but couldn’t.

[@johnkeane1419]

...and then ate it.

[@tarikalgehani3599]

Our cat did the same.omg😢

[@Reelbigkings]

​@@johnkeane1419 you probably would too if you actually had to hunt for your food to survive. Many humans have eaten family members in desperate situations.

[@teslabollig529]

Seems like some of y’all don’t know that in nature and even domestic animals will do this to put the young out of misery then watch it suffer a prolonged death or even sickness … it’s the way of life

[@Spheterix]

Yeah unfortunately this is how nature is...

[@hlee5200]

这只幼崽一开始就应该是有什么问题没有救了吧😢

[@ErikKart]

Heartbreaking 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@brianafrika254]

Doesnt want to waste her cub away to scavengers wow. To a lioness that's motherly love.

[@buttman7830]

Nah, it's probably just looking for some extra protein. Theres no love, stop believing everything you see in Disney movies

[@dritemolawzbks8574]

That's not love. She was getting a little head.

[@Leomerya12]

Uh... no. I mean, partially yes, but no.

[@chrisfearn3375]

Motherly love 😂😂😂😂

[@FN-cr2lq]

It's not for the scavengers....

[@dynamoterror18]

If that was her only cub, she'll breed again in a few months and will have a new litter of cubs soon. Hopefully, she'll have better luck then.

[@Dermot2927]

“Ok, ok, no need to bite me ‘ead off!”

[@Onecutetiger]

I swear everytime this channel uploads someone is like "omg heart breaking, imagine that was us" smh.

[@lebohangmabitle1619]

This is one of the most gruesome things I have seen this year

[@melhordoquebom]

Loucura mesmo

[@edienorris9268]

Me too poor lil cub

[@Kubosarutobi]

I've seen lions commit cannibalism but this on a whole other level

[@angelagardner5230]

Human canabalism

[@Kubosarutobi]

@@angelagardner5230 no not that kind. I mean lion eating another lion for dinner.

[@angelagardner5230]

@@Kubosarutobi For gods sake the cub was dead

[@Kubosarutobi]

@@angelagardner5230 I know but from my experience I may sound like a lunatic but I have seen people been stabbed, shot in the head(with a shotgun) and sexually abused and assaulted. I have seen so much shit that a lioness eating a cub doesn't phase me all that much when compared to what I just listed

[@angelagardner5230]

Leave it out bye all Stop eating meat

[@R.G.808]

It's so funny that people still say that humans are monsters, although it is the animals that eat each other and even babys alive every day without any mercy or remorse, which humans themselves just don't do and can't even imagine because it's oh so horrible. Yes, we humans also eat other creatures, but at least we kill everything quickly and painlessly before eating to keep the suffering as small as possible. And we never eat children or babys from our own kind. Animals don't even try to please anyone or anything. So who are the monsters now?

[@stevejobs6396]

As usual, I’m finding a lot of experts in the comments section.

[@biggj21]

Aww she didnt want to do it but better her then some other animals.😢😮

[@Spheterix]

Yeah unfortunately this is how nature is...

[@aurex8937]

"Lionesses are so kind and careful with their cubs!" Lionesses:

[@edgarrojas5060]

Probably she didn't kill her cub.

[@DAKOTA__.]

It may have been attacked earlier by Buffalo, older lion cubs, etc, so she was relocating her den. We saw the cub twitch, I don't think she did. Regardless, we don't know why, but mum had her reasons and I trust her instinct.

[@Ooopss85]

I take it you've never watched lion videos before, because there are tons of them on the internet that feature the gentle, caring, and loving side of lionesses.

[@angelagardner5230]

They are and will fight for their babies

[@mparik]

@@angelagardner5230 theyre just chasing other prefators away from their lunch.

[@Magdred]

Mother of the year...

[@tinotendamuguti5919]

Seems like the buffalos black magic is now working 😂

[@Girjon05]

This is really common in nature. Animals (even herbivores) that look after their young will kill/eat their own young. This actualy has multiple purposes. Usualy young that are sick or weak are eaten. This ensures that those young aren't taking up resources from healthier sibling, who have a better chance at survival. 2nd is that the breeding process uses a lot of energy. Carrying the young and watching over them is time consuming and exhausting. But by eating their own young, mothers are gaining back a bit of that energy. So for a lion a tiny cub isn't really a proper meal, but it's still edible meat that would just go to waste

[@douglasmunn3919]

Now I look at my kids in a whole new light LOL

[@damz979]

It looks disturbingly tender

[@ShotGunAnd]

How completely insane do you have to be to eat your own baby's head?

[@yolyspalacios2159]

en la naturaleza lo que es anormal para nosotros los seres humanos es normal para éstos animales DIOS todo lo hizo perfecto y no podemos cuestionarlo

[@PlAyHoUsE305]

That’s probably how lions mourn the death of their own cubs

[@RF_20]

Eating her own cub 😮 That's so disturbing to see

[@dennisflanders1957]

That's nature for you

[@TopViewFar]

Lioness: Don't waste the food kids!

[@ricky.888]

you can tell the cub is already half dead. as gruesome as it is, those nutrients went to her other cubs.

[@eveningjaguar]

how pleasant but in all seriousness, I really do admire nature, despite the downsides that come with it. Her behavior is very interesting, and I’ve seen similar behavior from my domestic cats with their sick or weak kittens. The mothers eat or dispose of kittens too premature or deformed to survive

[@floridacracker_]

Their probably watching you while you sleep debating if they should eat you lol

[@LucianaLu2267]

Tive uma gata que também comeu seus filhotes 💔

[@eveningjaguar]

@@floridacracker_ yeahhhh I wouldn’t blame them. I’m a very weak being indeed 🤣

[@BOSIE321]

I saw a hyena mother do the same after her cub was savaged by a leopard and the cub had clear brain injuries after many days of trying to recover. It's possibly a similar situation where this cub had something wrong with it and, as cruel as it sounds, an instinctive urge to quicken the process came to the fore.

[@dennisflanders1957]

Thats energy she can use to survive, which would otherwise be wasted

[@soledadasturias6344]

Y yo que pensé que lo estaba reanimando. 😢

[@mcmerry2846]

Estaba re muerto

[@mandieparr6990]

Omg the cub💔😥

[@paranoidgenius9164]

Most of this behavior is misunderstood by many people, how about this analogy - The dominant male of the pride as either been defeated & killed or driven off, which means the death of his cubs, so to spare her cub a horrific death from the rival male lion, she chooses a swift & painless death as much as possible to it because she only has only 2 options in this case. I'd say with a lot of cases this to be true & she shows more mercy than the male.

[@3winanimal]

It is not uncommon for lionesses to exhibit aggressive behavior towards their cubs. In some cases, this aggression can result in the death of a cub. While this may seem shocking to us as humans, it is important to remember that lions are wild animals with their own set of instincts and behaviors. It is possible that the lioness was acting out of self-defense or to protect her other cubs

[@malluk3065]

You made no sense.

[@chrisboyer4194]

I agree with this guy ☝️ TF?????

[@k.m.f369]

This isn't aggression. This is recouping her loss. Big cats do this to grieve & ensure nothing else gets her cub

[@beannyjane1]

Looks tough but better than something else doing it😢

[@alibey8910]

Male lion: honey where is my boy Female lion: i was hungry

[@olivif]

i appreciate my dad didn't do this when i was deadly ill. i do always stay away from him when i feel sick. no problem with anyone else though. i guess he is the last one i would trust in this world.

[@tathagatahalder]

She was so heartbroken. She was so sad. Her expression is so depressed. You cannot miss a grieving mother's face! So hard to even try to think what she could have been going through when she lovingly licked her cub in last hopes to revive it up, all in vain. They may not be aloud about their feelings like us, humans, but her feelings of grief was so unmistakable! It was having hiccups after long pause! She had to make such a hard decision to end the suffering and then eat her own cub just to avoid luring other predators, esp hyenas! It is even hard to think what she must have been going through all along, esp. considering that lions are so social animals.

[@kingvortex2007]

Yall do everything this glorify mothers lol stop applying human emotions to animals you don't what it's thinking its most likely definitely was not "depressed" as you say it is

[@phlemrazzes7704]

For real, that guy comment was the stupidest thing i ve read in a while. She did not look sad. It s just an animal doing disgusting animal things. Imagine eating your own children lol.

[@johanrebel]

How do we know it was her cub? Also, the assertion that " lions form a large majority of the predators" in the crater can't possibly be correct. It's highly unlikely lions constitute a majority, let alone a large one. It wouldn't surprise me if spotted hyenas alone outnumber the lions. I'm not aware of any predator census data for the crater or the NCA, but 65 seems to be a common estimate for the crater lion population, a number that no doubt fluctuates considerably. I've seen 34 hyenas together in the crater, i.e. about half the estimated lion population in a single sighting. That was in broad daylight to boot, even though the species tends to be predominantly nocturnal. Then you get all the leopards and jackals.

[@ivanvuksanovic1993]

Most people commenting on here are absolutely clueless about wild life, let alone about wild life somewhere in Africa (which is probably somewhere East from Russia). On top of that, if everything written or said is taken for granted, we can definitely find out some flying lions and elephants.

[@mikem5113]

Sarabi is eating Simba’s head for a snack. Why was this scene left out of “The Lion King”?

[@shelbyw1761]

What a rare siting to be able to witness 😮 wowed...

[@thepowerfulwolfspirit.2581]

Omg! I’ve never seen a lioness eat her own lion cub!😱

[@fillfinish7302]

Stray cats do the same .

[@andlau88]

Now you did

[@thepowerfulwolfspirit.2581]

@@fillfinish7302 Really?

[@An_Actual_Rat]

@@thepowerfulwolfspirit.2581 Yes, cats can be cannibals, seen several feral cat and lion iincidents.

[@trumpppl2024]

This is my second time. To see .. wooow

[@LionDominator]

Waiting for the hyena fans commenting how "cruel" lions are

[@Zac_f]

I can feel her pain in her eyes😔

[@zacharybriddell98]

Am I the only one that thinks this is rare and sad to see a lioness eating her own cub like that!

[@Blaqk_8298]

The real world can be a little TOO REAL sometimes.

[@Spheterix]

Yeah unfortunately this is how nature is...

[@caddblue]

How do we know if it was hers. She could have taken it from another lioness.

[@blue-phoenix115]

“We don’t waste food in this pride”

[@marlieb7570]

The Latest Sightings is BACK. Since of lately they have been blurring out their content, but these kind of videos was what intrigued me to subscribe to this channel from it was called Kruger’s Sighting if I’m correct. This channel has always shown nature in its natural form. NO WALT DISNEY OVER HERE…

[@containedhurricane]

Imagine being born as one of these savage creatures. Nothing is wasted

[@anthonymitchell8893]

don't you the word savage please they are noble creatures humans who rob steal and kill in packs are the true savages

[@containedhurricane]

@@anthonymitchell8893 Those violent people are savages, but what the lions do are brutal by human standards

[@fredball8240]

Lions never cease to fascinate..wth

[@FatherManus]

I missed this episode of the Lion King.

[@adilshoukat]

1:14 Thanks for putting that arrow. I couldn't see the cub otherwise. :D

[@alf6245]

I think red arrow is the moment the cub moves? It’s still alive?

[@salmanbinahmed8253]

It was to point out its last breath, you genius. Lol he took breathe on 16 sec and 1:13

[@royalroyal2210]

Beautiful nature, amirite?