When Cats Break the Rules of Nature

[@jacobtuttle4311]

That tiger story is actually really sweet. Man loses love of his life and can't bring himself to abandon their kids so he breaks convention and attempts to raise them himself and they're all still alive and together, best single father ever. Goes to show how varied every individual is even amongst other species. There is definitely a rule of thumb that particular species adhere to but it's always cool hearing about the exceptions

[@The_Roach_Hiding_In_Your_Room]

Like the tiger version of the beginning of finding Nemo

[@unorthadoxgamer1284]

Tiger Kratos

[@xXxDisplayNamexXx]

Should've called him Joel

[@putinmahcochin1636]

It's interesting that his methods are even (apparently) better than the mothers usually are, 100% survival rate kinda crazy. Reminds me of the thing with gay penguin parents actually doing better than a hetero pair

[@savievere9759]

Not sure which comment is better. Tiger Kratos or Joel

[@okita_souji_alter]

Cats are probably one of the most diverse but consistent group of animals tbh. Many of them have their own niches and behaviors but still keep some of the base traits

[@garythefishable]

If any group of animals deserves a nerf it's definitely the cats.

[@Sage447]

@do not I trusted you

[@2l84t]

Natural born killer?

[@peterstoric6560]

How can you say that when Beatles exist

[@ilona3630]

@@peterstoric6560 and ants

[@Alchera201]

Kamunyak's story is a thriller movie plot in itself. Imagine, a woman who's lost a child goes insane and starts kidnapping children all over her neighborhood believing them to be her own. Most of them find a way to escape and go back to their parents, but at least one starves to death without proper care from an unstable kidnapper who barely eats anything herself.

[@hocuskrocus602]

It's like she's a cat version of the Huntress from Dead by Daylight

[@LateshaO]

@@hocuskrocus602 Meow Meow Meow Meooowwwww Meoowww Meoww *Hatchet throw*

[@ELmayberry]

@@LateshaO 😂😂😂

[@hocuskrocus602]

@@LateshaO Omg lol

[@juliamae8994]

that plot is kind of similar to the movie barbarian! but barbarian is more scary and gruesome 😭

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

Growing up on farms, I saw animals do so much weird crap. I've got tons of stories, but my personal favorite was when a young female cat had her first litter. Things went well. About a week later the new mom's much older mother had a litter of her own. After the babies were born, were washed, and got their first nurse, old mama cat suddenly got up, carefully grabbed one of the newborns and carried it to her daughter's box. One by one, she transferred her babies to join her daughter's brood. She gave her daughter a good bath and then washed her paws of the whole mess and never nursed her own babies again. But the crazy part is that she hunted for her daughter. She'd spend hours catching mice and birds and delivering the meat to the box. When she made a delivery she'd help give all the kids a bath, but she never slept with the family. She did this faithfully until all the babies were weaned and then she started bringing in live prey and helped teach them how to hunt. She was the best feline grandmother I ever saw. It's like she just said, "Screw this. I'm too old to handle newborns and toddlers again. But I'll keep you as comfortable as possible while you deal with it." The young mom seemed happy with the arrangement. Grandma's body had enough and she never got pregnant again. It was surprisingly common for moms in the colony to share a communal nest lion-style and take turns nursing all of the babies, but this grandma cat's behavior was far outside the norm and she'd never done anything like that before.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

I saw something similar with two Sister Cats having litters around the same time. They'd just take turns while the other relaxed.

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

Maybe she stopped producing milk due to age? Either way, what a smart mama

[@Justseb98]

My cats did the same thing but it was the older cat the one who adopted the grankittens

[@Casandraelf]

the hilarious part is my mom had a cat that did the opposite: she stole all of her daughters' kittens and raised them herself XD

[@tracysimon7972]

I believe this as I had a mother and 3 daughter cats. They all hot pregnant and gave birth around the same time, and I guess granny was over it lol. The daughters raised their brothers and sisters.l, but granny involved herself when SHE wanted lol

[@Leonlion0305]

The tiger dad story is almost like a movie plot. Single father raising kids, trying to get over losing the love of his life by trying with another tigress but failed, ultimately decide to focus on raising his kids.

[@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab78]

bro became a single father fr.

[@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab78]

bro ltierally became monogomous

[@swdeadpool1129]

Bro is actually a sigma male of tiger kingdom

[@liil_bro]

heard the father died in a territorial battle. bro lived and died like a badass

[@swdeadpool1129]

@@liil_bro bro don't make me sad all over again

[@BlueUncia]

The story about the male tiger gets even weirder. At some point a tigress in heat showed up in his territory, and she approached him to mate. However, since the cubs were near, he decided she might be a threat, so he chased her away. That tigress was very confused, to put it mildly.

[@shineayandrews1869]

Mans got kids to raise and he’d just lost his wife. It’s absolutely understandable .

[@genericname2747]

"Hey bb, wanna mate?" "You're a bad influence on my children"

[@nicho.n1215]

He refused to get milk and take responsibility, honestly respect for that Tiger lmao.

[@snake555510]

Thats basically like human females too, if man rejects them they go like what just happened :D

[@michaelraymon111]

@@snake555510 that's literally human males.

[@OneMeanArtist]

I remember the story of Kamunyak... she was alone. If I recall, her pride was killed off by a band of roaming rivals seeking to expand their territory. Males will often wander solo as bachelor's, but not the females. Imo, that was a key factor for why she was keeping the calves around. She was lonely. It was a very sad story.

[@annoyedshedevil]

I vaguely recall her pride were shot or poisoned by poachers or killed somehow by people

[@louzo5175]

​@@annoyedshedevil prob bc none of us rly know what happend to her pride n all of it speculation mb we started monitor her after she seperated

[@mc_zittrer8793]

I mean, regardless of what actually happened to her pride, it certainly checks out. Compulsively adopting new calves like stray cubs, ignoring her own needs for nourishment and self-preservation.....depression is just weird like that.

[@angrymaniac53]

​@@annoyedshedevil I too recall her pride being killed by humans

[@liesdamnlies3372]

@@mc_zittrer8793 Not even just depression, but full-blown trauma. I have to wonder how many of the internal struggles traumatized people deal with also went through that lion’s head. Do they get flashbacks? Night terrors? Nature can be an absolute bitch to everyone.

[@tapirsareunder-appreciated2272]

Tigers, despite being fully solitary animals, can be REAL ride or die. The zoo I used to work at had a pair of Bengals. Female died due to a congenital condition (honestly, she lived much longer than expected). Her mate basically stopped eating. He'd nibble, but he was more or less starving himself and pacing (yes, I know many animals pace in zoos, but this was a new behavior for him). He ended up developing a heart condition that was potentially caused by stress. Again, he hadn't shown any zoochosis symptoms before her passing, and attempts at introducing a new mate were quickly shut down. He was not having it. Tigers don't love easily, but when they *do* love, they love HARD.

[@jurassicjuice2479]

Damn

[@islamsmydeen]

So tigers are like the uchihas of the jungle 😂

[@nessthecomic7180]

@@islamsmydeencrazy

[@scottgalbraith7461]

Having 4 tiger cubs survive to adulthood is amazing by itself, let alone by a single dad.

[@jeremyrossi2716]

The true Tiger King

[@timesthree5757]

Then I have hope.

[@Jkens]

and now the dad has a little pack to help him hunt, smart really

[@ninjastreet5]

@@Jkens later tiger would evolve to a pack hunter rather than solitary hunter

[@mdl9224]

@@ninjastreet5 And probably invent firearms and become a packing hunter

[@OG_DouG]

you know, I don't think there's an animal built to be more OP than the cat. They got muffled walking, night vision, great senses of hearing and smell, weak point targeting, camouflage, life canceling weapons in their claws and jaws, and even a spine built to help em run fast. they can do anything they want

[@DeNihility]

And they (especially the small ones) have the 'human' advantage, where they have a human readily to serve them at their beck and call.

[@PieterPatrick]

A honey badger doesn't agree with this.

[@uncroppedsoop]

@@PieterPatrick a honey badger is like an angry, weirdly durable toddler. if a big cat REALLY wants one dead, they'll pull it off

[@torrancemoore6152]

Cats out here living with cheat codes enabled, smh Except cheetahs. They got screwed over in the patch notes

[@J.A.huscher]

Even the little house cats. The brightly colored ones like white or calico cats can bring home all kinds of critters. Sometimes they don't even need camouflage. I guess they just that good

[@emmao6578]

That clip at the end with the cubs imitating the male lions roar was the most adorable things I've seen in a while 🥺

[@virginiaviola5097]

That and tiny baby gorillas imitating Dad and beating their chests before falling flat on their faces have to be it!

[@louzo5175]

i love instanstes were tiger imitate sounds its rly cute

[@kiratwo4u]

fun fact: cubs does that so that they do not get eaten

[@purplehaze2358]

I think we can all agree that P243 should've been named Peter after getting enough notoriety to earn a proper name.

[@ThePeterStuartPalmer]

Why Peter? Not especially smug or offended, genuinely asking.

[@purplehaze2358]

@@ThePeterStuartPalmer "P2" sounds similar to "Peter". That's it, really.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

See, I went with "because he was their rock" but ig that works too

[@MaddDogg316]

Pea Tear Griffin. Peter Griffin!!?

[@LightBlueVans]

@@purplehaze2358omfg that’s great. i didn’t get it at first either, honestly. fantastic name for him

[@mammatromb2408]

I love how the male tiger managed to still have a dad bod even after caring for his 4 cubs.

[@Ramsey276one]

11:29 O M G XD

[@Dena4kids1]

🤦🏽‍♀️LOL

[@thycaltrist]

Drag him lol

[@adw6894]

Tiger is a better father than many human males who "went buy milk and never come back"

[@ladymeldiriel9486]

It genuinely looked like the lioness had some kind of a breakdown with the first calf, it wasn't just that she guarded it, there was almost an air of desperation in how she was guarding it. It was actually heartbreaking to watch.

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

Seh seems to have some sort of post partum depression

[@slevinchannel7589]

@Strawberry ...Guy here concludes 'Nature cant bend or be changed' but every Instance he lists had some sorta Interruption.

[@gearguts7259]

​​@@slevinchannel7589 Thats because nature is fairly complex and is rarely a 100% rule. The same way most hervibores actually eat meat once in a while and some carnivores will eat plants sometimes. Their bodies aint made for it but in small quantities and being few and far between it will benefit them... and they know it. Some hyena cubs play with AWD cubs, some coyotes and badgers can be friends despite sharing territory and food source, humpback whales defend other species from orcas, crows play with other animals, etc. A good rule of thumb is that if an animal is a social species it is "easier" for it to have a bond with another species. Even then these are few and far between cases to our knowledge.

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

​@@gearguts7259 can confirm. Every time my brother tried growing marijuana in the house, my cat would find the plant and eat it.

[@turntechgodhead1975]

@@samsanimationcorner3820 DID IT.. DID THE WEEDHURT THEM? that stuff can killcats, i hope theyre okay

[@amyjudy33]

This is going to sound weird given the nature of this video, and your channel in general, but I genuinely appreciate how considerate you are of your viewers. You always give very clear and non-judgmental content warnings when you are about to share stories that are upsetting or unsettling, and you just seem authentic. Even when you plug patreon, like at the end of this vid, you kindly tell folks not to donate if they can't afford it and go on to say you're grateful just for the views. Thanks for your content!

[@julialewis8794]

I totally agree with this statement.

[@Akashathesilentassassin]

I agree. It's one of the many reasons I'm subscribed.

[@Luziagz]

Yep, very true!

[@savvivixen8490]

^0^! 🥰

[@Kai_isdead]

( everyone liked that )

[@TaxPact]

10:46This is so sad after his mate died he went back to the places they used to be at together 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Not v diff from us and going to cemeteries to remember our loved ones

[@variabeth9554]

P243 is actually not the only male tiger to do this! T25, also called Zalim, was a male tiger who raised his two daughters after their mother T5 died from an infection. There is actually a documentary on him and his daughters! The fact this has happened more than once in two seperate populations is absolutely fascinating to me. Tiger behavior is such a complex and interesting topic to explore!

[@King_Of_Midgard]

Honestly, we SAY it makes *more* sense to abandon the cubs for the Male, but its likely just a sign of really productive hunting grounds for the tiger. If he's meating (pun intended) his calorie intake with ease and has nothing to do and KNOWS his young are nearby and he can easily drop a cow or somesuch to feed em, it makes sense for him to do so. And teaching them to hunt is again, perfectly reasonable behavior for him IF he knows that he has plenty of food. Plenty of animals are more 'compassionate' when in extremely resource abundant environments, so why not cats?

[@terron7840]

Tigers are a lot more intelligent than we give them credit for.

[@lopentare8934]

What's the documentary name?

[@MFlari]

To me, it looks like the evolution of new instincts right before our eyes. Think about it; males that have "protect the baby" genes make cubs with those genes, and said cubs die less often. Also, it's nice to see nature being wholesome even if it's for the optimisation.

[@terron7840]

@@MFlari Nature works in weird, weird ways.

[@mintkiity]

They always break the rules of nature. And the fact a lone lion even squared up to a cheetah group bc they looked at the calf weird was pretty funny.

[@imbored3416]

Cheetahs can barely even fight Jackals, they aren't gonna play around with their biggest Op lol

[@mintkiity]

@@imbored3416 Ik, but if they were brave enough they would probably take on a lone lioness. It was a group after all.

[@Sikk2]

@@mintkiity no way. It is even the absolute exception if a group of cheetah go after something bigger, like an ostrich. Not in their lifetime would any number of cheetahs attack a lion

[@mintkiity]

@@Sikk2 that’s why I said _IF_ they were brave enough. I KNOW cheetahs aren’t dumb enough to do that.

[@blackroberts6290]

@@imbored3416 Cheetahs: Nature's pushover

[@carelsby]

I love how you approached this topic, especially the grueling parts. A lot of people dont understand that animals arent disney characters; they dont have a moral compass and we cant hold them to human standards of empathy

[@jonathanallard2128]

Raw nature is absolutely brutal and unforgiving. And it's ok. We don't decide the rules of its game.

[@D1sc0rd-]

Yup. Not even dogs do. They’ve been bred and their brain chemistry has changed in such a way that it meshes with ours very well, but we can’t act like they love us the same way we love them. It’s a different kind of love but that’s not a bad thing. You can’t imagine what it’s like to be a crow. All you can do is imagine what it’s like to be a human in a crow’s body. You wouldn’t be a dumb guy with wings, only knowing crow things. You can’t begin to imagine what it is like. Everything is different, it doesn’t stop at their conscious experience, or even the experience of their own consciousness, but the consciousness itself is alien

[@michaelraymon111]

@@D1sc0rd- What do you mean by its a different kind of love.

[@shalinijha294]

We can't even hold many HUMANS to humans standards of empathy. Animals follow the nature's rule. But exceptions are always there.

[@denjidenji9162]

@@michaelraymon111 not the other guy, but, dogs aren't humans. The way they perceive the world and each other, and the way in which they perceive humans, it's different from how we perceive things, by virtue of being an entirely different species. So yes, they love you, but the way in which they love you, the why they love you and how they show that love is entirely different from a human, making it a different type of love entirely

[@jonathanrobison9667]

11:42 I bet the smell of his mate on the cubs had something to do with it. Mans was head over paws in love with the misses and wanted to keep that scent close

[@lilyofthevalley2048]

That last story about the father tiger was surprisingly beautiful and wholesome. I’m glad you chose to end the video on that note.

[@justahuman-by5bs]

Better than many human fathers

[@neilmcdonaldii4367]

@@justahuman-by5bseven better than most human mothers…. Then again I’m a single father and a disabled veteran who’s seen the number of single fathers growing exponentially.

[@NicoliBain]

Definitely@@justahuman-by5bs

[@sylvierr0n277]

​@@neilmcdonaldii4367 now why are you lying... just statistically there are much more single mothers than fathers out there, so by the logic of math there should be indeed more bad single mothers, and yet...most best single parents are still the mothers

[@FoolishPrince]

​@@justahuman-by5bs according to studies: Single Father household do vastly better than Single Mother household. It kind of makes sense: a man has no choice but to be held accountable in life: women are stuck in the princess mentality and while they desire the responsibility of a man, they deny all accountability. Just an over grown child that constantly blames others for their problems, and that mentality is transferred to her children who had no father figure to raise them. 3...2...1 "And here we GO!" 🃏

[@redlycan5064]

There are two others I can think of. 1. In 2011, a male Bengal Tiger known as T25 raised two female cubs after their mother passed. It's believed that the two were his. It differed from the male in this video; T25 actively stayed with the two and taught them how to survive. He was very protective of them, even when he chased off one of his mates because he thought she was a threat to them. What's more, that mate was in heat. So yeah, he chose his kids over getting some. Sadly, this story would have two unhappy endings. First, rangers were forced to tranquilize the two cubs and move them to another park after they started getting closer to a village. T25 was actually seen in distress for a time after that. Also, T25 would end up being forced out of his territory by a younger male. He received injuries from the fight and passed away. 2. In December 2018, an Asiatic lioness was seen by rangers nursing her two cubs... and a leopard cub. This was a surprise because we all know that lions and leopards hate each other. To the point where they would kill each other's cubs, or adult lions killing adult leopards. However, this leopard cub was a member of the family. Not only was the lioness nursing it, but her own cubs were also seen playing with it. Rangers believed the leopard cub was abandoned by its mother, and the lioness adopted it because she had cubs of similar age, and her maternal instinct must have kicked in. Because she adopted the cub, rangers gave her the name Raksha, after the mother wolf from "The Jungle Book" (and yes, they even named the leopard cub Mowgli). Unfortunately, this story also has an unhappy ending; because the rangers would eventually find Mowgli dead. He wasn't killed by lions or other predators; it was revealed that he died from a hernia. I like to believe that Raksha adopted the cub because she knew he was sick and decided to give him the motherly love he deserved before he passed.

[@Wrath_Incarnate]

To add on a bit, T25 was also known by his name “Zalim”

[@redlycan5064]

@@Wrath_Incarnate Thank you!!! I couldn't find his name anywhere.

[@Wrath_Incarnate]

@@redlycan5064 No problem

[@Thawhid]

You warned me about the unhappy ending. Yet I kept reading 😩

[@LmaoMoni]

Well thanks for making me cry

[@MrSefiroh]

That ending with the male lion roaring and the cubs answering was beyond precious.

[@j_g9109]

They wanted to do big roars like daddy! 🤣 They’ll get there, but for now, we got to hear their ferocious meows. Great way to end this video.

[@elizabethtiger1996]

Definitely worth watching till the end 😍

[@Temerityofficial21201]

Wwaaauughhh Wwaaaaughh

[@gerragotheallidile]

Except the face that I hate lions. I'm pretty sure that male killed those cubs.

[@mailcs06]

Wauwggh

[@covertLLC]

Those lion cubs trying to roar like their dad in that clip at the end was the cutest thing ever..😊

[@notribadsvault]

I’d like to note with the dog polar bear thing, it wasn’t “immediately after” it was a while later after the dude stopped leaving food out for the bears, which is why they left his dogs alone to begin with. So the lesson is don’t feed wild predators, but if you do, don’t suddenly STOP unless you’re planning on changing addresses.

[@squirrel670]

I heard it was right after that video specifically. The bear was interested in eating the dog and so was pawing it. The polar bear had been there a while but they stopped leaving food and so it took interest in the dogs.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Polar bears known to play with the dogs before eating them. They have been doing it for a while

[@rhoydplaz2853]

@@exosproudmamabear558 fcking evil

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

@@rhoydplaz2853 Not really... They live in one of the harshest environments on earth and sometimes food becomes scarce. When food is plentiful it's easy for them to be more tolerant or social towards other species, especially if they were young initially, but when they start to get close to starvation mode, they will kill and eat anything they can. This is why they are one of the most dangerous animals on Earth... they see humans as just another potential food source by default, unlike most species who have to learn that behavior, and will go into villages and hunt people.

[@Cruelty-Torture]

@@rhoydplaz2853 cats play with prey too. There are a few animals who do this.

[@heyhey97777]

Classic cats. Rules are made to be broken.

[@Style_224]

Agree

[@skycollins7314]

Cats do not abide by the laws of nature

[@carolpulma2734]

@liquid_calcium28 We can never own cats, they own us. Lol

[@mariapdr3261]

Cats believe everything was made to broken.

[@-.__-.__]

Like buildings! Or people!

[@ridney5887]

I really appreciate you shining a light on the reality behind contextless viral videos and drugged tiger petting photo ops. Yes, reality is often stranger than fiction in the natural world, but there's a lot of for-profit exploitation going on as well. Pointing out the difference makes the ACTUAL unforced anomalies all the more fascinating!

[@savvivixen8490]

This is one of many reasons I love watching "hood nature." He shines light on both the urban legends AND the lesser known *actual* legends. So cool! 🥰

[@Vinemaple]

Yes! Thank you so much, Mndiaye!

[@moralfuxery]

0:01 seriously who tf let those hotdogs in that cage.

[@Hetouchesfish]

That lion has probably been raised with them. Zoo's do this so they don't get lonely.

[@Mr.Boom_513]

​@@HetouchesfishI've seen another video of these dogs and you are right. The lion was raised with the dogs since it was a cub.

[@PabloHernandez-gl5ij]

P243 honestly was quite the dedicated Dad after his partner past to make sure to take care of all four Cubs now that's something all Dad should aspire to be. 🥰

[@JackieOwl94]

I’m not surprised. Recent tiger research has shown that tigers are very close to their mates, and the males fell they have a vested interest in their offspring.

[@Wrath_Incarnate]

As added evidence of what the last comment said, look up Zalim the tiger on KZbin. He’s pretty similar to P243, raising his two female cubs to adult hood after the death of their mother and turning down other mates

[@t.k.5088]

i hope by that you dont mean all dads should aspire to be widowers 💀

[@PabloHernandez-gl5ij]

@@t.k.5088 No my dude I mean like to be the best dad that they can be for their kids. 🥲

[@kojoyeboah7]

@@PabloHernandez-gl5ij a lot...a whole lot of us are, but the narrative from main stream will have you believe otherwise.

[@sorrywho6683]

Cats be really breaking everything. From glass to the rules of nature.

[@EdgyZiggy]

They also run when the sun comes up with their lives on the line

[@Bacopa68]

Venetian blinds seem to be their primary foe these days. Walk past apartment buildings with venetian blinds, and you know where the cats live. Cats love to break or chew out that little cat hole in the blinds.

[@ameliasellers6396]

My cat full on broke a stone coaster once.

[@TheLegodude102]

ALIIIIVE! OUuut ohere only the STRONG SURVIVE! RULES OF NATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@axialcompressorturbojet]

@@EdgyZiggy They really do stop that blade, raiden!

[@awandezwane1500]

Except for the ending of the first story, this was actually a very heartwarming video. I was so sad for the lioness who lost her babies and started adopting baby buck. Animals are so fascinating. It's so interesting to see that they also get emotionally attached to each other. Love these vids, man!

[@AdderTude]

In Florida, a real estate agency has a designated spot for a pair of bald eagles to nest in (Harriet and M15). The channel Southwest Florida Eagle Cam has live streams of the raptor pair every season they fly in and nest to spawn offspring. Two years ago they lost one of the eaglets (E14, it was named). Harriet was clearly distraught and gently nudging the carcass before M14 (her then-mate) flew in. Out of respect, the real estate agency turned the nest camera away while Harriet disposed of the carcass in the best way that raptors know how: cannibalizing the body (i.e. she ate it). Animals totally have feelings although not to the same degree humans do.

[@littledudefromacrossthestr5755]

@@AdderTude proof?

[@BlockyBookworm]

@@AdderTude There are human cultures that eat loved ones when they die Human cultures that have killed and eaten their own children (Think China during sieges) The fact that she ate her dead child doesn't mean she didn't love it, just that resources are short in her world

[@Catglittercrafts]

@@littledudefromacrossthestr5755 just fucking Google it. It’s a real story.

[@littledudefromacrossthestr5755]

@@Catglittercrafts no

[@dontworrydehappy7104]

Thank you so much for taking the time to research and tell us truth. When I first saw this post playing I almost passed it by, thinking its a lazy story copier only gonna give the fake version of the piglets, which i knew wasnt true. But then i saw you in the video and knew it would be a good documentary with no fake crap. Your channel is awesome! Your honesty, integrity, enthusiasm and hard work are much appreciated! 😊

[@TomMinnow]

I find it interesting that when we talk about animal's motivations we call it "hormones and instinct" when we could just as accurately use that phrase for human motivations. Those lions in the second half were coping with trauma, demonstrated unique personal morals, had emotional pains as real as ours.

[@arsenal4444]

The majority of human existence in the emotional and spiritual sense is playing pretend about the uncomfortable and unappealing truth of things the 'hormones and instinct' thing is absolutely true, but like with a lot of true things you are an a-hole if you point them out

[@CarlWidegrip]

To a lesser degree than us. But to some degree, definitely.

[@anerrorhasoccurred8727]

It reminds me of those people who say that love isn’t real because “it’s just a chemical reaction.” Like…yes? And?? 💀

[@arsenal4444]

@@anerrorhasoccurred8727 "Hypocrite that you are, for you trust the chemicals in your brain to tell you that they are chemicals. All Knowledge is ultimately based on that which we cannot prove. Will you fight? Or will you perish like a dog?"

[@Krexel]

@@arsenal4444 what's this from?

[@christaylor5849]

My mom and step dad actually raised some cats for a big cat sanctuary in Arkansas. We had a lion named Sinbad, a cougar named Casey, and a Siberian Tiger cub named Tom. Tom got to stay in the house for the first couple of years, and let me tell you...waking up staring down the throat of a yawning tiger sitting on your chest is a WHOLE new kind of awake.

[@sapphiresupernova]

Oh, was it turpentine? I've been there! It was really cool.

[@christaylor5849]

@Sapphire Supernova it was indeed Turpentine Creek, when I woke up staring down Tom's yawning mouth, even though he was young, I was instantly so awake, I saw myself snap awake in 5 different realities

[@oleanderhawthorne510]

If it was turpentine, I loved it there as a kid! Its such a fond memory of mine, I had no idea they did stuff like that!

[@foreignbentley173]

Wow I grew up with a bear but I could never wake up to a lion and stay alive 😂

[@christaylor5849]

@foreignbentley173 I want a bear. I've told my wife if we hit a lottery, we will have a huge place with at least one bear

[@akithangtharnarkeat6605]

As someone who is thai i appreciate you not completely butchering saimai’s name. It means cotton candy! The animal abuse here is horrible. There’s a documentary called love and bananas that reveals the horrible things they do to elephants.

[@papastinky4640]

They should reveal the horrible things I do to children. 😂

[@TheNamesCagney]

@@papastinky4640 that isn't even correlated with the video whatsoever-

[@papastinky4640]

@@TheNamesCagney it’s correlated with this ratio

[@prettyrat.]

@@papastinky4640 that was so sad

[@mcbuttstuff]

@@papastinky4640 you chose your words unwisely

[@MagneticPool24]

This is now my favourite KZbin channel. You are the Eminem of nature channels. Your words are amazing.

[@katiekane5247]

I've personally seen enough interspecies caregiving to know almost anything is possible. A 110 pound dog raising ducklings, a cat nursing baby raccoons & a young horse becoming a lap dog. Nature is unpredictable & sometimes amazing. The stray cat that's now living with us has made friends with our ferret.

[@nenasiek]

Theres a big diff between domesticated animals and wild ones. My dog doesnt have to hunt her food so she can leave the chickens alone (even tho she is part hunting dog)

[@AlesAmazigh]

Main difference being that all the animals you've just enumerated have been in domestication for thousands of years. Their existence and behaviours themselves aren't "natural" so it's not that much of a surprise to see them caring for other species (ourselves being one of them). However, when you have wild animals who have only known violence be "kind" and nurturing to other species, then it becomes surprising.

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

@@AlesAmazigh bruh there's literally no effect we could ever have on Earth that's not "natural". I would go as far as to say that domesticated animal's behaviour is tipical of animals who experience species wide mutualistic relationships.

[@AlesAmazigh]

@@vicenteabalosdominguez5257 wait, so you're saying that all "effects" we have on earth are "natural"? Including the massive industrial terraforming we've done for the past 150 years and the ensuing rapid global warming? Buddy, there's a big difference between mutualistic symbiosis and flat-out dependence. Most animals that grow up with humans can simply not survive on their own, whilst humans don't actually "need" them to survive (especially pets). Can't call that mutualism now, can you? But hey, to each their own I guess. If you think that everything we do is natural and that our effects on the world are all minimal, then force à toi l'ami.

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

@@AlesAmazigh buddy, just because something is bad doesn't mean it's good. As weird as it sounds, everything we have done is natural. The only thing you could argue is unnatural about us is our self restraint, and even that is just our survival instinct kicking in. We wouldn't even be the first species to cause it's own extinction do to overexpansion and terraforming the planet. The only reason we are such a poison to the world is because there is nothing left to keep us in check. Not a predator, not our ability to aquire food, not even disease. Sorry but the idea that humans are above nature is just arrogance. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

[@Eloraurora]

Reminds me of the flamingo breeding program at the zoo. They'd built their nests right up next to the fence, and the zoo guide was explaining that they feel safest in large groups, which the hand-raised ones were willing to consider zoo guests a part of. (And then the zoo staff had to build out some additional fencing around that edge of the enclosure, because nestlings projectile poop. They were still very cute little bits of gray fluff, but I was glad to be _told_ that rather than learn it from personal experience.)

[@emmao6578]

I can't decide if the flamingos building the nests close to the crowds is more sad or adorable but think I'm leaning towards more sad because by being kept in captivity they are obviously being kept in a smaller group than they feel safe in 😢 The projectile poop part is just hilarious though, definitely better not to find that out first-hand 😂

[@Eloraurora]

@@emmao6578 Oh, I think the feeling-safe bit was only in terms of nesting! Because the adults are mobile, but the babies aren't so much. So the people ≈ flock perspective helped convince them that their enclosure was a safe neighborhood for kids, so to speak.

[@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466]

@@emmao6578 I mean it's not like they'll feel any safer out in nature lol

[@jhonthecat5061]

@@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 This

[@darkstraylily1477]

As a chronic cat mother, I can tell you that the behavioral deviations from "the norm" are definitely ripe and many among the housecats as well. Behavior and intelligence both. Its pretty crazy sometimes. Some will straight up override instincts to do something wed never expect an animal driven by said instincts to do.

[@Neenerella333]

rife.

[@kitkatboard]

When people say animals don't reason and are only driven by their instincts, I just think about my cats. When they're sitting near the table, sometimes on a chair, looking at our food with sparkles in their eyes but they don't just pounce on it, that shows self restraint, and the fact that they know we'll get angry if they steal our food. Once, my cat even jumped on the table from excitement, then froze and immediatly got down, before we could even react, like she just realized she had made a mistake.

[@phantasmicmasque]

I mean… what else can we expect from the animal that domesticated itself? That’s honestly against all laws of nature unless humans are involved and they did it

[@lordkiza8838]

Cat lady. Said so.

[@caralho5237]

I imagine thats what the aliens watching over us must've thought when we started farming

[@0DdOne]

12:08 dad bod earned

[@Paveway-chan]

10:58 "Normally, loosing a mother that young means the orphan'll soon get to go see her" ohh that made me spit out my drink 😆

[@Apollyon67]

Yeah, I learned early on to put any beverages out of reach during his narrations. Dude is very clever.

[@alfredgomez3128]

It came so quick. There's one of these in every video.

[@AlkisGD]

How about, "start looking left 'cause things ain't right"? Made me laugh out loud!

[@brandonvallier4214]

There's also a story I followed of a female jaguar who lost her recent litter and adopted a baby monkey. The monkey itself wouldn't have survived but one of the jaguars older daughters came back and ended up eating the baby when the mother was out hunting. The mother came back lost its shit and ran off its own daughter then proceeded to cry out through the night. Absolutely wild stuff.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Omg 😂

[@steggopotamus]

I Feel like it explains a bit where the first cats to become pets with humans came from. The gene crops up stronger in a few female wild cats, and then those ones do well in an environment that feeds them and are glad the cat can keep the peace on the farm.

[@TheHuskyK9]

I’ve read about the story of a lioness “befriending” a newborn wildebeest calf. According to biologists, they think that since the calf was fresh out of the womb and still covered in fluids, it activated the lioness’ motherly instincts. But as you said, lions often eat newborns as well, so really we just don’t know why.

[@christheforsaken4287]

My theory is that she DID lose her cub, and she was so devastated by it she went insane and literally SAW the calf as her own cub, you can almost FEEL the desperation when she guarded the first calf.

[@benceklock4831]

I mean, brains are nothing more than computers running on a blob of electrified jello, of course there's going to be glitches and bugs in any of them

[@waitaminutewhoarrrrru]

I think it just depends on how hungry they are. She was probably only medium hungry. You know, not hungry enough to eat a baby.

[@rainbow-mb7uk]

@@waitaminutewhoarrrrru This makes the most sense. I'm guessing carnivores don't actually enjoy killing, and the newborns innocence broke her resolve.

[@charleshaines9715]

Like in many creatures, sometimes there are individuals that are a little bit different. It's essential for development of the species. Evolution is a series of random changes and deviations among individuals and small sets of creatures. Sometimes these deviations stick, most of the time they don't.

[@johnlewis1830]

Yur so real. I love how u mix knowledge with practicality and comedy. It's genius and informative. I've been catching, helping, and relocating animals since before Steve Irwin was on the Discovery channel and I've got to say that though he may not agree with your style of comedy, he'd b proud of you and your efforts to teach. I have so much respect for u and your channel and I hope u get bigger than u ever dreamed possible my friend in nature. I love the colabs too, I been watching all u guys n now yur joining forces, so awesome.

[@giantWario]

Since you've given us one wholesome video about big cats, now you have to do a counter video and talk about the Mapogo lion coalition. A coalition of six male lions brothers that controlled 170,000 acres of land, are estimated to have killed around 110 other lions in only a year and were known to be incredibly brutal even by lion standards.

[@Dragonemperess]

Mr. T in particular was a special type of brutal!

[@Diaphat]

Jeez, were they bitter virgin neckbeards taking out their frustration on everyone else online?

[@man0lias]

I think he did that already

[@gabrielhiyodo6144]

@@man0lias no, that was the lion brothers on the train

[@unkaleidoscoped8194]

... lion mafia?

[@frenchiesottises8193]

That last story screams to me that the male was just that dedicated and loyal to his mate. It's very possible the two clicked with each other, so, when she died, it led to him breaking normal behavior and carry on her responsibilities. Just like how we have a special someone, animals have them too. I don't even think there needs to be a scientific explanation for it, it just comes down to how that individual is.

[@ookamiblade6318]

That’s the thing, permanent mating bonds like that are really uncommon in felines in general. Most big cats set up harems or polyamorous relations, though lions are the unusual one with the harem being the male centric type. I’m fairly sure that the usual tiger set up is like the leopards where the females set up a territory and the males will set up circling territories to swing by during mating season. I’m fairly sure in most tiger populations both the males and females have multiple partners and they tend to not be very social so it’s more of a hi, bye situation. It would not be unusual for the litter to have different fathers. So yeah he was super specially unusually attached.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

@@ookamiblade6318 People need to be careful when anthropomorphizing creatures. Most of them do not have the same level of empathy and therefore bonding level we do. And this isn't a human sitting on a high horse thing, it's just that our super complex social structure and survival adaptation lead to it. Cats don't need it. That said, mutations are a big part of evolution. This particular tiger might of actually had more of a bond, or perhaps because his mate died instead of just leaving it created a sort of sentimentality response due to some kind of mutation in how he bonded. It's insanely unusual and by no means common. It will likely not happen again unless tigers evolve more to be less solitary. Which would only happen though pressure and mutation. It could also happen if tigers were intentionally bred to be more docile and form stronger lasting bonds. But that would also probably change them outright, as shown with the Russian fox experiment. Docile traits lead to different mutations overtime which changes the structure, hence why a dog is not a wolf. House cats for instance are colony animals, not actually solitary and they've become so through selective breeding (both in human intervention and natural adaptation due to a symbiotic relationship with humans - Dogs too, but we took that a step further and did it for much longer) for relaxed child like traits in order to deal with being in a human house hold.

[@alganhar1]

@@vixxcelacea2778 Sorry, but dogs are NOT solitary animals. There are very, very few differences in DNA between domestic dogs and grey Wolves, its why we are positive that Dogs were originally grey wolves. Last time I looked grey wolves were very much pack animals with a well developed social structure. That being said your point about feral housecats being colony animals does actually appear to be true in places. Which is remarkable, I am assuming you have seen some of the same data and footage of Cat Island I have? If so I am assuming you agree with the fact I am not only astounded by the cat colonies, but also fascinated by them. Definitely not normal behaviour for felines however, as you said, with the exception of Lions. As for not anthropomorphising animals, when it comes to animal behaviour that is not only the best advice to give, it is literally Rule 1. Far, far too many people make that mistake. As a Marine/Evolutionary Ecologist who has had to give many lectures on an Introduction to Animal Behaviour its literally the first point I try to express to my students.

[@xraselver7634]

I just wanna touch on the science part again. It seems like people often think there is an "alternative" to science or that it cannot explain everything, when that's not quite true. Science is our understanding of reality, so everything basically has an explanation through science, it just depends on how far we are yet.

[@andrewcrowley6331]

I read a story about another male tiger who did the same thing, and did it three times in a row.

[@robins.9700]

The story about the single daddy tiger literally broke my heart. that's the sweetest thing i've heard all week

[@moe583]

Take the red pill

[@kistephans4951]

I never get tired of seeing you do these videos!

[@Chromium_507]

Just wanted to let you know, myself (51), my son (17) and daughter (15) absolutely love your videos. The research you put into them, plus your humour, make them so entertaining and educational, not only for us old farts, but for young people as well. We love it when you post a new video. Keep up the awesome work.

[@Blodia1990]

🎯💯

[@coolbeans107]

@@urugly8005 Do I have to call Chris Hansen on you?

[@hibiblee4674]

It's actually a bit of a fresh air to see someone like you... quite nice actually. But remember, this is the internet, you'll meet people like the dude 1 reply above me. It's not good but... it's quite normal

[@Gaby-fb7gh]

How sweet

[@thepestilence5796]

​@@hibiblee4674 I'm retarded can you tell me whats wrong with the first reply

[@Snow_Sailor]

Casual really is good at being entertaining and educational at once!

[@BathingInAcheron]

Damn, Kamunyak's story sounds like the most heartbreaking animated film

[@ArbiterBeast]

I believe there is a movie , created by a film crew following a pride possibly Kamyunyaks , the movie was out before I was born , the movie is called Pride very old but I loved it as a kid

[@BathingInAcheron]

@@ArbiterBeast I totally need to check that out when I get the chance

[@kitkatboard]

If you want to see a heartbreaking animated film about a mother animal loosing her cubs, consider watching The Boy who wanted to be a Bear. Saw it as a toddler, I'm still traumatized.

[@cognitivebiasalpha859]

Your videos make me feel good in a general way. I am happy and thankful for you making them. Greetings from the European mountains!

[@Lerrae1908]

that tiger is a better dad than half my friends ever had wtf, this cat seriously showing up humanity like it's nothing. Cats really do be out here like they're better than everyone else but sometimes they kinda are and it blows my mind lmao. There's literally a cat for every environment, prey species, and hunting technique. On land, in water, in the sky.... Mountains, deserts, forests, plains - you're not safe from cats anywhere.

[@sianais]

Don't leave out the ones that go after houses. They managed to turn the world's biggest predator into personal slaves. I once woke up to two cats on my bed, staring at me. I did not own any cats at the time.

[@sourjoker962]

You forgot the fact this isn't the norm and most male tigers leave their family 💀

[@sourjoker962]

Only big cat That stay with their family are lions I think

[@7yearsoldcrow]

@@sourjoker962 BAHAHAHAHA

[@Rokiriko]

Are you from Detroit?

[@ij1376]

That male tiger stepping up...that makes me emotional. That is blatantly heroic.

[@rosenrot234]

Reminds me of Robert E Fuller's youtube channel. He documented a male Kestral taking care of his kids after their mate disappeared. Male kestrals don't usually bother with baby raising. But this one actually figured out "Oh I tear the food up and then they eat". So hey we love a good single dad. Robert only had to come in a few times to help the bird out. The rest was all the Kestral.

[@CaffeineDeprivation]

Yeah, this video made me think of that story too

[@roahir]

Loved that video so much.

[@rosenrot234]

@@CaffeineDeprivation It was cute how he wasn't quite figuring out why the chicks weren't eating the whole animals he was bringing. I think it started clicking when one of the babies gulped down a lizard or a big chunk of lizard.

[@NotSadie42019]

I appreciate you and am so excited when you have created new content!

[@toribern816]

I love the ending!! Those babies tryin to roar! So cute 🦁

[@kazuyahirako4843]

Trying to be like their pops. 🤗

[@Tkokat]

I see what you did, you hit us with the sad reality in the first half, but then you gave us a wholesome finale for those who endured the opening bit.

[@gerragotheallidile]

People need to realize that animals have completely alien moralities compared to us.

[@Tkokat]

@@gerragotheallidile this is absolutely, completely, unrelated to what I said. I agree. But it's like saying that a football is round after someone talks about The Lord of The Rings for fifty minutes. I never hinted towards animal morality on my comment. But how we interpret it.

[@D_us_T]

@@Tkokat 😂😂😂

[@Gio-512]

That lioness story is actually heartbreaking I hope she gets her cubbys 🙏🏽

[@JesperVille]

Sorry to tell you but the phrase “she lost them” is saying they died, not in the losing custody kind of way😅 at least for this context

[@calikush4]

​@Jesper she was last seen like 19 years ago..I'm sure she's with them now ☁️

[@zerrierslizer1]

sorry to tell you, but she 100% dead.

[@licioussamuels]

​@@calikush4 proof?

[@licioussamuels]

@@calikush4 where is "she with them"?

[@robslife27]

Brotherman, I freaking love your videos. Each one is hilarious and fact-finding. I hope you will always be making these great videos!!

[@obibraxton2232]

The story about the male tiger and the 4 cubs at the end was heart warming 🥺👏🏾 wow even a freaking tiger can step up and be a better dad than my own subhuman father 🫠😬😂

[@avyam7509]

From what i know that tiger unfortunately died in territorial battle with another tiger. But he raised his 4 cubs to adulthood left by his late partner.

[@obibraxton2232]

@@avyam7509 Well he lived a courageous and upstanding life 🔥❕

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

@@obibraxton2232 exactly.

[@greeneyes9866]

Your dad must be quite the specimen

[@VERGILGASM]

Tigers actually are really polite with their species when not in territorial conflict

[@EnkeliJaPerkele]

Pretty sure there's at least another case of a dad tiger raising his cubs after the mother's death, cause I remember a story about a dad raising two female cub into adulthood when they finally separated. We really do love kings that step up. To be fair I also unconditionally love everything cat no matter what atrocity they commit, but damn do these stories make me all warm and fuzzy.

[@sujimtangerines]

Yep, I think his name is Zalim.

[@EnkeliJaPerkele]

@@sujimtangerines yes! Pretty sure it was him!

[@canesugar911]

They don't commit atrocities? They just ARE!!!!

[@MunkyDrag0n]

It was long thought male tigers were aloof when it came to their cubs. A documentary by the bbc thought so, since a male left his watering hole disinterestedly after his daughter decided to approach him. It could actually be the males know every cub they fathered but keep away to tend to more important tasks such as to patrol their territory. An adult male's presence may be the only thing preventing other males from entering the area and putting the cubs in danger. The males show they care but in their own way.

[@canesugar911]

@@MunkyDrag0n wrong. Tigers are generally not paternal. This is not about a single documentary but decades of research. Tigers are not lions, they are solitary and not pack animals, and unlike lions, tigers generally do not attack female tigers. As they all have their territory carved out, so the only territory he is patrolling is his. They mate and move on.

[@Adriaticus]

Amazing video, really highlights cats being empathetic while still making sure we understand that big cats are dangerous.

[@cornpop838]

Animals literally don’t feel empathy lmao. This isn’t disney.

[@johnathanblauw2608]

I've got to say, I think it's really cool that you recognize where you are enough in life to say, "as much as I appreciate it, don't give money you don't have." For as on point as you are with the work you do, there's not a lot of people who would say, therefore don't give me any more money than I need 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@FoxxyFire-HellFrost]

Tigers are my favorite animals and getting to hear that last story about P243, P213-3-2, and their cubs just strengthens my love for them. I'm so happy that the cubs seem to be healthy and thriving thanks to their father. It would be amazing if any of the male cubs (if any) grew up to behave in a similar fashion. Who knows, though? I guess time will tell.

[@chey7691]

3 males and one female, P243 died to a rival male a while ago but all the cubs made it to adulthood. Only time will tell with behavior, but they are definitely good at hunting from what I've heard.

[@Murdermagictricks]

@@chey7691 that upset me but maybe his kids will get his lick back for him one day

[@kokopuffs7203]

It's crazy how when humans tried forcing two species to unite, it backfired(the tigress and the pigs), but in the wild with no influence from humans, two species(the lioness and the bucks she adopted) did coexist peacefully. Ain't that INSANE?

[@kokopuffs7203]

@Strawberry Yeah the relationship was very strange. I watched the full documentary and with the very first buck, she grabbed his leg and took a light nibble, but then it was as if she caught herself and she stopped. It's almost like she feels guilty about who she is, and would only drink water while with the bucks. Idk, but yeah, world is crazy.

[@nickdogg7320]

Because dumb fucking humans forced it.

[@carolinpurayidom4570]

@Strawberry It is but its a state of being

[@slevinchannel7589]

Guy here concludes 'Nature cant bend or be changed' but every Instance he lists had some sorta Interruption.

[@Liamzilla4777]

Almost as if humans should mind their own fucking business

[@PeachysMom]

The maternal instinct is a helluva drug. You can’t appreciate the intensity of it until you experience it. It’s crazy

[@inkedmomblu1510]

Facts. It’s bizarrely strong and unexplainable

[@phartferd5738]

Yes, wanting your child to stay alive is truly a mysterious and unexplainable phenomenon.

[@Saynothing869]

@@phartferd5738 but if majority of the kids in here didn’t belong to the adult animal .

[@WyldeRatttz]

@@phartferd5738 Have you met any children? A lot of them are near-literal goblins.

[@uatcgfhdhu]

@@phartferd5738 It kinda actually is.

[@TheEarthRealm]

2:55 Tigers literally attack and kill their own cubs when they're stressed or nervous, and also attack other adult tigers- so it doesn't surprise me that she attacked one of the pigs. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@JohnnyHoux]

Can we acknowledge how good your writing is? Like how many times in this vid do you have to describe "getting killed," yet every single time you find a different clever and funny phrase to do it. Just one element of what makes your vids so engaging

[@Triple_J.1]

I have watched this dudes videos for two years and he has never repeated a description of death. Incredible.

[@jessieBird96]

For real, rarely does he say the same analogy twice lol

[@JoshPeterson]

His writing is superb and his allusions are choice. Every time he'd make one, I'd be like, "I see what he did just there. Nice."

[@tired.018]

Broski you do not understand how much your videos help me with focusing on my homework, like with how much of a nature geek I am and how you format your videos your basically my version of asmr so thanks for that

[@Sunaki1000]

His Name is Broski? Hm, good to know.

[@rachelfox8108]

@@Sunaki1000 "Broski" is a term of endearment you give to a male friend (or just a guy you think is cool). His actual name is Ndiaye.

[@rachelfox8108]

@don't be surprised Reporting as spam.

[@Sunaki1000]

@@rachelfox8108 Ahhhh Bro-ski, now I get it. Also fine.

[@tired.018]

@@Sunaki1000 it’s just a nickname I’ve been obsessed with using for masc people lately. No big deal, lol

[@ferretyluv]

I remember the documentary on Kamunyak on Animal Planet. Even the villagers who lived around the preserve were shocked. They came up with a fable about how she was barren and god gave her the calf to compensate.

[@sloaneenglivesandzero2462]

I remember that documentary! I was so excited that he started talking about her (as I'd seen the thumbnail and title)!!

[@memphisdaniels3218]

Why does that nonsensical fairy tale character have to be brought into everything 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ferretyluv]

@@memphisdaniels3218 Feeling euphoric today, eh?

[@memphisdaniels3218]

@@ferretyluv the thought of people being mislead to believe in the protagonist of an evil fairy tale to the point they worship it, become ignorant and dismissive of how disgusting the things it promotes are, let it dictate their lives then falsely claim any good that happens in life in its name will never give me even the slightest pleasure let alone extreme happiness, the world would be a better place to an infinitesimal magnitude were it not for over 2 millenia of sick and twisted indoctrination

[@claudius_drusus_]

@@memphisdaniels3218 we get it...u hate ur dad lol XD

[@youlube1029]

Your channel is excellent. Love your knowledge and humour.

[@terramater]

The stories are incredible! Our crew filmed a pride that had a pact with baboons. The baboons would basically trick other animals that would end up as lion's meal. The lions could prey on these baboons the whole time, but they probably knew they were taking something out of having them around. It's hard to say what goes on in a big cat's mind, but it's definitely fascinating to learn about these stories.

[@bananaeclipse3324]

A symbiotic relationship between a cat and a primate. Sounds familiar…..

[@salvadortoscano2534]

The cats know who to have at their beck and call, evidently

[@HannibalKantter]

Oh yeah, I watched that video. No one can't convince me that there's no sentient thought going on in their heads, when two species that normally act as prey and predator form an inter-species alliance

[@Tengu125]

@@HannibalKantter They are sentient, just not sapient.

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

Cats aren’t stupid. No predator is.

[@HatashiLuvsU]

I hadn’t heard about the tiger raising the 4 cubs before, that’s really cool. It reminded me of a bachelor pride of lions that found an orphaned cub and rather than killing it they let it follow them around and took care of it the best they could. In the end people had to intervene and relocate the cub. But, still, big cats are so fascinating.

[@LostStarzOfTheSky]

I know it's not what happened but it makes me think of a frat house finding a baby and panicked trying to figure out how to take care of it

[@SHEESHAW100]

@@LostStarzOfTheSky That would be a nice sitcom!

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@LostStarzOfTheSky what’s frat house

[@thedustthatsettlesj9231]

There are many stories like this so it's possible we're not talking about the same thing but if we are that cub was from their pride. It was just too young to love without milk to rangers caught it and left it for the mother to find.

[@HatashiLuvsU]

@@thedustthatsettlesj9231 Oh that might have been what happened! I’m glad they stepped in either way.

[@rawrdino7046]

Thought humans were the only creatures able to defy nature it's amazing honestly

[@Sikk2]

There are more examples. Penguins also adopt eggs if the original parents pass or abandon their offspring

[@SuperCityscan]

Tbh there are no "rules" of nature just trends. Changes like that are why social animals exist

[@howdydoodilly6812]

Natures doesn’t have a rule book.

[@jeanvallaux6349]

we don't defy nature actualy

[@brandonvallier4214]

Our use of tools and invention is our "nature". Our shoulders are evolved to throw things better then anything else. Apes and monkys aren't designed for this at all. Our eyes and brains are also built to calculate distance and tragetory as in geometry is part of us. This means we have been using tools for so long that we evolved to better utilize them. Many animals today completely alter things in their environment to better suit them and that is the precursor to how we operate. We were just a creature that became adept at altering it's environment and then further evolved down this path due to it being the most successful. Homosapaians even outcompeted Neanderthals and this helped lead to their extinction(including other factors) due to our ingenuity and use of much more advanced tools such as the atlatl.

[@Cc07]

i love that our brains are more in tune with cats than most others. It explains how we have these small moments of kindness.. should be the other way around but we’re all part of the animal kingdom. Kill or be killed.. or.. cuddle and hide🥲

[@MandatoryFruit]

I swear, cats are the most fascinating creatures on the planet. Having three I've seen something new almost every day. I don't understand how someone could dislike them.

[@mrgalaxy396]

They got claws and they will use them on a whim. I heard a story from a friend that her friend nearly died because one day her cat just got annoyed and went for her jugular. People forget we didn't domesticate cats, they're the only creatures that domesticated us.

[@MandatoryFruit]

@@mrgalaxy396 Part of their charm tbh.

[@goodstuffbadstuff2304]

@@mrgalaxy396 bs story

[@thatstockin]

‘I don’t understand how someone could dislike them.’ I do. I dislike them.

[@MandatoryFruit]

@@thatstockin You're weird

[@mialouise17]

My cat disappeared after having two litters of kittens (accidentally). I think it was on purpose because they were old enough to fend for themselves when she left, but their dad immediately stepped up and took over the role of parent where he had been quite awkward with them before that. We kept three kittens and he still acts like the father with them. But for non domesticated animals, that is absolutely mind blowing! 🤯

[@r.j.penfold]

Did you ever find the mama cat?

[@mialouise17]

@@r.j.penfold unfortunately no. My old neighbour thought they saw her about two weeks after she left, but nothing after that. I like to think she just went wild, but we did have a very sus guy move in up the road only a few weeks before, and I don’t know if he put out traps or not. I searched for weeks, but nothing. Where we used to live was also a part of the NSW bushfires of 2020 that went up in flames, so hopefully if she was still alive by then, she either went down a wombat hole or went under the house because the house was saved.

[@r.j.penfold]

@@mialouise17 oh no that sucks. Hopefully she was found and rescued by a nice family, but if not I hope she's doing alright wherever she is.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

Honestly, even for house cats that have been bred for thousands of years that's pretty unusual. Though not entirely rare as what would be with tigers. That's cute that the male kitty enjoys the company of his kids. House cats are more social than people think. So males liking kittens isn't unheard of. Lots of ambassador cats are male, because females tend to mainly bond with their own kittens and not unrelated ones.

[@alexanderkaroff-hunger6002]

You have changed my life with my cat! Thank you! My furry lady used to, swat, attack and bite me with reckless, murderous intent. Until one day I used your cat facts to readjust our relationship: I blinked slowly at her and changed my body angle when trying to cuddle. It worked! Since then we have improved our relationship 100%!! Thank you! Keep killin the videos!!!

[@Santoroz]

It's refreshing to see a channel like yours

[@hickory-dickory1638]

I think for the Tiger dad one, that his cubs might have learned from his behavior and now might go on to do the same thing in the future which is kinda exciting because we might get a higher survival rate for Tigers if this co-parenting trait keeps getting passed on. Or it might just be a one time thing, who knows.

[@SalemTheTyrant]

Since they were super healthy and such, evolutionarily speaking they should pass on the co-parenting trait through generations since it’s proven to be good at getting the young to adulthood :))

[@mr.ocelotguy8995]

tiger monogomany??? lesgo!

[@danielsurvivor1372]

​@@mr.ocelotguy8995 " *TIGGERS?!?* " *SpongeBob song plays*

[@sussus4586]

​​@@mr.ocelotguy8995 that's not how that works

[@crowborn666]

That tiger story reminds me of Robert E. Fuller’s content. A kestrel mom disappeared after several attacks on her nest, and with a bit of help from Robert, the father kestrel stepped up and learned how to feed his chicks and helped them fledge.

[@clicheguevara5282]

I saw that few weeks ago!! Such a cool story!

[@evenmoor]

Yes, the epic tale of Mr. Kes!

[@sworishina]

With cats, I've noticed they have reeeeeally strong motherly instincts. My cat, who lived most of her life intact, was very different after getting spayed because it turned out the same cat that had adopted five kittens on top of her own six (nearly starving to death for them), and would still happily adopt kittens months later, and would guard the door whenever I used the bathroom, disliked kids and didn't care what I was doing once she didn't have her mommy hormones anymore. On occasion her protective side still comes out, but she doesn't comfort people when they cry anymore. She gets mad if she sees kittens. It's nuts how overpowering their hormones can be of their actual(?) personalities.

[@Struudeli]

My childhood cat was neutered after we saved her from the streets, where she lost two litters. She got a third one, because she was pregnant when we adopted her and was operated after weening the kittens. She walked into our apartment and decided we are her family and never left us again. She had not done that to any other family on the area. She never stopped treating me and my two brothers as her own kittens. She cleaned us, kept us safe and guarded us when my depressed mother was sleeping a lot. The cat went to wake up our mom if things got too much our of hand, but usually she comforted us and kept us from fighting herself. When my little brother was still a little toddler she saved him from a European viper. Ran in front of him and stopped him from running right over a baby snake. Then even went to get our mom and made sure she saw the snake. She licked our faces when we cried, was always there and ready to offer support and gave us the kind of deep, wild, motherly love I have never seen from any pet before or after. For her it was so deeply part of her, such a bad trauma she had experienced, that it never left her. And it made her happy to baby us. She had to be put down on my 18th birthday. We kept trying not to cry to not make her worried and thanking her for everything. She was buried at our cabin on the countryside. Couple years later we found another stray at the cabin. Then another. Then third. I live in Finland where most stray cats die in one winter but here they were coming, so many wild stray cats. I like to think it's her leading other lonely cats to a place where she knows they will be loved and cared for. And my cats, old wild boys, are so gorgeous and so wonderful.

[@AintThatJustTheWay]

@@Struudeli 🥺

[@kitkatboard]

@@Struudeli Man I love cats so much. May this queen rest in peace 🌟

[@Kyosumari]

Humans, too. Hormone imbalances can have major effects

[@Xbalanque84]

@@Struudeli ...I'm at a loss for words. That is the most beautiful thing I've heard in a week.

[@VladIsLove22]

Rules of Nature ? AND THEY RUN WHEN THE SUN COMES UP

[@Cockatoos0108]

WH?YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@bingbong4186]

WITH THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE

[@VladIsLove22]

@@bingbong4186 ALIVE !!!

[@hungrymusicwolf]

In a weird way the red pill was even more heartwarming. Even though these animals can be so vicious, some can still love even beyond their kinds norms and nature.

[@rainnnnnn372]

And they say animals don't have a soul!

[@goticorojo]

I fell Bad for the husky

[@cornpop838]

They literally can’t feel empathy, man stop romanticizing animals lmao

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

243 being an unexpected father of the year is pretty damn precious. His mate must've been that good if he wants to preserve here Genes.

[@DaxterL]

the 243 story would make such an amazing disney story. 4 cubs and a gruff harsh dad that scolds them all the time and gives them the tough love, but deep down loves them and he's being rough as he is because nature is tough and they need to learn that young. This does show we don't know so much yet. I wouldn't say they are breaking the rules of nature, they are nature, they are just breaking our preconcieved notions of their behaviour.

[@AugmentedGravity]

2:19 the amount of trust in that one carabiner and small chain is a lot.

[@TeddyHendrix23]

Me: there's no way I'll get interested in watching animals This Guy: hold my beer. I swear I've learned more in this video than sitting in a classroom. Dude is literally a genius and a comedian in one lol Got my sub!

[@connordarvall8482]

8:41 Really interesting to think that big cats might be starting to get in on the domestication game. We've seen ants and crows do it, so we can't be the only mammals who've tried this.

[@ridney5887]

Man, this reminds me of how PBS and Wild Discovery/Nat Geo were in the 90s, when there would be 1-2 hours focused on a group of animals, and you would witness all the unvarnished cruelty, loyalty, idiosyncrasies, and drama of the ecosystem that made me fall in love with Zoology. Not part of a series, just an amazing stand-alone documentary. I would love to see more stories where you recount and shine a light on years of work and recording by researchers who have managed to capture epic tales with the Yellowstone wolves (21 and 42 especially), and the Ngorongoro Hyena Project. Shakespeare would be jealous of these twists!

[@AdderTude]

Meerkat Manor did this, as well. All the natural drama that developed and unfolded in a family of meerkats.

[@MizzAnto123]

Haha! Mandy smiling and SpongeBob in love with the Krabby Patty are classics!

[@yoshi999z7]

There is another story about a tigress breaking free from a 15ft tall wall enclosure, to take revenge from 3 men who kept taunting her and throwing stuff at her, during her run at the three men, she avoided all other people in the park and was focused on those three people specifically, killing one and badly injuring the other two

[@jameswatson5807]

Some animals take revenge, they don't buy that forgiveness kumbaya nonsense.

[@traciepruitt1702]

Pretty sure they were kids, not adults.

[@slinkerdeer]

@@traciepruitt1702 Darwin award winners, then. You play stupid games with a goddamn Tiger of all things, you win stupid prizes

[@virginiaviola5097]

Not that many decades ago, when circuses still had wild animals, I took my then very small kids. There was a second circus ring sized caged enclosure attached to the main tent, and in it a tiger pacing around. The absolute power and strength of that big cat blew me away. I remember looking down at my kids, the youngest still an infant in her pram, and looking around for the closest place to run to if that tiger broke free, and realising that there would be no hope of getting away from that tiger. It was quite an awe inspiring but terrifying realisation. Essentially, don’t piss off tigers.

[@virginiaviola5097]

@@jameswatson5807 and that my friend is the difference between animals and man. Take your pick which one you choose to be.

[@eggseed6543]

7:33 I imagine the baby misbehaving and the big cat going like "I may not be the one who brought you to this world, but I sure as hell can take you out of it"

[@j.t8529]

Sadly Zalim the tiger that raised the 4 cubs died a warriors death from a rival male but considering that he lived for 15 years which is even longer than zoo standards and top of the fact that all his children are fully grown Independent tigers where the odds of them surviving is less than 50% is very miraculous and just goes to show the willpower of a father tiger. R.I.P Zalim born a warrior died a father

[@sasakiren2080]

Why the hell such a father is named zalim . For those who don't know zalim means cruel

[@AmurTiger]

@@sasakiren2080 Tiger didn't like humans and got a name from that, the tiger cub raising was after he got the name.

[@WERTYUIO821]

All of them were tigresses? Wow. I don't know if that is good because they get taught by their father how to be great mothers(which is the natural) or bad because they were not taught how to be unique father! Edit: according to Google, it was 3 males and 1 female.

[@breadgirl9806]

10/10 widow. 10/10 dad. Rest in Power King 👑.

[@wavestrider2160]

@@sasakiren2080 dude looked at his name and went "nah"

[@blaxai6485]

Bro this dude is the only one to make me actually laugh from videos

[@jsully8076]

Your pronunciation of foreign words and names is absolutely excellent. Kudos from a former English major!

[@danielread8549]

Everyone and every word is foreign.

[@BlockyBookworm]

@@danielread8549 foreign just means unfamiliar, same as stranger, or alien that's where the idea of "from another country" comes from

[@jsully8076]

@@BlockyBookworm Thank you, 33 year old gentleman with a brain.

[@danielread8549]

@@BlockyBookworm I know what foreign means....

[@BlockyBookworm]

@@danielread8549 Then in what sense is "every word" foreign? Obviously, we have grown up with our own cultures and languages, not other people's. So words from other cultures are foreign, but not our words, because we're familiar with them.

[@CB-141]

As someone who raises animals, I can say that they can often adopt other Animals, even of a completely different species. Like a chicken adopting a bunch of kittens.

[@themenacingpenguin.7152]

a chicken adopting kittens is a funny visual.

[@RubyCarrots3232]

Chickens will adopt anything if they’re broody enough.

[@vinisha2969]

@@RubyCarrots3232 yes

[@vinisha2969]

@Ellie no ☠

[@lexinicole4317]

I’ve seen another more recent documentary of a male tiger raising his two young cubs after the mother died. He would even drive off other adult tigers and tigresses to protect his young and was recorded and documented teaching them to hunt, feeding them, protecting them, and bringing them to watering holes. It’s certainly rare and it’s crazy it’s happened more than once.

[@onionmelon5310]

As sad and occasionally fucked up as this all was, at the end of the day it's mostly parents and kids, biological or adopted, finding bonds in unlikely places and it really warms my heart