• uphillbothways@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Don’t female lions do most/all of the hunting and child rearing anyway?
      Male lions don’t do shit but fight with other male lions (and kill cubs.)

      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Male lions hunt a lot more than previously thought, they just do it at night when it’s hard to observe it happening without special equipment.

        Male lions only stay with a given pride for 2-3 years on average before getting kicked out, so every month the lionesses spend nursing another lion’s cubs reduces the amount of time he has to make his own cubs.