Nkuhuma Pride

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@NLAL11 I can't say anything about RN as I've not seen how things played out, but regarding sacrificing, it's pretty much what sometimes happens.

When the Othawa male and 5 Mangheni lionesses attacked the Othawa pride, the younger female ran with the cubs while the 2 old females stayed to stop their foes until their family escaped, a conscious decision, a sacrifice, I can't see how you can interpret it in any other way.

The same thing happened multiple times when the Birminghams arrived, the younger female would run with the cubs while the old females would confront the males, which ended with both lionesses dying.

Lionesses fights to the death for their cubs sometimes, against males usually, in fights they can't win. This is not anthropomorphism but pretty much what happens.

Your argument that they can't rationalise such decision makes no sense. Male lions flee when they think they aren't strong enough to defend their territory, because they know the opposition is stronger and losing their lives for a territory isn't worth it, but lionesses sometimes fight even if they have no chance to win, because they know they'll be granting the cubs a chance to escape, it's a sacrifice. Reply