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Either way their parents are closely related as both Mbiri males and Tintswalo males originated from Mbiri pride. Not saying there was something wrong with the cub (or there is with its siblings), it seems malnutrition due to suboptimal mother behaviour is likely a cause, but theres is a higher chance the cubs might be weaker in some way. It also seemed, the cub not getting the milk in the older footage is not the same as the dead one, one of the two surviving showed was thinner than the other. Lionesses have 4 teats for a reason, but it requires a correct position for them to be accesible. The urgency of the cub to get to drink at that clip as soon as its mother lied down (without begging first) is not encouraging.