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(05-15-2023, 12:21 AM)Mapokser Wrote: I'd say K6 is like this for the obvious reason she's not a mother but her own aunt from the Othawa pride was also sterile but treated the pride's cubs as her own and risked her life many times for them, ending up dying for them, so it's probably just a personality thing.
I was thinking about Aunty Othawa as I wrote the post. Isn't she supposed to have had one litter fairly early in life that she lost? And then never had any other litters? If that's true, then she would have gone through the neuro chemical changes, and then had no cubs (of her own) to care for, hence why she was such a great aunt. Or if she didn't, then you're right in it's most likely just personality.