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(07-13-2020, 10:42 PM)Cath2020 Wrote: I don't think in this case it was entirely natural. He was rejoining his own coalition, members that accepted him, then he quietly went about eliminating his own kin. I think there were 11 of the cubs? And yes, after that, is when he got the nickname "Satan." A nickname very apt and fitting.
It's rare but not that exceptional. Matimba's are documented in one case killing cubs they had sired. In NG's Wild Kingdom Sikikama killed his sub-adult son. Those are instances where a camera was around and someone to document it.
Actually infanticide is still common among humans, so I don't see why a lion doing it is so out of normal.