Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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(05-17-2018, 11:45 PM)Matias Wrote: @Spalea @Rishi 


As they both saw (Post # 432), for me, Bedhia story has nothing to do with strong paternal instincts stemming from natural family commitments, or greater chance of getting her past genes, facilities of greater triumph of natural selection, or paternal instinct "mutated" in the maternal instinct, or whatever rational logical conception we use to describe this unique event.

At first I also tried to understand the fact of scientifically known manners. But, in the absence of any comparative criterion, I abandoned deductive rationality. The singular nature of the fact pervades all logical understanding, and as much as we try to "clarify the why of the lion's behavior in the face of this challenge of creation," we shall err because all logic used can not be minimally proved. and such logical behavior explanations will have the same value as my anecdotal observations. There is no way to respond to what led Bedhia to abandon all the natural behavior of males that genetics took tens of thousands of years to standardize. In such cases, it is best to simply admire and contemplate.

Well ! Why does a fact A (loss of the mother) produce a fact B' (the father becomes the mother) which implies a fact C (the cubs are raised till the adult age) which normally should have been produced by the fact B ( the mother brings up the cubs) ? The scientist process tryes to answer these questions. You cannot prevent it...

You can prefer, of course, a contemplative approach: waouw ! A male lion is able to replace a female lion and... Nothing else ! You just admire this fact.

@Rishi and I note the fact. At first we admired it ("Contemplative approach") and then, very quickly, the attempt to give an explanation became compelling. Yes, we try to explain this fact by our modest means... Yes, we try to understand a little bit, without too anthropomorphism, by comparing with another similar examples (tiger T-25) and what else ? We always admire this fact and we don't pretend having discovered a definitive explanation.

I'm living far from the wild India fauna, but I just admire the wild life, and in front of my screen, I'm amazed by some accounts like these ones. That's all ! A small attempt to stay up-to-date with what's happening within this wild life I admire. And after... Reply