Othawa Pride

[Duco Ndona]

Its not that odd i think. 

The most crucial months were the first ones. After that they have adapted and barring some bad luck can survive on their own and will make it to adulthood. Barring some bad luck like an accident or sickness.

Most sub adult lionesses are strong enough to deal with most problems the savanna may give. Be it avoiding threats or securing food. In a pride they are just pampered by the lionesses which allows them to mentally stay cubbies much longer. 

Those girls also are not much of an target without any adult lionesses or pride males around. So male lions are more likely to see them as a weird pride thats easy to munch food off. Than cubs standing in between them and an adult lioness that need to be dealth with. We saw the same thing with the Ximhungwes subs, which were seen sharing a kill with the Majinjanes.

Our data also only goes back only a few decades and only a few reserves are covered enough to be accurate. So stories like these are probably a lot more common, just never documented. I think there is even some room to go even younger. If the poor cubs have luck on their side. Reply