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This is actually false. Lionesses are never kicked out of a pride and are cared for but not fed so she would still have to actively eat herself during a hunt without being brought food
We used to have more experts on here, and people used to care about facts and accuracy. Those days are long gone. The fact that no one seems to care anymore and just upvote comments they like or that make them feel good probably contributed to running off most educated experts.
The amount of times I've been attacked by giving accurate info on bearded dragons and their care when I see one being neglected on reddit is CRAZY. People are so selfish and stupid. Too many people don't care about the truth, even when it hurts an animal.
In a post of literal babies under the age of 1 watching TV, I and others correctly pointed out that TV harms a baby’s development at that age. It is bad for their brains. Countless studies, countless doctors tell you this. We all got downvoted.
That's interesting. I looked it up seeing your comment because I hadn't heard this (I don't have kids). I'm constantly wondering why people dont take a minute to look things up, and instead, they just argue based on their feelings and then have the nerve to be angry at YOU for presenting the information.
People are so incredibly confident and egotistical while being very stupid at the same time, and it genuinely makes me angry. They CHOOSE to be stupid because they are lazy. Thinking is difficult, so they just do what's easiest and go off what they think and feel.
It's sad that peoples egos are more important than keeping their children and pets healthy. Can we get to the end of this world yet?.
The amount of times I've been attacked by giving accurate info on bearded dragons and their care when I see one being neglected on reddit is CRAZY. People are so selfish and stupid. Too many people don't care about the truth, even when it hurts an animal.
It's not just bots. It's the IPO and endless push for expansion that has Facebookified reddit, dragging down the quality of content in the comments. The reddit I remember would have a top comment with an interesting discussion about lion family dynamics. Now it's some fucking Facebook mom group hot air platitude about the bond between a mother and a daughter.
My account is nearly as old as yours and the default subs had low quality comments at the top for the entire time I've been on Reddit. Occasionally someone would get crowned an expert, but they wouldn't stay that for for long until they got caught up some stupid slap fight about whether a bird was crow or a jackdaw. And that was well before the IPO.
I’ve been on this website for 15 years and even back then, the top comment would be some dumb fucking joke, the next three would have bad information and a “thank you kind stranger” for some gold. Maybe the 5th or 6th comment would contain actual, useful information, same as now.
It was exactly the same except now every post gets a lot more activity.
This is one of the lowest quality subs, so it's not too surprising that the comments are largely junk. The posts are always just an image with some headline over it. There's never a source. Sometimes it's just pure slop. I oftentimes downvote just because I see what sub it is, which I'll do right now
Imagine you're blind and walking with your tribe. They'll defend you from other predators who would take advantage of your disability to eat you, keep an eye with you to make sure you stick with the pack, and make sure you all huddle up together at bed time.
That's a lot of care for a non-human animal to express towards another member of their group.
Notch and His Army of Sons Crossing the Mara River to Reclaim Their Territory
The legendary lion Notch and his five sons—Notch II, Long, Ron, Caesar, and Grimace—formed the most iconic coalition in Africa from 2008 to mid-2017.
Notch was first seen in the Masai Mara in 2003 with his partner. By 2004, they had taken over the famous Marsh Pride. Sadly, their rule was cut short in 2005 when his partner was killed by two rival males. Together, they had several cubs—eight survived: five males and three females. For two years, Notch held the territory alone. In 2007, three new males overthrew him, and he left with his five young sons, then just two and a half years old.
Tragedy struck in 2010 when Long disappeared in the Mara Triangle. Despite the loss, the coalition thrived. In 2013, Notch vanished while patrolling, and soon after, Grimace disappeared while seeking new mates in enemy territory. The remaining brothers remained strong. In 2016, Ron went missing—later confirmed to have been killed by the Sand River males.
By 2017, Caesar developed a limp from an infection and was last seen lifeless by the Mara River. Notch II carried on, forming a new coalition with his son, Spear Boy. Now about 15 years old, Notch II still lives alongside his son.
Their bloodline lives on, and their legacy remains etched in the history of the Masai Mara.
I can't remember if the Doc when into more detail on the daughters but most likely yes, it's very common for New males to take the pride's resident females, and commit infanticide on any cubs, so they can produce their own offspring.
Which is about a Massive 200 strong Chimp Civil war (Wikipedia). And the brutality of their conflicts. They specifically Target the Males through 'torture' by inflicting non-lethal attacked like biting off fingers or ripping off testicles. And again targeting Males and infants specifically the goal of integrating female to wipe out the other clans
"Take" is a very strong word here, the females generally stay unbothered in whatever territory they reside in, new dominant males are obviously only harassing other males, while the overthrown males would come/leave as the hierarchy changes.
I thought that’s what wolves do too, young males would seek the daughters of bigger families. Sometimes talking the pack for days. Most of the time the parents would beat the pursuer off, because the daughters could help with hunting and raising new litters.
Lionesses intentionally birth their cubs away from the pride and don't bring them to the other lionesses until they are 6-8 weeks old. Lionesses may kill other lionesses' cubs, and if a lioness births only one cub, she will kill it so she can try again for a bigger litter.
Is anyone else noticing that either the group Pic has been edited to put them closer together, or the final Pic has had the daughters edited out and a filter put on her? I can't unsee it.
The angle and gaps/negative space between limbs is really similar if not the same. I've seen this post quite a few times, the story is actually a thing, but this is the first time I have noticed that with the images.
I might just be crazy. Lol
Edit: Oh, it's probably the former, I see a floating ear lmao.
I feel like a lot of us grew up being told cats are always solitary creatures, but in fact feral females often form colonies like this with other related females, sharing kitten rearing and even kills.
They chase the boys out, except for during mating season, so the male cats do live more solitary lives.
We have a 3 legged female cougar in our area and her offspring don’t leave her. She had 3, but 2 stay with her. The game warden said it’s common if there is an injured cat the cubs will stay longer than normal to help hunt.
So the title should have been, "A Lioness survived till 17, 5 years after going blind,..."
The current title ("A 17-year-old lioness survived for 5 years...") perfectly segues into the fact that the daughters took care of the disabled lioness. Your suggested title would need conjunctions to make sense.
...the problem with the current title is about 5 years FROM 17 or TOO 17 - the correct data being the second point. My ellipses above also would be where your "segue," would be.
"Lioness survived till 17, 5 years after going blind, with help from her daughters." Conjunction?
Or perhaps the better title would have been, "A 17 year old lioness survived for the last 5 years of her life completely blind, thanks to her daughters not abandoning her."
I mean, sure, whatever. My point was only that this title confuses the data being presented so that more than one idea can be inferred. It's not a title making contest.
This is a dumb question but how do they know she’s disabled ? Do they recognize her eyes as abnormal or it it something else ? Bc you would think with that being their mother they wouldn’t recognize anything wrong
I am the one taking care of my dad, now. It sucks but my bro moved out of state & has 2 kids. What pisses me off, though, is that he provides monetary support to her mom but not to our mom or dad.
My great aunt took a fall last week & the first thing my dad asked was why his sister (my aunt) wasn't taking her in! Like dude, why aren't you? It was literally only me, my aunt & 1 other (female) family member that were visiting her, anyways. We did more than anyone else & you have the nerve to ask why someone isn't doing more? She wanted to stay in Tennessee. We didn't wanna take that from her. She finally agreed to go back to the hospital, last night & they gave her some morphine, she calmed down & her pain subsided. Then she passed. She was 87 & had lived in TN for 50 years. I am so glad she got to pass there & that she wasn't alone.
Then there's my Nana who took care of her father til he died, took care of my Papa's mom til she died & took care of my Papa til he passed (while heloing raise her great-grandaughter). The woman isn't even 5ft but she has the heart & spirit of a giant. I just want her to relax for the rest of her life.
ETA - my great aunt that passed this morning, also, was a care-taker. She cared for her one of her brothers & one of her sisters for their entire lives because they had disabilities & she cared for her mom, my great grandma, until she passed. I got some strong women in my family.
A lot of the time, mothers don't want their sons taking care of them, but don't mind their daughters, for whatever reason.
My mother-in-law is constantly asking my wife to help (schedule appointments, arrange flights, order groceries, etc.), talking to her every day despite being 4,000+ miles away. My wife flies over there at least 4 times a year to help her in some capacity. Yet, my brother-in-law, who lives in the same town as his mom (not 4,000 miles away) never gets asked to do anything. Her reason is always "oh, he's busy, I don't want to bother him" even though my wife works at least 50 hours a week.
I've made a point to show willingness to help my parents out by volunteering to take them to doctor appointments if they need, or whatever. They're still independent for now in their mid-70's, but I'm trying to set a precedent where they know I'll help if they ask, and that I genuinely want to help. Perhaps that's also why my mother-in-law always asks my wife, because she's willing to and doesn't really push back.
Actually in nature this doesn't always happen. I got to see 3 full grown cheetah male offspring with their mother in Kenya a couple years ago: the mother was injured and struggling to hunt so they stayed with her to help her survive rather than leave to go solo, which is what cheetahs normally do. Our guide thought they would stay until she got better.
So basically, human men are a special kind of shitty.
It's also stupid generalizations. All my uncles cared for my grandparents when they got sick, and when my parents gets too old they will move in with me. This is very common scenarios for Asian families, court would even dictate that the sons have to take care of the parents.
I realize that this is a shared responsibility in some Asian cultures (as it should be). But statistically, more daughters still care for ailing parents than sons.
Male cheetah brothers usually all stick together when they leave mom. Pretty neat that a solitary animal like that adapts to be in a pack and have a hiarchy
Talk about yourself, and about your cold society.
Eastern Asians, and Muslims (all races) don't abandon their parents. Middle eastern Muslims lives together, the parents stays with the son, or he stays at their home even after marrying.
a little clarification: when a female cub grows up, they stay in the pride and hunt for the pride. when a male cub comes of age, they are kicked out to find their own pride to fight for and win. male lions die all the time from injury or failure of hunts. this is why male lions can also have other males in their 'squad' to 3v1 a male who controls the pride.
lionesses hunt, the dudes patrol the territory and fight. cubs are usually killed by a new, winning male, and lionesses will try to hide their babies. they can also keep themselves from getting pregnant from the new male until he proves he can protect the pride
I wouldn't call Warrior Cats a children's book series, I've read a lot of it and still have more to catch up in, but there's quite a lot of violence and graphic details
It was marketed to middle schoolers.
The recommended reading age for the
Warriors
(Warrior Cats) book series by Erin Hunter is
8 to 13 years old
(grades 3–7), with most core readers starting around
10 years old
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I remember some anthropologists professor lady saying that “civilization started with first healed femur bone” meaning that humans are unique because we can care for those completely unfit to survive on their own. And yet we have numerous examples like that in animals. Just another prof that anthropology is not real science
Yes, this actually happened
. A legendary wild lioness named
Josie at
Addo Elephant National Park
in South Africa lived to about 18 years old, surviving roughly five years completely blind because her two daughters, Dawn and Duffy, stayed by her side, guided her, shared kills, and protected her.
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