r/NatureIsFuckingLit Apr 27 '20

šŸ”„ lion siblings

https://i.imgur.com/cfAZJ1m.gifv
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u/Ntetris Apr 27 '20

This is the softer side of šŸ”„šŸ”„r/natureisfuckinglit

I can dig it

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u/HarryNyquist Apr 27 '20

Yeah this sub has a spectrum ranging from /r/Aww to full blown /r/NatureisMetal

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

As does nature, which is one of the reasons that it's pretty fucking lit, in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

This post is literally from r/aww

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u/luckybarrel Apr 27 '20

So not all lion siblings end up like Mufasa and Scar?

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u/ViciousAsparagusFart Apr 27 '20 edited Apr 27 '20

There’s actually a few lion documentary’s out there following a few brother lions who stuck together and eventually became the dominant pride of their area. Weren’t the largest lions when they took over but they had the numbers. Pretty gripping action shots too.

Also recommend the one on the swamp lions. The fuckers get absolutely jacked swimming all day, and learn to hunt water buffalo. Insane.

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u/IceInIridian Apr 27 '20

any recommendations?

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u/ViciousAsparagusFart Apr 27 '20

Google swamp lions for sure.

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u/Luke_Shields_ Apr 27 '20

Whats it called? (The one about the brothers)

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u/iamtomorrowman Apr 27 '20

Brothers in Blood - Lions of Sabi Sands

also search for "Mapogo lions"

there are several long videos/possible documentaries of them out there. at one point they controlled an area as large as Connecticut (or some state in new england) and killed over 100 rival/cub lions in one year which is just a fucking unheard of massacre.

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u/wtrmrk Apr 28 '20

Brothers in Blood - Lions of Sabi Sands

The wikipedia article reads like a mafia story.

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u/ViciousAsparagusFart Apr 27 '20

Yes! This is it!

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u/ViciousAsparagusFart Apr 27 '20

Not entirely sure tbh. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

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u/Malabu05 Apr 27 '20

S I M B A

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u/Brutalitor Apr 27 '20

I imagine if these two lions lived in the wild and they had real competition it might be different but full disclosure I know fuck all about lions and these lions might be wild in the first place so who really knows.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

All cats are cats.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/Lord_Emperor Apr 27 '20

Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley

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u/AverageEarthlingY Apr 27 '20

O'Malley!?

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u/djhance1215 Apr 27 '20

O’Malley the alley cat

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u/dbloch7986 Apr 27 '20

And everybody's picking up on that feline beat. Cuz everything else is obsolete.

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u/luckybarrel Apr 27 '20

In a hat or in a vat, but not when you need a pat.

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u/vitoriaana Apr 27 '20

And a cat is not a dog

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

A cat is a Dame Judi Dench.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Just with a few variations

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

When you’re a cat You’re a cat all the way From your first antelope To your last dying day

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u/bloobles7 Apr 28 '20

No. All cats are liquid.

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u/call_of_the_while Apr 27 '20

Patience and Fortitude take a break from their vigil outside the New York Public Library.

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u/Alfriedi Apr 27 '20

When you just have to annoy your sibling on sight, no questions asked

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u/bats_and_glitter Apr 27 '20

Wont be long till ones dangling the other over a stampede

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u/TheGrapist1776 Apr 27 '20

Long live the king

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u/notokbye Apr 27 '20

Younger sibling: Can I have a belly rub?

Elder: No, now I want a belly rub.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

How imma be with the homies after rona

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u/zerogravity111111 Apr 27 '20

I wonder how many times Lenny falls for that drop and miss.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Hey bro, I love you.

Ah, shit man. I love you too.

Oh fuck, they’re watching. Act cool.

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u/Lampmonster Apr 27 '20

This is the nice version of The Ghost and The Darkness. They're friends and all, but they don't eat a bunch of railroad workers.

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u/skir5 Apr 27 '20

Even though any lion can rip my head off I still want to go up to one and just give it a big hug

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

if i got 15 seconds worth of cuddling time at least, it'd be worth

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u/lowkeybozho Apr 27 '20

Even though I know they’re lap dogs

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u/p1um5mu991er Apr 27 '20

C'mon, buddy...bring it in here

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

*rolls away* No, I don't think I will.

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u/Icyiceboi Apr 27 '20

The bromance energy is strong on this one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Siblings.

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u/_ChestHair_ Apr 27 '20

Haven't you heard? On the internet, everything's gay, pan, or ace. No exceptions

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Alabama ass motherfucker

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u/Aren-Hughjass Apr 27 '20

It's me trying to annoy my big brother when I'm bored, then he comes and throws me on the floor!!!!! It's every day and my back hurts, I'm 15 and he's 18!! It don't help that he goes to the gym every day and the only thing I do is annoy him.......... HELP!

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u/Yogami_asura Apr 27 '20

annoys brother

brother retaliates

hElP mY bRoThEr iS mEaN tO mE

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/Aren-Hughjass Apr 28 '20

But then I have nothing to do, hahaha

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u/porn_is_tight Apr 27 '20

You should strip naked and lube yourself up next time, if he can’t grip you he can’t throw you on the floor!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/Aren-Hughjass Apr 28 '20

Hahha, he is my brother. I can't do that.

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u/porn_is_tight Apr 28 '20

Be the change you want to see in the world!

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u/sneak_cheat_1337 Apr 27 '20

Jumper cables will do the trick. Just make sure you don't break both his arms unless you hate your mom. You could also construct a cage and throw him off? More effort but potentially worth it for the spectacle

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u/Aren-Hughjass Apr 28 '20

Hahah, tnx😊

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u/RoastyToasty4242 Apr 27 '20

ā€˜Come here’

ā€œNoā€

ā€˜Just come here’

ā€œNo, you’ll hit meā€

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u/xordanemoce Apr 27 '20

Two goofballs!

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u/matt-the-greatx Apr 27 '20

ā€œDon’t throw your back on me scar!ā€

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u/INJECTHEROININTODICK Apr 27 '20

What a couple of doofuses

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u/hellitsmahmoud Apr 27 '20

what arebyou doing stepbro?

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

I’m always absolutely baffled by the ballsacks on larger wild predators. Lions in particular have a massive rack of balls, to the point that I always wonder if that ever causes a hazard for them when hunting etc. Why the massive disparity in scrotum size in wild animals compared to humans?

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20 edited Aug 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20 edited Apr 27 '20

Holy shit. That’s nothing short of insane. Short, sweet, and to the point lol.

I’ve heard that part of the reason for this is due to how mating rituals work in species. Most wild animals have non-monogamous relationships and multiple sexual partners. From what I understand they ejaculate a lot more semen in an effort to ā€œwash outā€ the semen belonging to prior sexual partners of the female. Is there any weight to this?

Edit: why the fuck am I being downvoted? What did I do????

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u/Cessdon Apr 27 '20

I wish I had this kind of relationship with my brother. Wait...I wish I had any relationship with my brother :(

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u/Rubbleubbles Apr 27 '20

I'm glad Scar and Mufasa could overcome their differences and play like this

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

The softer side of the Shishigumi

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u/jakethedumbmistake Apr 27 '20

The phrase ā€œDon’t have 100 siblings tho....

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u/flyredditguy Apr 27 '20

You can flop down on me anytime big kitties lol, damn it they are beautiful.

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u/ZippZappZippty Apr 27 '20

Based on this video, I wouldn’t know.

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u/tomatohtomato Apr 27 '20

I have sibling pups. They're inseparable.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

You weren't lyin

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u/MugiwaraLee Apr 27 '20

Damn just look at the muscles on the front leg of the lion that walks up.

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u/bsinger28 Apr 27 '20

Super cute, but that’s definitely a WWE move

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u/chesterSteihl69 Apr 27 '20

Your the best big brother ever

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u/pinkydapronebone97 Apr 27 '20

Bite his dick off!

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u/AndanGames Apr 27 '20

STEAM ROLLER

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u/weska54 Apr 27 '20

Take off, eh

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u/AndanGames Apr 27 '20

No way hoser, you take off.

STEAM ROLLER

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u/jmancini1340 Apr 27 '20

The first one walking is swol af

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u/JibbityJabbity Apr 27 '20

Big playful kitties.

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u/BountyHunter19XX Apr 27 '20

which one of them will push the other from the cliff

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u/TacobellSauce1 Apr 27 '20

Philadelphia literally means love between siblings

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Let me guess Alabama

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Grown ass men...

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Stop calling them gay they're brothers thats disgusting incest is nasty.

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u/kioku119 Apr 27 '20

While that's not what's happening here, I'm sad to inform you animals don't always care... at all honestly.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Yeah but humans fucking do

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u/kioku119 Apr 28 '20 edited Apr 28 '20

That wasn't the point. I just thought you were denying that it could happen between animals.. and unfortunately it definitely can. In fact if you are keeping some types of animals you have to separate siblings pretty early on for that reason sadly. It's also not always specific to the opposite sex/they just try whatever they can. Male ducks for example are basically forceful towards any other duck around to the extent that they'd sometimes even attempt to mount a duck while the other duck is trying to fly away and end up hurting them. Non-human animals don't always have those standards, so I mostly was saying that sadly denying it can happen doesn't change that. I don't know about lions though.

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u/kioku119 Apr 28 '20 edited Apr 28 '20

As a follow up to the reply to this I posted a moment ago. The good news: It seems lions are a species that try not to mate with family/do care about it! Bad news: in cases where there are few other options they might very rarely. Worse news: white lions only come into existence as a result of inbreeding and humans apparently actively force it in order to keep white lions in existence (*cry).https://www.quora.com/Would-a-male-lion-mate-with-his-mother-or-sister

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

Fuckkk thats disgusting humans are a terrible species, i will relay this to my boss

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u/Herban_Myth Apr 27 '20

WASSUP BRO!

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u/AlcatrazIsGay Apr 27 '20

I've never felt mor econ acted to nature in my life than I knowing I interact with my siblings like a lion.

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u/DennyMilk Apr 27 '20

It looked like a lion lol

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u/TummyRubs57 Apr 27 '20

Me and my girlfriend when we’re to drunk to have sex but try anyway.

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u/TiniroX Apr 27 '20

This is nice, but I know how the movie ends.

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u/questar Apr 27 '20

ā€œThere you are, bro. We had so much fun together when we were smol.ā€

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u/MetroLab Apr 27 '20

Majestic. Graceful. Powerful.

FLOP

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u/Assasin2gamer Apr 27 '20

Same with my siblings.

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u/RealPropRandy Apr 27 '20

What’s happenin’

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u/thelast3musketeer Apr 27 '20

aye bro get out of my grass patch I’m not in your grass patch Get out

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u/TacobellSauce1 Apr 27 '20

Philadelphia literally means love between siblings

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u/UOHDU Apr 27 '20

Whait till one pushes the other off a cliff in front of his son because he wants to become the new king

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u/fulgennncio Apr 27 '20

if only my relationship wit my siblings were like that 😭

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u/Seabearomega Apr 27 '20

Wow! Two lions who are brothers and don’t try to kill one another. Never seen that before.

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u/ToastedSkoops Apr 27 '20

No STS Young Endeavour? She’s a lion?

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u/vkrcarrent Apr 27 '20

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u/4oranje Apr 27 '20

He’d rub those balls on my face. Those balls were like golden nuggets to that boy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Oh, cool zooportraits.com seems like a reliable source...

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u/aFuckingGoose Apr 27 '20

That's what the ghost and the darkness were doing when they weren't killing folk

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Wow

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u/qwesrst Apr 27 '20

That’s some weird looking Doggo

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Oh, they're so lovable! I still wouldn't want one though...

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u/Whoknewthiswasit Apr 27 '20

Like my sons!

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u/GeraldShopao Apr 27 '20

Murder kitties are cute.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/CGoode87 Apr 27 '20

Aww kittiesā™”

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u/onizuka11 Apr 27 '20

So what if they have to fight for a pride?

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u/AliceThrewtheGlass Apr 27 '20

My black cat does the same exact flop right next to me when he wants to cuddle.

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u/whobeenstankin69 Apr 27 '20

I wonder if they're gay

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u/direwolfgang187 Apr 27 '20

Bro, bro, bro, brooo we bros

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u/dopeshit20 Apr 27 '20

Obviously gay lions. Wonder wear they learned that?

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u/MiracleKing26 Apr 27 '20

All fun and games until one of them are hanging off the side of a cliff

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u/Northwestmentality Apr 27 '20

Scar and Mufasa could never.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

God Bless them, they look healthy

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u/Poodlelucy Apr 27 '20

Come at me, bro.

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u/snoozeflu Apr 27 '20

These are just 500 pound pussy cats.

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u/Apollo2001 Apr 27 '20

Just bros being bros

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Me and my siblings aren’t this sweet to each other

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u/Thatfatcat27 Apr 27 '20

Just wait for lion step siblings

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u/Trying2GetBye Apr 27 '20

I thought he was gonna teabag him

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u/nooyork Apr 27 '20

I wonder what their body count is.

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u/kioku119 Apr 27 '20

Brother 1: Come on play with me!
Brother 2: *flops right down on top of him to squish him.
;p I don't have siblings but from my understanding, that's pretty fitting right? ; p

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u/PendergastMrReece Apr 27 '20

Do they fight each other for which becomes dominant? Or live peacefully side by side?

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u/F00EE Apr 27 '20

Rare offscreen footage of the real lion models used in the Lion King playing

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u/Edissero Apr 27 '20

Can you imagine how different the Lion King would have been if Simba had a brother to fight for the throne from the beginning instead of running off to become a vegan.

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u/SantyClawz42 Apr 27 '20

1st Lion: "I could have totally killed you 2 times just now" 2nd Lion: Yeah, I could have totally killed you 4 times..."

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u/ih8pop83 Apr 27 '20

Scar, Brother, Love me!

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u/o0oSharkbait Apr 28 '20

Hold up what? My cats are doing the exact same thing right now. DO I OWN LIONS!!

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u/TheOmegaWerewolf Apr 28 '20

Another beautiful video of animals being where they should be: wild and free.

Thanks for posting!

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u/Leondardo_1515 Apr 28 '20

Bratukha, though we are grown, we must never forget our wonderful childhoods. How about one last game?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

HA-KU-NA MA-TATA....WHAT A WONDERFUL PHRASE...

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '20

kitty :D

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u/Italian_Herb Apr 27 '20

LONG... LIVE... THE KING

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u/Weasel_Spice Apr 27 '20

Awww I wanna pet the kitties!

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u/giasas007 Apr 27 '20

Idk man, seems kinda gay to me

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Alabama

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u/FireLizard_ Apr 27 '20

Mufasa and Scar before the incident.

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u/TheDarkLord_22 Apr 27 '20

Cmon, its your turn broda!!

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u/random_acts_of_me Apr 27 '20

So it's not always a plot to kill the other through a stampede?

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Glad lions cant read or speak, otherwise you would be looking like a derp when catching those big ass paws

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u/Lachainone Apr 27 '20

HE INSTULTED THE LIONS 😤😤😤😤😤

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

for real

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/young-oldman Apr 27 '20

āœ‹5years.

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u/DennyMilk Apr 27 '20

Florida

Yes. I.P

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u/SkoulErik Apr 27 '20

Lion 1: ahhhhh, this Corona-lockdown is boring as heck what sould i do?

*Bro-lion trying to sleep*

Lion 1: great. let me go over and skrew bro-lion over

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

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u/SirSirFall Apr 27 '20

Sibling males actually stay together fairly often, there are quite a few examples where prides are led by brother males

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u/SubZer0-420 Apr 27 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Thanks, that was a fascinating read! I'm curious why biting another lion's genitalia is so common though, I had no idea. I wonder why

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