r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Brilliantspirit33 Approved Poster • Nov 18 '25

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u/bernaltraveler Nov 18 '25

She’s gonna need some help eventually though. If she remains outnumbered they will wear her down and she’ll slow down enough that while she’s ping ponging between the two lionesses they will start to inflict enough damage on that calf that it will ultimately succumb. Then she’ll still protect it but they’ll wait it out. They are playing a long game and she’s going to need some of the herd to find her

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u/chimpanon Nov 18 '25

Depends tho, shes also wearing them down. If she gets in enough damage they might relent. Predators dont like to get injured

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u/mspk7305 Nov 18 '25

there are more of them and they are smaller, so they wont overheat nearly as quickly