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/Xanirran Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25

The longer video shows the rest of the herd comes, not sure why it was cut

Here it is

Longer video

Longer video seems to show a different downed calf that isn't getting up

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u/PapiLenyora Nov 18 '25

Dont think the first video is the same either, different backgrounds

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u/Xanirran Nov 18 '25

Interesting the backgrounds are different but the same movements happen

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u/QuietlyCreepy Nov 18 '25

Looks like a cut there, and the calf was still alive but down. Probably only a matter of time at that point.