Submitted by SafariADV on Fri, 2017-07-14
These beautiful picture, take in Serengeti, is the first ever taken of a wild lioness nursing a cub from a different species, an extremely rare event.
Dr Luke Hunter, President and Chief Conservation Officer for Phantera, a global wild cat conservation organisation which supports Kope Lion, told the BBC the incident was "truly unique".
"It's not something that I'm aware has ever happened before between large cats like this," he said.
"We know there are cases where lionesses will adopt other lion cubs... But this is unprecedented.
"I know of no other case - between any large cat, for that matter - where the species has adopted or nursed the cub of another species."
Most lionesses would normally kill a baby leopard if they found one, seeing just another predator in a competitive food-chain.
Source BBC
