Lion Cub Lost- Our Christmas Story
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2021
- This morning we found Naramat at first light. She was all by herself and walking with a purpose. Her front paws were bloodied. We realised that she must have hunted and was now looking for the cubs who had been left behind. Lionesses usually leave behind young cubs when they go out to hunt. After a successful hunt, they return to take the cubs to eat.
All the six cubs who had been in hiding beneath a bush, came out to join Naramat and to follow her as she led them to breakfast. Nempiris was waiting at a distance, we saw later. The two lionesses had hunted on the other side of the Olare Lemuny stream (after which the Lemuny pride is named) and were now walking to the carcass with the cubs. Two of the cubs stuck close to them and crossed the ravine with the lionesses. The other four were busy playing as they walked, got a little distracted, and found themselves a few metres away from the crossing point. Meanwhile the adults had crossed, and so the cubs couldn’t identify where to jump. Naramat, Nempiris and the two attentive cubs were now on the other side and instead of waiting for the rest, hurried to where they had left the carcass before the scavengers got to it. The four laggards milled around in a bit of confusion and then one of the cubs decided to jump into the ravine. We heard a thud and a squeal as it fell about 4m but then like any cat, it found its feet and leapt up the other side. This was repeated twice as two other cubs followed suit. We fully expected the fourth cub to jump, as well, but he never did. He kept going to the edge, looking down, and deciding against taking that leap of faith. Meanwhile the other cubs, eager to eat, followed the scent of Naramat and Nempiris and soon vanished into the distance, leaving us with a very confused cub.
He walked by the ravine hoping to find a good crossing point but wasn’t successful. Many minutes passed and now he started getting confused and began running helter-skelter, calling out for the others, with a series of sharp meows. All to no avail of course. The rest of his pride had vanished. The minutes turned into about an hour when the cub seemingly lost hope and left the bank of the ravine. We stuck with him, hoping to be able to reunite him with his pride. The cub kept walking but stayed in the general vicinity. Soon he was spotted by a pair of jackals who started barking, as jackals usually do when they see a big cat. Only this one was a really small and scared big cat. This added to our worries. While we didn’t think the jackals might attack the cub, they certainly were drawing attention to him and there were hyenas and baboons- and perhaps even leopards- in the vicinity who might want to kill him. So, we stayed close to him and waited. And waited, and waited.
And then, just as we were beginning to lose hope, we spotted Naramat and Nempiris in the distance on the other side of the stream. They had finally realised they were short a cub, and were hurrying back, homing in on the barking jackals. They crossed the stream, and we could see that they were accompanied by one of their cubs, while the remaining four followed. As they approached us, we could see the cub seemed to have lost his head and in confusion was wandering away. The cub with the lionesses, saw this too and ran ahead to retrieve her lost brother, calling out as she approached him. She joined her brother and guided him back to Nempiris, their mother. The reunion took many minutes because the lost- and now found- cub needed the reassurance of body contact.
In this season of hope and joy, we couldn’t have asked for a more appropriate game drive. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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I love lions so much, they are so beautiful, strong, loyal & protective. 😊💜🌸🦁
He looks glad to be back with mom. I bet he won't stray for a while LOL
I am so glad they found him. I don't think I could have handled it if he was separated for a long time. 😭😭. So incredibly glad they reunited.
Omg 😲 glad the cub made it back with the pride those jackals had me scared drawing attention little cub was so happy 😊 to be reunited 💖
Wonderful video thanks 🙏
Great footage and best ending. Thanks !!
Life is so beautiful when everything ends well.
I'm so glad the lionesses was so smart to follow that jackal noise,and what a fantastic ending!!🙂
好揪心，幸好最好
後有找到母獅😊
please help the poor lion cub please!
They are so dam cute i can’t take it.
So happy they are united ❤🎉🥰
CREO QUE EL CHACAL DIO LA PISTA A SU MADRE Y TÍA . HE OBSERVADO MUCHOS VIDEOS DE ESTOS MARAVILLOSOS FELINOS Y OBSERVÉ QUE NO ATACAN O LUCHAN CON LOS CHACALES. UN EMOTIVO Y FELIZ FINAL
I count 6 cubs. The lost cub found his way back to the lioness’s; but what happened to the other 4 cubs?
read the description . all the cubs excepting for one female stayed on the other side of the river.
Good observation. The remaining four cubs stayed away and even went to sleep huddled together, away from the others almost as if to allow the lionesses to focus on the traumatised cub. In the evening, the lionesses went to fetch them and reunite the pride.
Good to heard that cubs are safely with mum
Lost cub OMG i hope I won’t cry like i did in the story of lion cub misfit 😂
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I watched misfit too!
I cried too..
While shooting they could have saved it
Rất yêu nhung chú sư tử con
I didn't see any Christmas in this story
i love good news
Потеряшка...заблудился😢😢😢
3:40 : calls for mummy
기여워라~
Piękne lwiatka
هناك مسنة واختها وبناتهن وماركتهن يتوجعن في ظهر الغيب😜👌🔥
Afinal o leãozinho conseguiu chegar até sua mãe oi nao, o vídeo nao mostra ele atravessando,
Thank you Allah baby 🦁 find maman
Finally have they reach their mom
Next part please
All the cubs are well three months later.
أظن ان الصوت العالي الصادر بالفيديو هو للثعالب .
Podría colocar el video traducido al español, por favor??
Apologies, but I can't write in Spanish. Could you perhaps use Google Translate to translate the caption?
Maybe the little fella was just isolating
😁😁😁
lost injured cuba