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A Lioness sees a baby baboon separated from it's mother and scurrying up a tree trying to flee it but fails..
She approaches the terrified baby baboon..
The little one is beyond scared but the Lioness gently paws it..
Like a mother, she cradles the baby baboon as it's own cub..
The baby baboon has calmed down enough to start playfully biting the Lioness and she is not bothered..
Unknown to the baby baboon, danger was lurking ...
A male Lion tries to grab the baby baboon and it is fiercely chased away by the protective Lioness
A male baboon (presumably the father) sees an opportunity and quickly snatches the baby away to safety during the commotion..
Baby baboon is safe for now, back with it's troop!
EenTwee
#7 "I was saving this for later" -lioness probably
stratosphere
Throw back the small ones.
ViperFangsRock
African Proverb - "if you're going to swim with crocodiles, feed them well first."
theitinerantnaturalist
While this can and does happen, in this one case we don't know.
snackfairytalescometrue
donthaveonebrojustlurk
She knew that if she let it grow up it'd make a bigger meal.
keeeenny
This usually happens when the mother loses her cub and she still feels like a mother
partcleboard
Wasnt this how Harambe died?
flummoxe
Is it just me that thinks it kinda looks like a set cause of the weird coloured sky?
Csel
just you
Janusha
Second half of the story is fake and added on later.
SnortingCocaineFromAProstitutesAss
If you have structured settlement and you need cash now
Promethianfire
Mom instincts.
waterevencats
Is this the origin of human liking cats?
idonotthinkitownswhatyouthinkitowns
#1 'That's the way little guy. You've got this.' Lioness probably
boobcat
Genus classification incorrect, it's not a baby Baboon, it's "Lunch", "The Lioness fiercely protected Lunch."
thatsmyfetish69
Baby Baboon ftw!
lawideas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVAXJm_kjno
boobcat
Elsewhere on another doco I just watched a Lion kill a group of Lion cubs cos they weren't his.
melveys
Males of a lot of species will do that. Male tigers, lions, baboons, lemurs, bears, dolphins etc are all very competitive.
AllDayIDreamAboutPizza
So this explains why Rafiki was so chill with Simba.
zapsmass
Monkey bait. Same trick works with homo sapiens too.
Spitinfinity
A Congress, Flange, or Rumpus is also acceptable for a group of Baboons. Just say'in
Parameowdic
Its
thxph
^this. That effing apostrophe. >:(
ThePurpleBat
TheUltimateWorrier
Hmmm... looks photoshopped.
PromNightDumptserBaby
She was probably holding it waiting for the mother/father/larger meal to come get it
Laylah77
Love this
wadenelson1
That baboons gonna be telling his childhood adventure story to anyone who'll listen..
diddytiddy
Mother hormones kept that baboon alive.
jenw
There's a show on BBC called Spy in the Wild. It shows just how true this statement is.
imrizzy
Imma check that sht out. Im in the States tho... is it available online?
jenw
I watch it on public access. I don't even have cable.
jenw
also, I'm in Michigan. So I have a bunch of Canadian channels and it might be one of those
imrizzy
Aw lucky
vampyrita
She just wasn't hungry, so she was protecting her meal until she felt like eating.
BlinkMeOther
OR BEING NICE U MORON, she would just store the fat and she knows it, r u actually stupid?
autisticcommotion
You are, apparently.
StonesOnTheHill
Sometimes they play with things they'll eat later. The game isn't necessarily violent, but the aftermath often is.
scrawnyclownsnatch
Or luring in a bigger baboon for a bigger meal
IssacOppenheimer
If I recall, the lioness killed the mother baboon for food, and then discovered the baby baboon still alive clinging to the mom's back.
Apeofdeath
keeping it warm
edmundo47
Well, when you put it that way...
CorsetStraps
Awww yeah, deep-seated Imgur user despair strikes again!
Muttmutt
You are dark, I like you
chedy
would say logical
Ktp925
It's a cat, it's true. If they haven't killed it they're just having fun
eggmuffin
No, he just doesn't let romance cloud the facts.
StuckInBetweeen
It's not him being dark. That's common behavior from such animals, there have been several studies done on it.
satansApprentice
My friend asked me if I wanted a baby baboon. I said 'No, but I want a regular baboon later, so... yeah.'
Trolbank
Rip mitch
sdlabs
Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh.
vampyrita
ahahaha this cracked me up.
ImNotGreatWithBigDecisions
This is an amazing quote, and I am compelled to thank you for bringing it into my life.
Ctiyboy
It's from Doctor Who, if you didn't know, the gasmask zombie episode
Manieman
People like to think wild or any really animals that isn't human think like us
ProgeriaProstitutes
keeping animals to kill later on IS thinking like a human though
Manieman
People thinking it's trying to save it and make sure it's ok is what talking Bout
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Animals have adopted other animals before, it's not unheard of.