Mama Lion Saves her Cub from Cliff

[joeybee12]

http://animaltracks.today.com/_news/2011/09/27/7974512-cliffhanger-can-a-mama-lion-save-her-cub

[closeupready]

1. OMG!!

Yay for Mama!!!!

[flamingdem]

2. Smart Moma nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. And look at the other mamas looking to help. Must not be of the tea-bagger pride.

[avaistheone1]

11. True.

[avaistheone1]

12. Lots of humans can not show this love.

Rec for mama lion

k&r

[Ragrum]

22. Photo of the Party of We vs the TeabagParty of Me

Smiles

[xchrom]

4. Mama! You are awesome. Nt

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Awesome display of the strength and agility of felines. n/t

[bigwillq]

6. Awesome!

K and R :bounce:

[hlthe2b]

7. Yeah, Mama!

And look at her muscles.... Atta girl!

[LeftishBrit]

8. What a great Mum - and what a happy ending!

[OnyxCollie]

9. Mom saves the day. nt

[Voice for Peace]

10. a billion recs for love and instinct.

[lillypaddle]

13. Wow, does my heart good

to see that. k&r

[roguevalley]

35. me too. I love them. what a lovely bunch of individuals. God bless

them.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. Amazing photos. Mamas got massive muscles

[Akoto]

15. It looks like all the moms were alarmed! n/t

[Worried senior]

16. Anyone who thinks that animals don't care or think

are dead wrong.

[Akoto]

19. Definitely. I have seen it in my own pet ...

I am mostly stuck in my bedroom due to a disability, so my parents gifted me with a companion in the form of a sun conure. He has been a blessing to me.

When I wake up in the morning and see him, he screeches happily. He can't wait to get on me, loves to preen me and kiss, cuddle against my neck. He eats dinner when I eat dinner, watching me the whole time. Definitely a little trouble maker, and I can tell he gets a kick out of causing mischief. He's even learned to say 'uh-oh' because we say it so often in his presence. :P

He's picked different people to be allowed different things: I am his companion, my mother is allowed to play with him, my father's allowed to put him on his back and scratch his chest, etc.

[lunatica]

29. What a wonderful pet!

My two dogs give me deep pleasure and moments of pure happiness and they make me laugh every single day. You should see the theater they put on when I come home from work!

[joeybee12]

31. I ahd to look that sun conure up...

They are very pretty birds.

[Cali_Democrat]

34. Cool!

[Uncle Joe]

17. Those are some good pics.

Thanks for the thread, joeybee.

[laundry_queen]

18. that makes me smile

Animals have feelings, look how concerned all of them are. I'm glad there was a happy ending.

[YankeyMCC]

20. They left out the shot of her

fearfully scolding the cub for playing to close to the cliff.

"Haven't I told you a million times no horsing around over there!"

It would be right before the last one where she's licking and cleaning and comforting.

[joeybee12]

23. You're joking, but you're probably right...

Mom must have scolded the little one in her own way.

[petronius]

32. That was my first thought too: there was probably a swat and a paw-squish

before that last image... :)

[Brigid]

37. I love that last pic.

"There there little one . . . Mama's here.". :)

[Jamastiene]

41. Here you go:

http://sethrubenstein.me/post/10732790007/thedailyfeed-if-cats-really-have-nine-lives

Direct link here:


:)

[ceile]

21. Wow...

beautiful.

[bvar22]

24. Good Kitty!

You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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[joeybee12]

25. I'm kicking because these are great photos....nt

[BlueIris]

26. Heh. And I think one of the lions trying to help is a male.

I've always read terrible things about male lions. But that one seems nurturant.

[joeybee12]

27. The one in the middle could be an immature male...still with the pride...

and still acts as one with the females...UNTIL...he decides it's time to mate!

[lunatica]

28. In the second photo it looks like the whole pride wanted to go down

Thanks for posting these! I'm delighted there was a photographer there to catch it.

[joeybee12]

30. Yup, the females in the pride and the males stil with them know that

all the members are important to the pride...such solidarity.

[malaise]

33. Sweet

Rec

[stevedeshazer]

36. Look at her sisters and aunts.

They're trying to figure out how to help!

[spooky3]

38. what a bunch of SOCIALISTS!

Seriously, what a great story is told in those photos. K&R for cats everywhere.

[lonestarnot]

39. A nice demonstration of the power of Mom, but from the photos on the thread, the drop cannot be

determined. Would have been more dramatic if that had been captured and maybe it was at the link.

[Jamastiene]

40. I love cats.

I found some more pictures here:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3836519/Lioness-saves-cub-from-cliff-fall.html

:thumbsup: