23 июн. 2019 г. · Simply put: Male lions aren't interested in becoming step fathers. Male lions entire lives revolve around spreading their bloodline and reproduction.

4 янв. 2019 г. · Male lions only kill cubs that are not closely related to them; such as say the offspring of their brother or cousin.

14 авг. 2017 г. · Male lions only kill cubs that are not closely related to them; such as say the offspring of their brother or cousin. To understand this ...

8 мар. 2024 г. · Male lions may let their cubs eat when they do and they protect them from other male lions who will kill all unrelated young cubs. Mating ...

15 авг. 2022 г. · The male will tolerate them and protect them but he does not as such play with them and at feeding time woe betide any cub who gets in the way of a male.

4 нояб. 2021 г. · Yes they do. While the females are providing for themselves and the cubs, the males are often out patrolling. They scent mark, they roar, they scavenge and ...

8 окт. 2017 г. · They kill the cubs of the males they ousted from a pride so that the females will go into estrus again, that is, become receptive to mating.

29 июн. 2023 г. · They usually don't. They usually kill them. And they do it because female lions will not go into heat while they have young cubs.

15 сент. 2018 г. · Competition for resources: New male lions often kill cubs sired by previous males to bring lionesses into estrus quicker and maximize their own ...

26 февр. 2022 г. · In the wild, male lions do not usually kill unrelated female cubs. However, when a new lioness joins a pride, the male lion may kill her cubs to ...