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Pair of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica, lev persky) from ZOO Nuremberg, Germany

Story of the title: the female gave birth to a baby, who unfortunately died only few days (hours?) before my visit. I know that I humanize them and that it is wrong (because for wild animals, it is normal to lose their babies - the mortality in the wild is very high), but to me, the lioness seemed somehow sad. She was pacing through the exhibit, while the male was sleeping. Then she got close to him and he lifted his head and they were looking at each other - as I watched them, a famous cliche scene from movies came to my mind.

It was like that well-know and millions times seen TV situation, when the pair, man and woman, must deal with the loss of their child and both of them have different way how to overcome it. So the woman is active, while the man is passive - and after she gest angry, she comes to the couch, where he is passively watching TV and she starts to shout ,,What the hell are you doing? Do you want to spend life on this stupid couch? Just... admit it! He is gone! He is gone! ADMIT IT!"

Stupid humanizing, I know... but it really came to my mind

Thank you for your comments and faves
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
Location: Gir Forest National Park in western India
Size: 3 m long body (females are smaller) weight: 190 Kg (females are lighter)
Diet: deers, antelopes, wild boars, buffalos...
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Interesting facts: Lions are the only big cats who gather in groups. Packs of Asiatic lions have less members than packs of African lions | there are only some 360 Asiatic lions. Fortunately, their numbers are slowly rising thanks to protection | lioness gives birth to 6 cubs. Babies are spotted | ZOOs are encouraged to keep rather Asiatic lions than African lions. It is due conservations efforts | Asiatic lions are still killed by people, who want to protect their cattle

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Description
Pair of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica, lev persky) from ZOO Nuremberg, Germany

Story of the title: the female gave birth to a baby, who unfortunately died only few days (hours?) before my visit. I know that I humanize them and that it is wrong (because for wild animals, it is normal to lose their babies - the mortality in the wild is very high), but to me, the lioness seemed somehow sad. She was pacing through the exhibit, while the male was sleeping. Then she got close to him and he lifted his head and they were looking at each other - as I watched them, a famous cliche scene from movies came to my mind.

It was like that well-know and millions times seen TV situation, when the pair, man and woman, must deal with the loss of their child and both of them have different way how to overcome it. So the woman is active, while the man is passive - and after she gest angry, she comes to the couch, where he is passively watching TV and she starts to shout ,,What the hell are you doing? Do you want to spend life on this stupid couch? Just... admit it! He is gone! He is gone! ADMIT IT!"

Stupid humanizing, I know... but it really came to my mind

Thank you for your comments and faves
____________

INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
Location: Gir Forest National Park in western India
Size: 3 m long body (females are smaller) weight: 190 Kg (females are lighter)
Diet: deers, antelopes, wild boars, buffalos...
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
Interesting facts: Lions are the only big cats who gather in groups. Packs of Asiatic lions have less members than packs of African lions | there are only some 360 Asiatic lions. Fortunately, their numbers are slowly rising thanks to protection | lioness gives birth to 6 cubs. Babies are spotted | ZOOs are encouraged to keep rather Asiatic lions than African lions. It is due conservations efforts | Asiatic lions are still killed by people, who want to protect their cattle

____________

More similar pictures:

To see more, look at my ZOO AND BIG CATS GALLERY

This photo belongs to me and I can very easily prove, that it was me, who took this shot. So please, respect my copyright if you want to use my work, ask me first to gain my permission, please! Thank you