Video: Is that a leopard, or is it a lion cub?
Category: General, Lion-watching | Date: May 26 2008 | By: Seamus
A few people have asked about the striking on young lions. This is a minute long video in which I mentioned the spots on young cubs. I’m not sure what the evolutionary advantage is to young lions having spots. It might be that as they get older their ideal camofluage would be tawny, rather than mottled. Perhaps because they would hunt more in open savanna as they get older, rather than hiding in thick bush, as cubs do.
Tags: lion cubs, lion video, lion-research, Lions, video
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3 Responses to “Video: Is that a leopard, or is it a lion cub?”
Mzungu Chick, on 26 May 2008
Are you sure that Mummy Lion hasn’t been up to mischief with the cheeky leopard who delivers the post on Sunday’s??
If I were the Daddy Lion of these young cubs - I would seriously consider looking into how friendly they are …..
sheryl, washington dc, on 26 May 2008
Great little video, thanks. I love seeing lion cubs with their spots. I never knew about the spots until the National Zoo got a younger male last year. He still had a few spots the first time I saw him.
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Lisa, California, on 01 Jun 2008
Loved the video. Thank you so much for doing it and sharing it with us. Darling little lion cub. Their spots are really something. Lisa
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