Lionesses Protecting Their Rare White Cub & The Future of Their Pride | Kruger National Park

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:03]Be careful.

[00:00:58]There you go.

[00:01:00]Can I use 55 Heat. Heat.

[00:02:07]It's little things.

[00:02:20]owe ow.

[00:02:43]Ow.

[00:02:46]Ow.

[00:03:14]Ow.

[00:03:23]Ow.

[00:03:33]Oh, Ow!

[00:04:29]This is [ __ ] Don't see too many fatter lines in that.

[00:04:46]>> But they didn't come right to her to feed.

[00:04:50]Maybe she's known as the grumpy mom.

[00:05:00]Heat.

[00:05:13]Heat.

[00:06:11]Hello.

[00:06:19]111 craw.

[00:07:07]It's a little dangerous.

[00:07:19]Ow. Ow.

[00:07:21]Ow.

[00:07:32]Ow.

[00:07:50]Uh-huh.

[00:07:57]Wow.

[00:08:04]Wow.

[00:08:08]That's the one on the right. That's hilarious.

[00:08:18]Here he comes.

[00:09:02]Let me see what we saw.

[00:09:10]Nice.

[00:09:33]>> Ow.

[00:09:41]Wow.

[00:09:47]Wow.

[00:09:52]Owie.

[00:09:54]Ow.

[00:10:21]Oh, She doesn't let her drink.

[00:11:09]Yeah, I'm not Okay.

[00:12:07]No, it's up.

[00:12:44]You see, the possibilities are that the females have gone off last night and the cubs were maybe left on their own and probably to go see if they and start hunted hunting again.

[00:12:57]But uh they've eaten like two buffalo within a matter of like 6 days. Yeah. But also they do digest the food a lot more quicker. I can see how the bellies have all shrunk since the last couple of days. Now the whole bunch on the left here, you can hear all the growling going on. See how mom's freaking out?

[00:13:21]>> Yeah. She's like, "That's enough."

[00:13:25]>> See, their teeth are also getting a lot more sharp, and it's also hurting the females at times.

[00:13:38]>> But this is incredible.

[00:13:41]It gives you sort of that that Lion King moment where they're laying down on the rocks.

[00:13:52]You see, the males are not always with the females. You know, they also go out to patrol their territories, making sure that other lions stay out.

[00:14:08]>> So, the males do stay with the the >> Yeah. for a couple of days, you know, wandering around with them. But then also they go off on their own to sort of protect their boundaries, patrolling, making sure that unwanted visitors like younger males exploring new territories stay away.

[00:14:29]>> Only one male.

[00:14:30]>> They've got two males. Yeah.

[00:14:54]See, maybe the rest the the other two females are maybe somewhere relaxing around here.

[00:15:22]I'll take my name off.

[00:15:48]Wow.

[00:16:02]See that little one that's walking around there now?

[00:16:04]>> Yeah.

[00:16:05]>> He's sometimes a big troublemaker around there.

[00:16:10]>> But the growling going on from mom is not aimed towards us. She's growling because the cubs are maybe hurting her suckle marks.

[00:16:32]He's trying to get in there as well.

[00:17:42]Wow.

[00:17:51]Wow.

[00:18:04]Sorry.

[00:18:37]all fighting over the suckling marks there.

[00:18:40]>> But there's like five trying to suckle there.

[00:18:42]>> Yeah.

[00:19:05]I'm sure they'll maybe stay here for the days. You know, I don't think it's going to get that hot. And there's lots of nice cooling spots here for them.

[00:19:12]There's nice water in this little drainage line running through here. So they in a very good prime spot here.

[00:21:23]majority at night time. Um, you see, when it gets too hot during the day, it's no need to waste unnecessary energy. But they do also would hunt in the middle of the day, whether an opportunity will come their way or even this time of hour in the mornings. But you know being active all night walking around looking for a meal looking for a hunt you know then they come back towards the cubs in the morning like I'm assuming what they did now according to the tracks that we followed all the way from the main road um that these females were out and about last night and as you can see it's time to start their resting period which can take about about 15 hours a day.

[00:22:07]No, she had enough.

[00:22:34]How many does one female line have at a time?

[00:22:37]>> About two to four.

[00:23:07]That's the little troublemaker that's looking back towards us now.

[00:23:50]It's cute.

[00:24:46]I missed the one on the right. That's hilarious.

[00:24:51]Watching Here he comes.