Lion Adopts Antelope; Watch The Heartwarming Video Here [VIDEO]
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on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Is this lionness keeping her friends close and her food even closer?
Nature photographer Adri De Visser was working on a feature on lion hunts in Uganda when he witnessed a bizarre turn of events after a lion killed and ate an adult antelope-- after having the mother for lunch, the lioness with a "heart of gold" tends to the baby orphan antelope calf and cares for it.
According to University of Minnesota's Lion Research Center director Craig Packer, "The lamb always gets eaten. It's quite common for cats to play with their prey and they can look very gentle doing it. But it always ends in tears,"