According to the Daily Mail, wildlife explorer Gerry Van Der Walt and a group of people came to Madikwe Game Reserve, which is one of the largest wildlife reserves in South Africa. During this trip, they unexpectedly encountered a lioness eating antelope.
It’s not unusual for a carnivore to enjoy its hearty meal. It’s just that when this lioness discovered that her prey was pregnant, something touching happened: When she ate the antelope’s organs, the lion discovered that the antelope was pregnant, so she died. stopped and looked sad.
“I’ve seen lions kill pregnant prey before, but usually they’ll just eat normally,” said Gerry. have a cold. The lioness gently took the fetus out of the mother’s antelope carcass, laid it down beside her, and spent a long time smelling, listening and observing this unborn baby antelope.”
What happened next almost went against the logic of science and the animal kingdom known to man.
The lioness wanted to see if the fetus was still alive and when she discovered that the fetus showed no signs of life, she carefully hid it behind a bush. After that, it didn’t leave, but stayed nearby. The lioness also stopped eating her mother antelope, as if feeling guilty for her actions.
Mr. Gerry said the act of burying antelope cubs is filled with motherly love. “It stopped, gently placed the fetus on the ground, and looked around anxiously. Then the lion continued to sniff and gently turned the young antelope’s body over, then grabbed the back of its neck with its mouth as if it were its own cub.”
“We looked towards the woods and saw that it was very intently hiding the fetus under the grass. It sniffed the young antelope many times with its nose and kept an eye on its surroundings as if waiting for help or in anticipation of danger.”
Mr. Gerry, who has been a wildlife conservationist for more than 20 years, said that this is definitely the most extraordinary behavior of a lion he has ever seen, “What is he thinking? Why do you do that?”
He said this lioness lay next to the mother antelope carcass for a long time. Onlookers deeply felt that eating the mother antelope made the lioness full of guilt.
These particular images show us that animals know feelings, they also have compassion. This discovery made many people very emotional and expected to be able to understand more about the mystery of the animal world.
Source: https://newonlinenews.com
