Mongoose are also members of the cat family, or more accurately the suborder of Feliformia:
Posted on 12/01/2018 6:19:10 PM PST by goldstategop
In a moment one could imagine as a harrowing scene straight out of Disney’s “The Lion King,” footage shared by BBC Earth recently captured a lion’s intense struggle to fend off more than 20 hyenas.The lion, named Red, appears to unknowingly venture into a hyena territory -- a move that could have easily ended in his demise.
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I thought it was about Trump.
A Trump example?
Awesome
Never hurts to have a good buddy.
I despise hyenas. They are absolutely disgusting.... from the way they look to the way they sound.
Worst animal ever.
They’re cats evolved to look like dogs and they’re scavengers.
Those Hyenas remind me of the antifa protesters.
I’ve been to the Ngorongoro Crater before and saw two hyenas being harassed off its meal by marabou storks and other scavenger birds. Plenty of lions were around then but they spent most of the time sleeping.
His friend showed up. That’s what convinced the hyenas to get out of there and leave the lions alone.
Friends are important, even for lions.
Lions are social cats. Cheetahs can occasionally form coalitions.
They got the name of the Lion wrong. It’s TRUMP!
“The lion, named Red, appears to unknowingly venture into a hyena territory...”
He’s lucky they didn’t have arrows to shoot at him.
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One lion vs 20 hyenas, can this young male make it out alive?#Dynasties pic.twitter.com/teJj9YnVbl— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) November 30, 2018
Misleading intro implies that lion successfully fended them off.
Thank you for sharing the most fascinating and touching video I’ve seen in a long time.
His cousin saved him.
I had no idea of the outcome and I was thinking “maybe another lion will come to his rescue!! Do lions do that!?! Are they sociable creatures that way??”
And then they rubbed their manes together like they were saying
“thanks cous, you saved my life!!”
“No problem man but next time be careful where you go!!”
Hyenas remind me of MS13 for some reason.
Yeah, but Free Republic insists one stick with the title of the article....
even when it makes no sense.
I was instantly attacked by a cackle of ads as soon as I tried to watch.
What impressed me was that at 10 to 1, the odds shifted back to the lions, so that the hyenas beat a retreat. I’ve seen several videos of a pack of hyenas trying to drive a bunch of lionesses off a kill only to scatter to the four winds when a lion shows up. A single hyena is over-matched by a single lioness and is dead in a match-up with a lion.
Mongoose are also members of the cat family, or more accurately the suborder of Feliformia:
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