I wonder if it is all that it seems, I just can’t see that second lion coming up to humans all palsy walsy just because her mate did.
I concure.....this ain’t all it seems.
“I wonder if it is all that it seems, I just can’t see that second lion coming up to humans all palsy walsy just because her mate did.”
That second lion is smaller that the released lion. Given that male lions are larger than females, I assume the second lion to be a juvenile offspring of the released lion.
Lion juveniles follow what the adults do. Not to mention the probability that the lions may have had more contact with the “rehab” chaps than was mentioned.