'It's A Once-In-A-Lifetime Event': Wild Lioness Spotted Nursing A Baby Leopard
July 14, 2017
For the first time, a wild lioness has been photographed nursing a baby leopard.
Photo credit: Joop Van Der Linde/Ndutu Lodge
Interspecies suckling has been documented among captive animals, but this sighting is pretty much mind-blowing to lion experts. Typically, a lioness would kill a baby leopard.
"It's unprecedented," Luke Hunter, president and chief conservation officer of the global wild cat organization Panthera, told The Washington Post. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime event."
Photo credit: Joop Van Der Linde/Ndutu Lodge
The photos were taken Tuesday by a guest at the Ndutu Lodge, a conservation area in Tanzania.
Photo credit: Joop Van Der Linde/Ndutu Lodge
Click Here For The Most Popular On Sunny Skyz
WOW! Seal Begs Boaters For Help As Orcas Hunt Him
Mom Shares 4th Grader's Spelling Test Answers, #13 Has Everyone Laughing
These Twin Cats Do Everything Together — And We Can’t Get Enough
Cat Goes Viral For Playing Cards Against Humanity — And She’s Serving Pure Chaos
Toddler ‘Arrested’ After Taking One Bite Out Of Every Fruit
The Batman Effect: A Study Shows People Gave Up Their Seats Just Because He Was There
Drone Stumbles Upon Polar Bears Living Their Best Life In Abandoned Soviet Research Station
Mom Catches Dad–Daughter Moment On Baby Monitor And Starts Sobbing
Toddler’s Wholesome Reaction To Dad Being 'Left Out' Goes Viral
100 Musicians Surprise Paris Crowd With The Biggest 'Carol of the Bells' Flashmob Ever
Young Hippo Mistakes Crocodile For A Pillow
