While on a normal safari trip, photographer Adri De Vidder’s spotted a particularly eye-catching sight. This is what he saw:
Usually, with the aggressive nature of lions and lionesses, they would definitely not have befriended such a weak animal like an antelope. But this lioness truly did something miraculous that day.
In the wild, if this happens, it’s usually so that they can eat them afterward, prolonging the ‘cat and mouse’ game so that the prey doesn’t run away and they can eat the when hungry. However, this was something different. The lioness was protecting the antelope from other lions, something that if they were planning to eat, wouldn’t have done.
Whatever happened to the antelope still remains a mystery though, as the photographers didn’t follow the story for long. Whether it was let go and starved to death, or it was eventually captured and eaten by the other lions is unknown. All we know is that this Lion deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
Eagles, like many birds, are known to mate for life.
These two male eagles are parents alongside a female mate.
The two males had a female partner before this. An intruding male attacked her, killing her.
The two males got back to the nest and managed to chase off the invader, and saved and raised the eaglets in turn.
They later paired up with this second female.
It’s particularly unusual as males are more prone to fight and claim certain plots of land just for him and another female.
They’ve built out cameras to observe their behavior and it’s been quite interesting. The eaglets have a double defense available for them and are likely to survive.
The males are named Valor I and Valor II, which is pretty badass. I suppose two husbands can be better than one. But it depends on the husband.
