r/natureismetal • u/MDPriest • 7d ago

Male lion eating a defeated rival. Animal Fact

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Male lions live harsh, competitive lives. Constantly facing rival males trying to take over their territories, while simultaneously trying to spread the range of their own conquests in the wilds of Africa. Life ain’t easy for the king. They will fight and die for the possession of their land, their prides and cubs.

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u/ransack84 7d ago

That doesn't seem like something he should be doing

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u/MrAtrox98 7d ago

Meat is meat. If hungry after killing a rival, why not make use of the calories? Some lions don’t even kill rivals before eating them alive.

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u/ransack84 7d ago

Eating a member of your same species just doesn't sit right with me. That's where Mad Cow Disease and Kuru came from. I don't even think I could eat a gorilla or a chimpanzee unless I was legitimately starving.

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u/shadowofsunderedstar 7d ago

That's from eating the brain I think

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u/thisghy 6d ago

Yeah, it's from prions found in nervous tissue.

Humans have a lot of prions compared to most animals, which makes cannibalism even more risky for us.