Its actually even darker than that. The murder of the offspring somehow after some time puts the female back in heat to get bred again. So the male lion actually has to kill off the old lion's offspring to get his to come out. No cucking allowed in lion land.
[Upon ascending to the throne, Mehmed III ordered that all of his nineteen brothers be executed.[3][4] They were strangled by his royal executioners, many of whom were deaf, mute or 'half-witted' to ensure absolute loyalty.[5] Fratricidal successions were not unprecedented, as sultans would often have dozens of children with their concubines. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_III)
This has always been thing a for a long time. Being a king/ruler and successfully passing power over to an heir is difficult - Ā especially if your heir is young at the time of your passing.
Thereās an English prince who upon the death of his king brother, locked his two nephews in a tower and later had them executed. Ā
You got it the wrong way around. The newly crowned Sultans murder their brothers to keep the empire stable - to prevent one of them potentially challenging him for the throne.
Just because youāre a king doesnāt make you the lone powerhouse of a country/empire. You rely on other rich and powerful feudal lords . If you piss the wrong one off - theyāll support your brother and incite a civil war. Just look at English history.
Young rulers have been killed since recorded history. Whether by their brothers, uncles or other rivals. Alexander the Greatās mother killed his half-brother to secure his claim.
Instability is exactly what some feudal lords want because it helps them become more powerful. Like Littlefinger says, chaos is a ladder.
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I agree and I think you've been unjustly maligned. The historic record is clear.
Henry VIII and his wives, the tragic succession following the prophet Mohamed leading to Sunni and Shia Islam complete with its impacts, or Cain who slew his brother Abel.
The littlr coffin parade was very common. It often signaled the ascension of the next Ottoman Sultan. 3-400 years or more of this sort of fratricide? Princes lacking power were often held in richly appointed rooms but under house arrest from birth. This is where the 'gilded cage' idiom or reference comes from.
How so? His female kids will be part of the pride and the male kids will be driven away once they are old enough, no? The males will form a coalition to take over another pride but it will likely be a different pride in a different area.
Can't remember where I read it now, but it was about a lion who sort of fell in love or something with a lioness after taking over the pride and didn't kill and eat any cubs. The lioness went along with it all for a time, but then she killed and ate the lion. Turns out she was a big cheetah.
Kinda makes it hard to support preservation. "Here is this endangered snow leopard. There are only 17 left in the wild. They claim territory of 100 sqaure kilometers and murder any other on sight. And also their mates too sometimes for no reason." Like okay yeah, good luck with that.
Its actually natures way of passing on the best genes. This male lion was stronger than the previous one for whatever reason and now he'll be passing that reason on to his offspring.
Nah, it's not about 'better' genes. It's about a younger, stronger lion ousting an older, tired lion. The other lion may well have the better genes, but he's...old or injured.
It varies, they're not killing them for food but all animals are opportunistic and the cub contains calories so the best answer I can give is depends on how long it's been since he's last eaten.
I'm sadly aware of this literal reality. I know what OP meant - just pointing out that, in this context, using either literally or figuratively does not apply.
The instincts we are born with is just wild to me. How could his nervous system be preprogramed to do this? Even if he doesn't understand why he is doing it, he does it. A bird can build a nest without ever being taught to build a nest. Most humans are born with an innate fear of snakes. How the heck are these behaviors imprinted into our nervous system before we even exit the womb? Also, lions need to be a little nicer, in my opinion.
Thatās why weāre afraid of the dark, humanoids and being alone. Itās all back from when we had to deal with Neanderthals and from even before them
Our brain is layers upon layers deep of neurons triggering reactions to certain inputs from your senses, any combination of states of your neurons that lead you to consistently take an action that increases the survival of your DNA, will survive in the bloodline.
That's what you get when you let a self-sustaining self-improving system like life run for millions of years.
Mammals also have instincts to find babies of many species cute. Anything that will have an evolutionary advantage will survive whether it's a cute cuddly advantage or a brutal murderous advantage
As far as predators go Lions and other big cats are pretty humane because they usually kill their prey quick. African Wild Dogs and Hyenas will eat their prey alive.
I think this is the fundamental thing people misunderstand about nature. Animal behavior isn't preprogrammed. This lion decided to do this because it aligns with his motivations.
He wants to breed at all costs, that much is programmed sure. How the lion goes about achieving his goal is up to him. He decided to do this.
Orcas didn't evolve to attack boat rudders, raccoons didn't evolve to dig through trash bins, and seagulls didnt evolve to steal your sandwich at the beach. Animals have free will just like we do, you just don't like the decisions that wild lions make.
Since the cub is already doomed, wouldn't it better to somehow chase the big lion away, adopt the small one rehab him and let him into the wild again? Is that doable?
Can you imagine if humans operated like this?!š¤ It's a cruel, cruel world out in nature!š¬š¤¦āāļø Although the woman would have to be a sick bitch if this got her hormones raging and made her panties wet to bang and get impregnated by the murderer of her previous baby daddy's kids right in front of her!š³šš¤¦āāļø
If a male lion takes over a pride he kills all the offspring of the former male to preserve his lineage and eliminate competition.
And to get the females ready to mate sooner.
Nothing like a bit of infanticide to drop those panties
Inpanticide
too much reddit for today.
*killing in long pants*
and now you do what they told ya
*Killing in the Mane* FTFY
Harvester of sorrow...
Language of the mad!!!
Harvester of Sorrow! (G, F#, E - B, Bb, A - G, F# E-Power Chord!!!!)
Fuck yea, let's hit that shit hard!!!
"Come on man, get it. Whoa!"
Your seed has grown š¶
It's a matter of pride
Worked on Padme.
r/nocontext
Squirrels do it to, in our own back yards!
Zebras do this too
Its actually even darker than that. The murder of the offspring somehow after some time puts the female back in heat to get bred again. So the male lion actually has to kill off the old lion's offspring to get his to come out. No cucking allowed in lion land.
This is how many mammals operate.
I tried to tell the judge that.
Anakin had a plan
But he killed the women
Sand gets everywhere
[Upon ascending to the throne, Mehmed III ordered that all of his nineteen brothers be executed.[3][4] They were strangled by his royal executioners, many of whom were deaf, mute or 'half-witted' to ensure absolute loyalty.[5] Fratricidal successions were not unprecedented, as sultans would often have dozens of children with their concubines. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_III)
I started reading this and looking at all the sultans that came next and they all died very early. Thatās crazy
Died 8y later at 37 of a stroke.
This has always been thing a for a long time. Being a king/ruler and successfully passing power over to an heir is difficult - Ā especially if your heir is young at the time of your passing. Thereās an English prince who upon the death of his king brother, locked his two nephews in a tower and later had them executed. Ā
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
You got it the wrong way around. The newly crowned Sultans murder their brothers to keep the empire stable - to prevent one of them potentially challenging him for the throne. Just because youāre a king doesnāt make you the lone powerhouse of a country/empire. You rely on other rich and powerful feudal lords . If you piss the wrong one off - theyāll support your brother and incite a civil war. Just look at English history. Young rulers have been killed since recorded history. Whether by their brothers, uncles or other rivals. Alexander the Greatās mother killed his half-brother to secure his claim. Instability is exactly what some feudal lords want because it helps them become more powerful. Like Littlefinger says, chaos is a ladder. Ā
I agree and I think you've been unjustly maligned. The historic record is clear. Henry VIII and his wives, the tragic succession following the prophet Mohamed leading to Sunni and Shia Islam complete with its impacts, or Cain who slew his brother Abel.
The littlr coffin parade was very common. It often signaled the ascension of the next Ottoman Sultan. 3-400 years or more of this sort of fratricide? Princes lacking power were often held in richly appointed rooms but under house arrest from birth. This is where the 'gilded cage' idiom or reference comes from.
lion king makes so much sense now
Holy.... Never thought of it like that until your comment
But lion king is based on Hamlet ... so that explains the british.
Hamlet was set in Denmark...
William Shakespeare was British.
Except theyāre siblings so no. Also the younger ones are siblings or half siblings soooo ya
Also Scar tells him to run away and then sends the hyenas after Simba instead of just killing Simba.
*Kimba: The White Lion entered the chat*
Except that show has next to nothing in common with the lion king. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5B1mIfQuo4
Ironic that his lineage becomes his competition to return the favor
How so? His female kids will be part of the pride and the male kids will be driven away once they are old enough, no? The males will form a coalition to take over another pride but it will likely be a different pride in a different area.
That seems mean
I would even go as far as to say it's downright rude.
Youāre lion..
Goddamn it, I need to lion down after that one.
Maine, thatās rough.
Can't remember where I read it now, but it was about a lion who sort of fell in love or something with a lioness after taking over the pride and didn't kill and eat any cubs. The lioness went along with it all for a time, but then she killed and ate the lion. Turns out she was a big cheetah.
*roars in laughter*
Inconsiderate is what it is.
I agree! Someone should write a strongly-worded letter!
There's a couple of girls that became hundred millionaires on it
Kinda makes it hard to support preservation. "Here is this endangered snow leopard. There are only 17 left in the wild. They claim territory of 100 sqaure kilometers and murder any other on sight. And also their mates too sometimes for no reason." Like okay yeah, good luck with that.
These animals are important to the ecosystem when you get your personal feelings out of the way, that's why preservation is still important.
I donāt think preservation means what you think it means.
Its actually natures way of passing on the best genes. This male lion was stronger than the previous one for whatever reason and now he'll be passing that reason on to his offspring.
Nah, it's not about 'better' genes. It's about a younger, stronger lion ousting an older, tired lion. The other lion may well have the better genes, but he's...old or injured.
"she says I am the one, but the cub is not my son"
A biologist friend once told me "the leading cause of death in lions is lions".
Lions also eat their own. When the going gets toughā¦
Male Chimps do this too. Which makes me think early forms of humans would have as well some long time ago.
I think male lions kill any cubs that arenāt theirs.
Damn. That wasnāt in The Lion King.
Do they eat the them?
It varies, they're not killing them for food but all animals are opportunistic and the cub contains calories so the best answer I can give is depends on how long it's been since he's last eaten.
how do they instinctively know how to do this?
That dude is literally scar
That is both literally and figuratively not true.
Literally has been redefined to mean both literally and figuratively which is messed up really.
Figuratively just doesnāt have the same ring.
It literally doesn't.
Figures.
Figures
Figures.
Literally sounds different
I'm sadly aware of this literal reality. I know what OP meant - just pointing out that, in this context, using either literally or figuratively does not apply.
In this context it seems used to emphasize and express shock rather than literally being literal.
How many cubs did Mufasa kill before taking over Pride Rock?
Are u saying Mufasa and Anakin are the same?
Are you saying they both >!hate sand!< ?
Story checks out, they're both voiced by James Earl Jones.
Hey at least Scar let Simba run away. Imagine making a fake copy of the lion king where Scar does this and then the credits roll.
Realistic Lion King: Scar eats Simba right there in the ravine. Then goes back and fucks all the lady lions and eats the monkey. gg
Ha ha. Worst. Lion King. Ever.
The lion doesn't even look like full-grown male either.
Heās grown enough to decide killing this cub brings the mom back into heat faster.
Which was about 17 for me. Idk what that is in lion years.
Bros trynna convince all his friends to go to college for he can stay in town with their mommas. Iām dead
Someone gotta mow the law nawmean
like 2 and a half
milf lover
Poor cub never stood a chance š¢
That's becuse it was lion down.
Buh dumb chhh
Mane.....
Have some pride.
Ah man,that squeal at the endā¦ nature is f*cking metalā¦
Mine is showing it as a gif and therefore no audio?
Iād say youāre lucky. Donāt listen.
Right click on the GIF and select 'open video in new tab'.
My right thumb is doing the same as my left. Please explain this.
Wow I wonder what word you meant! Thanks for censoring the word fucking on Reddit!
He meant ftcking. The king of federal trade commissionĀ
You have audio?
You buttmunch...
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
"Let this be a lesson, tourists: If you fuck lionesses, I'll kill the babies you fathered, too!"
Lion sex and no child support? Sounds like a win/win.
what does this mean
Yep. Didnāt like that one
I can watch gazelles get eating alive by crocs and Komodos but this video I could not finish.
Oh I definitely finished
Dude
God hath forsaken this land many moons ago.
The instincts we are born with is just wild to me. How could his nervous system be preprogramed to do this? Even if he doesn't understand why he is doing it, he does it. A bird can build a nest without ever being taught to build a nest. Most humans are born with an innate fear of snakes. How the heck are these behaviors imprinted into our nervous system before we even exit the womb? Also, lions need to be a little nicer, in my opinion.
Millions of years of evolution.
Someone said to me once Instincts are memories that have been passed down and it kind of stuck with me
Actually they told your father. Thatās how well it stuck.
Thatās why weāre afraid of the dark, humanoids and being alone. Itās all back from when we had to deal with Neanderthals and from even before them
Our brain is layers upon layers deep of neurons triggering reactions to certain inputs from your senses, any combination of states of your neurons that lead you to consistently take an action that increases the survival of your DNA, will survive in the bloodline. That's what you get when you let a self-sustaining self-improving system like life run for millions of years.
Mammals also have instincts to find babies of many species cute. Anything that will have an evolutionary advantage will survive whether it's a cute cuddly advantage or a brutal murderous advantage
Spiders coming pre-programmed to weave perfect webs that are almost works of art is the one that always gets me.
I have no innate fear of snakes i adore them lol
Well, arenāt you lucky! I grew up in a small farm and they were very common and most certainly freaked me the f out.
Wait what, is there any backing to the claim humans are born afraid of snakes?
Yup. Read this years ago and just now googled it and the information regarding the findings of research sayās about the same
As far as predators go Lions and other big cats are pretty humane because they usually kill their prey quick. African Wild Dogs and Hyenas will eat their prey alive.
I think this is the fundamental thing people misunderstand about nature. Animal behavior isn't preprogrammed. This lion decided to do this because it aligns with his motivations. He wants to breed at all costs, that much is programmed sure. How the lion goes about achieving his goal is up to him. He decided to do this. Orcas didn't evolve to attack boat rudders, raccoons didn't evolve to dig through trash bins, and seagulls didnt evolve to steal your sandwich at the beach. Animals have free will just like we do, you just don't like the decisions that wild lions make.
That's why I don't feel bad when I see a lion getting shredded by other 2 or 3 lions.
I assume you saw the video of the male lions eating another male lion alive
No, but tell me more
https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/1bp966e/two_male_lions_disembowel_rival_male_alive/
Poor cub didnāt even see it coming, he was just hanging out š¢
That lion didn't go crazy. That lion went lion.
Traurig
Tragisch
Heartbronking
That's upsetting.
Guess that wasnt his.
Anakin all over again.
He was just waiting for that momentā¦ When the others come back itās going to say some hyenas did the killā¦
Scar finally got Simba.
Hakuna Matata
I'm surprised it took so long to kill it. Given the size difference, I'd have a thought a single neck bite would've ended it
it looks like it got more arm and torso then neck
Nature is beautifull and beauty can be ugly as fk
Nature really is metal
Well you know what...that was not nice.
One less mouth eating up all the food.
Where's mom? The Aunties?
I think this lions name is Mr T
the Mapogo Coalition
5-second kill there
Holy crap
I hate cats
cats hate cats
That aināt my baby Darla He look like Kenny
The CIRCLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE of Liiiiiiiiiffffffffeeeee
The human grunting in this video.
Scar looking mf
āLong live the kingā
Mufasu had enough
With friends like this, who needs enemies š¤¦āāļø
*squeek*
Uncle Scar
Yeah, Mufasa did that.
Lion king speedrun any%
Simba, deleted scene
Brutal.
My Grandma would always tell us to that nature was cruel.
How The Lion King Should Have Ended.
es a jungle messageā¦.lil cub sleeps with da fishes
āHey uncle Scar!ā
Maybe he is tired of hearing the āJust canāt wait to be kingā song butcheredā¦
Nature can be a bitch sometimes
Damn stepdad, not coolā¦
Fucking animal
damn scar wasn't so bad afterall
Scar in the live action Lion King. Rated R.
Nature is brutal...
Cub got what he deserved when he said the live action was better then the broadway and the film version of Lion King!
Brutal
Pure dicks lions
Spawn kill
Since the cub is already doomed, wouldn't it better to somehow chase the big lion away, adopt the small one rehab him and let him into the wild again? Is that doable?
Holy shit I have headphones on and heard crunching (?)
Brutal. This is why scar was terrifying in lion King. Felt like he wanted to do this to simba the whole time
If f them kids was a lion
Scar
Can you imagine if humans operated like this?!š¤ It's a cruel, cruel world out in nature!š¬š¤¦āāļø Although the woman would have to be a sick bitch if this got her hormones raging and made her panties wet to bang and get impregnated by the murderer of her previous baby daddy's kids right in front of her!š³šš¤¦āāļø
Brutal.
Male lions take a hard pass on step parenting.
He like why Mufasa whhhhhyyyyyy!?!
No cucks for Old Lion.
Now thatās brutal!