The Extraordinary Maternal Instinct of This Lioness Can't Be Explained by Science
© Joop Van Der Linde / NdutuLodge/Panthera/KopelLion
Mama Lioness
The lion's name is Nosikitok, and she lives in a protected area in Tanzania. She was found with the little leopard about a mile or so from where it was believed she had her own babies.
The managers of the area suspect that Nosikitok's babies may have died, thus causing her to move so far from the area.
However, before all her maternal hormones disappeared, she found this little leopard.