Caring for your children is a difficult task for any parent, and it appears that not only humans, but even animals, must bear this load.
This sad papa lion, though, illustrates it better than anybody else.
This regal lion, a father of five, may be king of the jungle, but when it comes to parenting, he appears to be as helpless as his prey!
A lion was captured on video anxiously trying to care for its rambunctious offspring while their mother was abroad in a sequence of very comical photographs.
Despite his best efforts, the male called Singa is not nearly as domineering with his young as he is with the rest of the pride. He has a headache from the five nasty small ones.
The lion was forced to take on parenting chores when the cubs’ mother was bitten by another lioness and was sent to the zoo’s medical department for treatment.
Despite the fact that she only had minor injuries, she will be separated from their children for a few days.
As a result, dad had to look after them,» the photographer explained. «He was attempting to raise them, as a mother would, in order to move them to a safer location.
» After over a week, the mother lion has fully healed and returned to her cubs, who were overjoyed to see their mother again.
But, to be honest, I’m not sure who was happier: the cubs or their father?
