A group of naughty lion cubs were caught behaving like every kitten in the world when they saw something flicking in the grass and decided to investigate and have some fun. It didn’t matter that it was their dad’s tail!
29-year-old Cameron Schmidt, the System Head Ranger at Pumba Private Game Reserve, filmed the cute moment. The playful cubs were exploring the area while their dad was trying to have a nap.
The pride had just made a kill and the adult lion’s tail was “swishing back and forth” to ward off the flies. The movement captured the cubs’ attention and they all approached to see what the funny fluffy thing was. One of the cubs tries to swat the tail, which prompts dad to let out a few growls.
But the mischievous cubs approach again, and after “a few more attempts at tail-catching the cubs got brave enough to grab it with their teeth.” That’s when the dad had enough!
Schmidt told Last Sighting, “We’re one of the few reserves in the Eastern Cape, similar to Sanbona in the Western Cape, to have free-roaming white lions. These lions, including the white ones, are thriving here. They’re experienced hunters, having taken down prey as large as giraffes. Despite their bright white color, they seem to still find a way to stalk and hunt their prey in the green eastern Cape landscape.”
And it would seem that the cubs are also experts at peskily waking up sleeping parents!
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