If there are two male lions in a pride, who can mate with the lioness? The other one can only watch?

Sometimes, wandering male lion cubs from the same tribe will gather together. Not only will they hunt together, but they will also challenge other lion kings together and lead the lion group together. In other words, the pride has two lion kings, or even more.

In order to encourage female lions to go into estrus, the first thing a male lion does after defeating the original lion king is to kill the lion cubs under 6 months old in the tribe. Although some female lions will flee with their cubs to avoid being killed by male lions, most female lions will accept the new lion king after he kills the cubs, and will soon come into heat.

In addition, female lions will go into estrus collectively when they are in estrus. Although there is no scientific explanation for this reason, scientists generally believe that this may be because when female lions go into estrus collectively, the cubs they give birth to can get The care of each lioness, who can nurse each other, helps increase cub survival rates.

If the new lion king is two or more male lions, then the male lions will also have internal wars. Among them, larger and stronger males can occupy more females, and The next level lion king can also mate with the female when the stronger lion king is not paying attention.

Generally, if there are more than 5 adult male lions in a lion group, they are likely to be divided into two groups. This is because the more male lions there are, the more internal fighting will occur, and the losses will be greater. The more there are, it is better to disperse them into two groups and develop separately.

Many zoologists and photographers came to Africa and took many pictures related to African lions. Among them, many times they photographed the male lions in the pride carrying the lionesses on their backs and the stray lionesses " The picture of "dating" therefore seems to give people the impression that male lions are more "playful" than lionesses. In fact, when it comes to choosing a mate, some lionesses will also "be in the Cao camp but their hearts are in the Han Dynasty" - although there are adult male lions in the pride, they will still choose other male lions.

Lions are complex cats. They often live in groups, hunt together, raise offspring together, and develop territories together. In a lion pride, there are often one or two adult male lions, several adult female lions, and cubs that are still growing. Female lions are mainly responsible for hunting and raising cubs; male lions are mainly responsible for defending their territory, having priority over prey and mating rights to lionesses.

Although the lion king is majestic and rules the entire lion group, the life of the lion king is actually very difficult. Every lion king has to leave his native family since he was a child and go on his own. Moreover, they generally leave their families when they are underage. Their bodies are not fully developed and their physical fitness has not yet reached its peak. Therefore, at this time, they are not able to challenge other lion kings and can only hunt alone.

Male lions need to hunt by themselves during their wanderings, but they do not have the right to mate. If they want to reproduce, they can only challenge other lion kings. The female lions will stay in their own group and obtain prey through unity and cooperation, and no matter how the lion king changes, they will not be affected. Because of this, male lions are much more likely to die than female lions.