How Does a Young Lion Avoid Being Kicked Out of the Lion Pride? That's when the lion pride is sufficiently weak.
Lions are among the most popular animals in nature, and as the only social cats among the feline species, lions certainly have many charms. Regarding the living habits of lions, one of them is very cruel: the mortality rate of lion cubs is very high, and the reason behind it is not only other competitors such as hyenas and leopards, but more importantly, it comes from adult male lions biting. When a new male lion takes over a lion pride, all the children of the previous male lion will face disaster, either killed by being bitten or driven out of the pride.
For a lion pride, even if there is no new male lion entering, and the young male lions grow up, they are also going to leave the pride, because male lions become more aggressive as they grow older, and will conflict with the lion king, which the lion king cannot tolerate. So when young male lions reach the age of 2-3 years old, even if they are their own offspring, they will be driven out.
This is the living habit of lions, and this is also the way this species avoids inbreeding. Although it is very cruel, it is crucial for the development of lions.
So does this actually exist in reality? Do young male lions not get kicked out of the pride, and do they live in the pride forever? Actually, it does. Generally, there are two situations: one is when there is a fixed male lion guarding a pride and there are no other male lions coming to fight for territory. For the lion king, all the cubs in the pride are his own offspring, and his tolerance will be high, as long as the young male lion is obedient to the lion king and doesn't show any rebelliousness, even if it's in its teenage years or adulthood, it will not be driven out because the lion king needs it to help him face the future competition.
The other situation is when the pride is weak enough, and young male lions have a great chance to stay in the original pride. In many people's perception, male lions are lone fighters, but this is not the case. Most male lions who take over a pride are in teams, such as the famous 'bad boys' alliance, which consists of 6 male lions.
Male lions often team up to fight for territory. If a pride has only 1 or 2 male lions leading it, its combat power is too weak, and it will be crushed by stronger male lion alliances.
So for weak male lion prides, if the lion king's son can be obedient to him after growing up, he will gladly let his son stay and form a father-son or father-uncle alliance, which will directly increase the combat power of the entire pride. Even if there are strong male lion alliances, they can fight. After the combat power is expanded, they are not satisfied with the status quo and actively seek to conquer more female lion prides.
For example, the leader of the 'bad boys' alliance, Engraraarik, has 5 male lions under his command, and they were all his male lion cubs. After the 5 cubs grew up, they all expressed obedience to Engraraarik, so Old Eng didn't kill or drive them out, but accepted them and formed a strong male lion alliance with them.
After the 'bad boys' alliance was formed, Old Eng quickly took them into a nomadic life, actively looking for larger lion prides and subsequently gaining more female lions. So for lion cubs, the probability of staying in the original pride is relatively low, unless the pride is weak and they can express obedience to the lion king.
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