A video of a baboon in South Africa’s Kruger National Park tending to a lion cub while sitting on top of a tree has gone viral. In the video, an adult baboon can be seen relaxing on a marula tree. It turns to face the camera while holding a weakly crying lion cub that is clearly in pain as the sun peeks through the leaves.
The video’s caption described that a male baboon stole a lion 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 and began grooming it while it was still alive and healthy. While some people are pleased to see this interspecies friendship, others believe the lion cub may not last long in the branches.
People have even said that since the baboon cannot teach the lion cub how to ʜᴜɴᴛ, the cub would probably starve to ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ. Carnivorous baboons are known to go on the ʜᴜɴᴛ. Some people even worry that the baboon may ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀ and devour the cub.
A user says that the lion 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 will eventually need milk, and he doubts the baboon will be able to provide it. A comment says that who knows what will happen here considering that baboons have been known to capture young stray dogs, raise them to adulthood, and then keep them as pets.
Let’s take a look at this amazing sight in the video below: