As ✧ Espenfall ✧ 1.5k 2xros Prism (#127995) amazingly said :

Hello, I am supporting this as well as giving reasons why a lioness would indeed adopt a stray cub.

As someone with knowledge with animal instincts as well as a great deal of research having been done on several species similar to lions, it is very possible for a lioness to adopt cubs that are not their own, sometimes of entirely different species!

Lionesses, in general, tend to raise their litters alongside their fellow lionesses, sometimes even nursing cubs that aren't their own!

Lionesses in the wild are some of the most protective, as well as the most instinctive mothers in the wild. They are fiercely protective of their cubs, even from their own fathers!

That being said the argument can be made " But the lioness would kill the cub! " that is true, however not in this circumstances.

Lionesses rarely kill their own cubs, and if they do its because they already know the cub is too sick to survive. As we can see within Lioden, though, this doesn't happen. Lethal cubs, which would've been killed by their mothers in the wild, are here on Lioden.

The second argument could be made that " But what about the king? The king ALWAYS kills cubs that aren't his own "

Also true! But we happen to have both Tigons and Leopons already present in game.

So, as extra proof of this being not only plausible but real, here is an article about a lioness adopting a Leopard cub as her own, even nursing it!

Meet Nosikitok, The first lioness to adopt a cub from a different species!

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/14/truly-unique-lioness-adopts-and-nurses-leopard-cub

Here is an excerpt from this article:

" She is physiologically primed to take care of baby cats, and the little leopard fits the bill – it is almost exactly the age of her own cubs and physically very similar to them. "

It can be noted that in this, it still says the pride would likely kill the cub. However, the argument was not if the pride would, it was if the lioness was capable of caring for a cub not her own.

And again, we have leopons and Tigons already, and they too would've been killed by the pride, it's why we rarely see hybrids in the wild. Tigers aren't even in the region, which is why we had to add Lore to add them into the game. If we can do it for that, why not for this? There is no reason not to based on the argument being made. ESPECIALLY for a fantasy game about colorful lions.

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