Lion cub triplets get in dad’s hair at new home

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Lion cub triplets get in dad’s hair at new home

Weeks after meeting their dad and siblings, a trio of lion cubs are already making a roaring impression.

The three-month-old triplets made their debut appearance in the western NSW city of Dubbo last week and have since been traversing their new habitat.

After spending three months behind the scenes with their mum and keepers, they met their dad Lwazi and siblings Amali, Imani, Mara and Zawadi.

“You’ll see the older sisters stalking the cubs, and they stalk their older sisters as well,” keeper Bridget Kaitler said.

“They are so obsessed with him (dad), wherever he goes they follow him and want to jump all over him and get in his tail and his mane.”

The triplets were born on February 21 in mum Marion’s third litter in three years.

Taronga’s Western Plains Zoo now boasts 11 lions with nine in the main pride.

But two boys who were born a year and a half ago have reached a teenage phase.

In a move showing they wanted to find the love of their lives, young males Bahati and Jabari formed a bachelor coalition away from the pride.

This is a common occurrence for wild male lions who often leave their pride when they reach ******* maturity to ensure DNA diversity.

They make alliances, and then either form their own pride or live out their lives as bachelors.

“When we were doing those cub introductions, we saw some signs from Marion and the oldest sisters that it was time for the boys to make their own way,” Ms Kaitler said.

“We made the decision to separate the boys so they’re now a bachelor group.”

The boys have taken up the larger enclosure out of the lions, with the pride living in the smaller one.

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