'Truly unique': lioness adopts and nurses leopard cub
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from on (#2WEKK)
No wild cat has ever been observed nursing a cub from another species - the event may be the result of the Tanzanian lioness having lost her own litter
A lioness has been spotted nursing a tiny leopard cub in Tanzania, the first time a wild cat is known to have adopted a cub from another species.
The five-year old lioness, called Nosikitok is closely monitored by conservationists in the Ngorongoro conservation area and is known to have had a litter of her own in mid to late June.
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