SEPTEMBER 2019 • NAT GEO KIDS (^11)
PIG
Thirsk,
England
Adopt-an-Oryx
You’re
just too
cute.
of them even managed to escape to
their real mothers.
Kamuniak’s odd behavior puzzled
game wardens and scientists. Lion
expert Craig Packer believes she was
like a house cat toying with a mouse.
“Kamuniak was playful,” Packer says.
“But I think she got carried away with
her game.” Others think Kamuniak had
so much love to give that any baby
would do! —Pamela S. Turner
Kamuniak the lioness was supposed to
love baby oryx—as lunch meat.
Instead she tried to mother multiple
African antelopes. Kamuniak (kuh-
moo-NYACK) chased off the mother
oryx and protected her “babies” from
other predators like leopards and
cheetahs. But Kamuniak didn’t exactly
deserve Mother’s Day cards from
appreciative animals: The young oryx
didn’t fare well with a lion “mom.” Two
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
LION AND
ORYX
Samburu
National Reserve,
Kenya
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