Unlikely Friends: Lioness and oryx
Normally, a lioness that encounters an oryx kills and eats it.
In 2001, though a lioness in Kenya, nicknamed Kamuniak, came across a baby oryx and, instead of eating it, adopted it. Their story was recounted last week on the National Geographic Channel’s special, “Unlikely Animal Friends.”
Posted by jwoestendiek October 1st, 2009 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, inter-species, kamuniak, kenya, lion, lioness, national geographic channel, oryx, relationships, unlikely animal friends
Comment from danielle
Time October 1, 2009 at 8:36 am
I can’t believe they ended the segment right there where they did! I was all full of warm fuzzies, but now I can’t stop crying. Poor Kamuniak! (poor baby oryx, too!)