On the video, in the corner of the frame, you could see the moment Michael and I ran toward the snake. The male lion was already crouching, ready to spring—not at the snake, but at us.
But then, he stopped. He looked at the female, then at the snake crushing her, and then he looked at the sticks in our hands. The footage showed him deliberately relaxing his muscles. He sat down. He didn’t just “not interfere.” He made a conscious choice to entrust the life of his mate and his unborn cubs to the only creatures in the savannah who had the tools to save them.
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