albinwonderland:zitadevi:glitchinthematrixx:animalaspects:If it looks like a male lion and is percei
albinwonderland:zitadevi:glitchinthematrixx:animalaspects:If it looks like a male lion and is perceived as a male lion—well, sometimes it isn’t. That’s the case of Africa’s unusual maned lionesses, which sport a male’s luxurious locks and may even fool competitors.Though uncommon, maned lionesses have been regularly sighted in the Momba area of Botswana‘s Okavango Delta (including the individual pictured below), where the lion population may carry a genetic disposition toward the phenomenon, according to Luke Hunter, president of the big-cat conservation group Panthera, which collaborates with National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative. (The Society owns National Geographic News.) (Click pic to continue.)wow wow WOW take THAT gender BINARY! HAH!When I was 4 for Halloween I asked my mother to make me a lion costume. I insisted that it had a glorious mane, yet told everyone I was being “Nala”. I went to school in the costume and told everyone I was Nala, and they tried to argue that my mane made me a boy lion. I said, no, I’m a girl lion who can do whatever she wants. As a 5 year old, I knew this to be fact. So as it turns out, I was secretly a fucking genius. -- source link
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