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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 month ago (24 children)

https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/41825/Loarie_Lion_2013.pdf?sequence=1

New evidence suggests that the old 'male lions just eat what the females provide' trope is inocrrect.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

New evidence? This is over a decade old

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago

It's new to ME. >:C

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"New" is a relative term.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

On the timescale of lion evolution, this information literally just came to light.

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