I suppose this is more related to ethology than humanity, but it's interesting nonetheless. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1746000/1746828.stm Malfunctioning instinct, animal compassion, or rational thought?
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Aberrant behavior... This is highly unusual behavior for animals in the wild, I have heard of a couple of similar instances, but not in a case where one of the animals is the natural predator of the other. This may be a case of animal psychology wherein our lion benefactress/foster parent has sustained some kind of previously undetected imbalance: This lioness is carrying around an identity conflict, we should post this on the parapsychology forum!!:bugeye:
Curious ... Wonder if the lion who killed the oryx had previously killed the lioness' cubs? Rather common.
