When a lioness comes into heat, no hierarchy matters. 🦁
For 4 to 7 days, she demands to mate every 20 or 30 minutes, reaching up to 40 times in a single day. It’s not a whim: in lions, ovulation is triggered by the act of mating itself, so her body drives her to keep trying relentlessly until fertilization is achieved. If the dominant male slows down or simply can’t go on any longer, she doesn’t wait — she seeks another male to continue where the first ran out of strength. 😳
There is even a hidden advantage to this behavior: by mating with more than one male, she reduces the risk of them killing her future cubs, because no male attacks a cub that could be his. Pure instinct, with no room for rest or wounded pride. ❤️
