00:00 We already know a lot about the great skill and ingenuity of lions in hunting, but few
00:09 people know that, through the heroic teenage years, the lion becomes weak in old age and
00:15 lives alone for the rest of his life.
00:19 Memories of his youth always flashed in his eyes.
00:23 In the past, on the vast vast steppe, it unleashed its strongest attacks, finishing off its
00:29 prey.
00:31 It was once the leader of the lions, courageous and ferocious, but now it is alone, waiting
00:39 to die.
00:41 How is the old lion's life full of gloom and loneliness?
00:45 Let's find out together in this video.
00:50 The Old Lion, The Last Time of the Old King.
00:56 Smart, healthy, brave, bloodthirsty, male lions are known to be the most fearsome carnivores
01:06 on the savannah.
01:11 With a toned and large body structure, it is also the most skilled warrior.
01:16 With just one attack, it can immediately knock down prey many times larger than itself.
01:22 It is known as the king of all species.
01:30 But every golden age has an end.
01:35 Old age turns the male lion into a dirty, thin and weak man.
01:40 It was no longer able to hunt as before, but was also excluded from the herd by its own
01:46 relatives.
01:53 Unlike other solitary big cats, lions are pack animals.
01:57 A herd of lions is led by a large male.
02:00 It is responsible for protecting the swarm, warding off natural enemies and directing
02:05 the activities of its swarm.
02:08 The male lion is the supreme leader of the herd.
02:14 A lion with a leader role cannot keep its position forever.
02:22 Old age brings with it a decline in health that makes it quickly toppled by other adult
02:26 lions.
02:28 It was the most difficult period of the lion's life.
02:31 The Last Time of the Old King.
02:37 The Worst Period for a Male Lion.
02:42 When they become old and weak, male lions will be killed by healthy lions in the herd
02:47 or just removed from the herd.
02:50 Although still having fighting power, the old lion is not as good as the new adult males.
02:56 This old lion is being attacked by two other lions.
03:00 It could be its child or grandchild.
03:04 Fights like this will often directly kill the old lion or make it severely disabled
03:09 just waiting to die.
03:11 The throne has cruelly changed hands.
03:15 The king has been usurped.
03:18 There are also lions that do not die after fighting or are just kicked out of the herd.
03:24 It is no longer the leader of any other lion and must live on its own.
03:29 They will live alone, nomadic across the grasslands.
03:39 These lions have to feed themselves or eat the leftovers of other animals.
03:44 In order to survive, it is forced to hunt smaller animals.
03:48 The large muscular herbivores were out of reach for the old lions.
03:53 It chooses slow, small and somewhat gentler animals.
03:58 Warthogs are one such species and they become viable prey for old lions.
04:04 Lions can only use their strength to dig from the mouth of the warthogs cave.
04:10 Directly capture the young in the cave to eat.
04:12 For this lion, although somewhat old and weak, the young warthog is still not its opponent.
04:19 With the skills of a veteran assassin, the ability to dig available soil, the old lion
04:26 had a temporary meal, enough to live through the day.
04:30 And at its age, it probably doesn't expect a longer life either.
04:34 It can die at any time in this wild nature.
04:40 Faced with starvation, it must use all its strength, wits and skills to find rare prey.
04:46 But the difficulty does not stop there.
04:49 Lions also have to confront other natural enemies, arch enemies in this harsh natural
04:54 world.
05:06 It also has to accept the leftovers of other animals, trying to stay alive weakly.
05:13 However, it rarely gets enough food for itself and becomes increasingly weak and emaciated.
05:26 The old lion lived like this until death came.
05:31 It is getting weaker day by day, no longer able to hunt or move.
05:37 It will die from being too weak and hungry.
05:40 The muscle bundles gradually atrophied, leaving the skeleton with no strength left.
05:47 It took several days to breathe its last while lying in one position.
05:52 It had no strength left to move or respond to mockery coming from fellow animals or other
05:58 animals.
06:00 The poor lion is finally gone.
06:02 Having lived a life of unpredictable ups and downs, it has experienced enough happiness,
06:07 pride to suffering and loneliness.
06:11 So the end of the old king's life was tragic and lonely.
06:16 Sometimes death comes as the liberation for the lonely and hungry days of the old lion.
06:23 At these times, the old lion may reminisce about his heroic past.
06:28 It once bombarded the entire steppe, was a leader of a ferocious lion herd, once one
06:34 of the most feared carnivores on the vast savannah.
06:45 Precise pounces, finishing attacks, quickly knocking down prey, long wide footsteps on
06:51 the vast grass.
06:52 Now those images remained only in the memory of the old king.
06:59 The throne cannot last forever, and domination is only for a while.
07:04 That is already the behavior of an animal.
07:07 It cannot be otherwise.
07:09 Few people know that the mighty lion had to live such a quiet old age.
07:14 Unlike any other animal, it first suffered from the feeling of being abandoned by the
07:21 herd.
07:22 The old lion only has to accept and try to survive the difficult time at the end of his
07:27 life.
07:28 Old age, sickness and death is the inevitable lore of all species.
07:34 Whether strong or weak, all have to go through these events in life.
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