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  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • NARRATOR: The elder sister, the most secretive, returns

  • with four cubs--

  • all males.

  • They're a week or two younger than the twins.

  • Three are full of confidence, but one holds back.

  • He might have been called the runt of the litter in the past,

  • but he's probably just the more tentative character.

  • [CUBS ROARING]

  • Each lioness has four teats.

  • Nevertheless, the new cubs are keen to suckle

  • with their older cousins.

  • For the original, confident female twin,

  • it's an inconvenience.

  • But for her brother, a lone male, it's salvation.

  • Four new males-- cousins.

  • If all survive, they could form a powerful coalition,

  • and he's the eldest--

  • potentially the leader.

  • [LIONESS ROARING]

  • Lions share suckling duty, called allosuckling.

  • It forges bonds between litters, and is the foundation

  • for future prides.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

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