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Do lions eat their young

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Yes, on some occasions they do. If a male lion takes over a pride, he will kill all the cubs that are in the pride at the time, so he can kill off the genes of the previous male, and can then proceed to mate with the lioness and have his own cubs.

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Yes, they do if food is scarce. Thee even eat other animal's young ones or other lion's young. They even eat their own young.

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