I guess we're doing necromancy on this damn post so since I've been unceremoniously summoned from the grave, let me share a fun fact about lions: the idea that male lions are lazy and incapable of hunting is a myth! a myth so widespread that I got sick of people repeating it in the notes of this post and turned off reblogs!
but now it's back, so to set the record straight, lions and lionesses have different but equally important roles within a pride, which was kind of the whole point of the OP. while lionesses are the primary hunters in a pride, males have the important job of defending the territory and any cubs from rival lions and other threats. but both males and females are capable of performing either of those roles when circumstances require it (male lions can and do hunt for themselves, even once they have a pride of their own, and female lions have been known to take on a "male" role in some prides). a lion that can't feed itself is not a lion that lives long enough to ever have a pride.
the moral of this post was never "haha men are useless and stupid" it's "humans, like lions and wolves, are social animals that thrive best with the support of a community/family, and it's ironic that the types of people with the most individualistic/isolated approaches to life have chosen other highly social animals to represent how they see themselves."
thanks for coming to my TED talk, captive audience.
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