 URL lioness adopts fifth antelope rory carroll africa correspondent tuesday october NUMBER NUMBER the guardian kamuniak the dysfunctional lioness has forfeited another meal by adopting her fifth baby oryx this year an aberration of nature which has baffled wildlife experts the young lioness in the samburu national park in northern kenay adopted her latest baby at the weekend a wildlife service warden said yesterday each time kamuniak whose name means the blessed one in the local samburu tongue has tried to protect the antelopes from other predators and allowed the natural mothers to feed them unfortunately for her one oryx ended up in the belly of a male lion while kamuniak slept the others were either rescued by wardens or retrieved by their natural mothers the wardens think the latest adoptee nicknamed naisimari taken by force was adopted at the weekend she must have adopted her on sunday because they are in harmony said gabriel lepariyo a warden naisimari s natural mother has been seen shadowing the odd couple at a distance theories to explain the phenonemon abound not having her own cubs kamuniak is lonely she is colour blind and short sighted and thinks the calves are cubs the oryx were too frail to flee breaking the classic prey behaviour and confusing the hunter kamuniak wants to be a vegetarian kamuniak wants to be loved yahoo groups sponsor sell a home with ease URL to unsubscribe from this group send an email to forteana unsubscribe URL your use of yahoo groups is subject to URL 