Bat-eared foxes give birth once a year, at the end of the dry season. Four cubs to a litter is typical but up to ten are occasionally seen. Lions are often found near the river because they need to drink regularly and because they frequent areas of the Park where prey species congregate. When you find a pride of lions they are most likely to be resting, as lions spend a large part of their day doing this. If they are awake, they may be licking, grooming, playing and greeting one another.
Lions greet upon waking and whenever they meet after being separated.
Greeting behavior is easy to recognize and consists of rubbing heads or even their whole bodies together. A cub greets its mother by rubbing the top of its head and then the whole body and tail against her chin. These groups of females have a large territorial range within which they capture prey and raise their cubs. Cubs of different females are often born close together and are raised by several females. The cubs can suckle from any lactating female and if a mother dies, her orphans will be adopted by the other females.