JOHANNESBURG — Recent photos taken in a Kenyan wildlife area show a rare sight: a male lion mounting another male lion in what resembles a sexual act but is possibly a way of showing dominance. “It was just a dramatic thing to see,” Goldstein said of the male lions. He said he was astonished by a Kenyan media report in which Ezekiel Mutua, a Kenyan official, said the lion behaviour was “not normal” and made remarks critical of homosexuality. “Male lions form stable coalitions and they are very affectionate with each other, but this affection is expressed by rubbing their heads together, licking each other’s faces and flopping on top of each other,” he wrote. Another lion expert said cases of male lions mounting each other are “typically infrequent” and that he interprets it as a form of social bonding.

Source: National Post November 07, 2017 15:56 UTC