[music playing]
NARRATOR: Elsewhere,
the mother lion is still
safely hidden with her
babies, somewhere predators
will never find.
A week after birth, the
lion cubs open their eyes.
And at three weeks,
their milk teeth grew in.
And now, at one-month-old,
they're finally
capable they're moving around.
So the lioness
invites them to follow
her to the next hiding place.
She will move them every three
or four days to avoid the cubs'
scent attracting predators.
By six to eight weeks old,
they should be brave enough
to follow their mother
onto the savanna
and join the creche of other
cubs and the rest of the pride.
But the lioness has
spotted a threat.
Her worst enemy has just
entered her territory.
She must remove the hyena
before it smells the cubs.
[barking noise]
[music playing]
Hidden in the tall grass,
the lion cubs remain safe.
Now the pressure is on
to find a new shelter.
By taking one cub
in her mouth, it
shows the others that they must
obey and follow their mother.
