Perhaps a latent maternal instinct, but more likely the catbrain was hoping it would get up to be chased and toyed with.

"What was she thinking?"

Probably thinking she needed to find a good spot to stash her little suprise so she could come back to it later for a snack.

Typical Disney-fied bullshit, projecting human reasoning and emotions onto animals.

She is an unethical huntress.

Maybe she was a pen raised lion...

Damn sorry...just couldn't resist that one...

Jeff

I think this is pretty interesting and it's not the first time something of this nature has been reported. There's also a documentary of a lioness taking care of an oryx baby. And another documentary of a leopard taking care of a baby baboon.

Thanks for posting, Kathi.