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In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, a male baboon preens a lion cub in a tree While the rest of the baboon troop settled down, the male “moved from branch to branch, grooming and carrying the cub for a long period of time,” said Schultz. in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. The baboon took the little cub into the tree and preened it as if it were his own, said safari ranger Kurt Schultz who said in 20 years he had never seen such behaviour. The fate of the lion cub is unknown. (Photo Kurt Schultz via AP)

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A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is an unusual sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.

By ANDREW MELDRUM, Associate Press February 5, 2020