# Cub

A mother lioness was observed nursing a leopard cub in Tanzania, a rare interspecies adoption event. Meanwhile, news highlights the unique bond between a lioness and an adopted leopard cub in India.

### About Cub
This topic focuses on young animals, specifically their welfare, rescue, and natural behaviors.  

### Insights
- cub posts created is up 13.64% from the previous week.

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[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/cub/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
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[--] Week: [---------] -11%  
[--] Month: [-------------] -47%  
[--] Months: [--------------] +76%  
[--] Year: [--------------] +421%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-11-13  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-05-08  

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[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/cub/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Cub in the last [--] hours which is up 12% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
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1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-22  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-05-08  

The most influential creators that mention Cub in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                                   | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                   | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@upediashorts](/creator/youtube/upediashorts)            | [--]    | [----------] | [---]   | [---------]   |
| [@silentdecode](/creator/youtube/silentdecode)            | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [---------]   |
| [@factorydays](/creator/youtube/factorydays)              | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@wild](/creator/youtube/wild)                            | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@Gabriele_Corno](/creator/twitter/Gabriele_Corno)        | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@wildembrace234](/creator/youtube/wildembrace234)        | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@disneymusicvevo](/creator/youtube/disneymusicvevo)      | [--]    | [----------] | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@amazinganimalslove](/creator/tiktok/amazinganimalslove) | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@ipandachannel](/creator/youtube/ipandachannel)          | [--]    | [---------]  | [--]    | [-------]     |
| [@ecoplanet043](/creator/youtube/ecoplanet043)            | [--]   | [-------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |

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### Sentiment: 86%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:cub/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/cub/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 86%  
Daily Average: 77%  
[--] Week: 81% +4%  
[--] Month: 82% +1%  
[--] Months: 82% -6%  
[--] Year: 82% -13%  
1-Year High: 98% on 2025-08-13  
1-Year Low: 16% on 2025-12-04  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Cub Rescue and Rehabilitation: (40%) Posts detailing the rescue and rehabilitation of young animals, emphasizing their welfare and eventual release back into the wild.
- Natural Behaviors and Growth of Cubs: (30%) Content showcasing the natural behaviors, growth, and development of various animal cubs, often highlighting their interactions with parents or siblings.
- Human-Animal Bonds and Interactions: (20%) Stories and videos depicting positive interactions between humans and cubs, including rescue scenarios and unique bonds.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Illegal Trade and Exploitation of Cubs: (7%) Discussions and warnings about the illegal trade, petting, and exploitation of cubs, particularly in contexts like the historical sale of lion cubs.
- Conservation Concerns and Threats to Cubs: (3%) Posts highlighting threats to cub populations, such as habitat loss, attacks by predators, and the impact of human activities.
  

### Top Cub News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"'Truly unique' mother lioness nurses leopard cub in Tanzania - BBC News These beautiful pictures are the first ever taken of a wild lioness feeding a young leopard"  
[News Link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40603065) [@BBC](/creator/x/BBC) 2025-08-21T18:00Z 2.4M followers, 131.5K engagements


"Lioness adopts leopard cub and cares for it like her own The Independent The Independent This is only the third interspeciesadoption by niche competing species recorded in the wild"  
[News Link](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/lioness-lion-adopts-leopard-cub-india-gujarat-gir-a9364421.html) [@Independent](/creator/x/Independent) 2025-08-21T18:00Z 3.4M followers, 131.5K engagements


"'Truly unique': lioness adopts and nurses leopard cub Wildlife The Guardian No wild cat has ever been observed nursing a cub from another species the event may be the result of the Tanzanian lioness having lost her own litter"  
[News Link](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/14/truly-unique-lioness-adopts-and-nurses-leopard-cub) [@guardian](/creator/x/guardian) 2025-08-21T18:00Z 10.3M followers, 131.5K engagements



### Top Cub Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"@thescorechicago @ruthiepolinsky Im not a Kyle Tucker fan but2 b fairKyle was TRADED 2the @Cubs Alex signed as a FAkinda hard 2b super excited when 1its not his persona 2u know u r only a rentaland 3he was hurt half the time.That bein said im glad the @Cubs switched gears 2Alextuck not cub material"  
[X Link](https://x.com/hvera33/status/2022336293188124919) [@hvera33](/creator/x/hvera33) 2026-02-13T15:45Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Photographer Johan J. Botha was at a lion kill of quite a big lion family of nine which included some cubs. All had enough to eat when all of a sudden this overfed lion cub just fell over on its back Looking at him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2022330805725597860) [@Rainmaker1973](/creator/x/Rainmaker1973) 2026-02-13T15:23Z 4.1M followers, 71.1K engagements


".@ruthiepolinsky on Alex Bregman: "It's the intangibles that make you really happy he's a Chicago Cub and Kyle Tucker is not." Ruthie praises Tucker's talent but felt like he never truly wanted to be in Chicago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/thescorechicago/status/2022327352777134230) [@thescorechicago](/creator/x/thescorechicago) 2026-02-13T15:09Z 124.6K followers, 40.5K engagements


"The arctic fox and her cub fell into the ocean and attracted the attention of an orca . and then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/2022325594252316881) [@Gabriele_Corno](/creator/x/Gabriele_Corno) 2026-02-13T15:02Z 338K followers, 62.9K engagements

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