African lion females live in peaceful communes, with cubs raised
 together and often suckling from lionesses that are not their
 mothers, researchers report.
 
 Behavioral ecologist Craig Packer of the University of Minnesota
 said the lioness is a fierce and deadly adversary to lions 
 outside of her pride and to other enemies. Within the family 
 group, however, there is little bickering or disagreement and a 
 lot of sharing, Packer said. "There is a sense of community
 there that is not really present at all in many other social
 species," said Packer, lead author of a study appearing Friday 
 in the journal Science.

 While many animal societies operate under a dictatorship, such 
 as a beehive run by a queen or a wolf pack dominated by the 
 Alpha female, that is not the case with lions, he said.

 "Lions are unusual among the cats because they are social,"
  Packer said. "All the other cats are solitary."

  Subject: InfoBeat News - Morning Coffee Edition - 7/27/2001
  Date:    Fri, 27 Jul 2001 04:59:24 MDT
  From:    InfoBeat <news@infobeat.com>
  WASHINGTON (AP)

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