“However, a male-male combo was a first for us!” “For regular safari travelers like us, who have been visiting Africa for close to 20 years now, with more than 300 nights in the bushes of 7 different countries, mating lions is not a rare sighting,” Eugene, an engineer who filmed the video in Kruger National Park told. Eventually, the suitor seems to realize that his affections aren’t being reciprocated (or even acknowledged) and moves on. Meanwhile, the third lion notices and graciously turns his back to give the two some privacy. One of the lions mounts another and begins humping, while the object of his attention seems completely unfazed by the situation. If you’re all about anthropomorphizing animals then you might describe the situation like this: In the incredible footage above, three lions were warming themselves in the morning sun when things took an interesting turn.