This idea isn't quite a mutation but a condition caused by other cubs biting the ear or even insects eating the cartilage is which causes the ear to flop and barely can move. So this could only appear if the cub is born with siblings. It has no chance when its with a litter of 1.

This isn't lethal! And it can appear on either ear! So maybe it could show up in adol stage since we aren't going to see their interactions when they are first born which causes this.

This shouldn't be a scar item as that would literally require a overlay of lines which in this case would have to some how factor in the ear plus all markings that effect the ear area. So it would be a "Mutation" as it would need its own smallish line change.

When it will show up:

~ 5 months after its weaned from its mother (only if the cub has siblings in the litter)
~ Adol (only if the cub has siblings in litter)

Other ideas of when it will show up:

~ Possibly from cub training as it could be something thats rare and damage happened to the ear.
~ Possibly from sparing too when the king lion smacks the cub too hard on the head.

How It'd work in game:

It'd only appear with a rare chance in litters of 2-4 cubs since it requires siblings to effect the cub for the flop ear and has no other mutation since it cannot and shouldn't overlap.

How its different from real lion prides:

In a real pride theres around on adverage 5 lionesses that makes a pride. Most will have cubs so they all would interact with each other which can easily effect the cub causing the flop ear.

Another way the Flop ear could appear is when the adult lions get too aggressive when feeding on a carcass/buffalo and the ear is damaged too. Its another known way it could happen.

In Lioden we have unnaturally big prides. You would never see a pride of 40 lions and we never see interactions of the cubs even lionesses. Only interaction the lionesses have are hunting together but thats the most that can happen. It'd be pretty unfair if the cub is suddenly have the flop ear caused by the other cubs in the den/pride. That is why it should stick to being based by litter size and if its caused




Sourced from a real cub thats still alive in duma :) as seen on SafariLive. The Floppy ear cub has been seen by other siblings chewing on that exact ear so its most likely been caused by her siblings. And truthfully we don't know what sex the cub is yet. Its a female cub :P so she will stay within the pride!

If you don't support it please tell me why!