Mufasa: The Lion King
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Mufasa: The Lion Kingintroduces a new group of villainous white lions.
They certainly make for intriguing villains, but white lions aren’t an invention of Disney.
A significant reveal of the film’s start is that Mufasa wasn’t born with royal blood.
He was an ordinary lion who became separated from his parents and eventually accepted by a new pride.
The Outsiders In The Lion King Explained
Who Are The Outsiders?
The Outsiders ofMufasa: The Lion Kingis a pride of all white lions.
They are larger than the typical lions ofThe Lion Kingand several times as cruel.
Rafiki eventually explains that these white lions weren’t all born to this single pride.
Instead,they were born to typical tawny lions and cast out due to their differencestheir white fur.
Over the years, these rejected lions came together to form a single pride led by King Kiros.
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Kiros' pride of white lions became a legend among the other prides of the Valley of Kings.
For this reason, Obasi feared Mufasa.
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It’s ultimately revealed thatthe lion Mufasa killed was Kiros' son and the heir to his pride.
To seek revenge, Kiros led an attack against Obasi’s pride.
However, before the white lions appeared, Obasi sentMufasa and Takaaway.
Are White Lions Real?
According to theGlobal White Lion Protection Trust, these animals arenative to the Kruger-to-Canyons Biosphere region in South Africa.
Like inMufasa: The Lion King, White Lions are born among the general tawney population.
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They do not have albinism.
However, this isn’t the case in real life.
Aside from their coloration,White Lions share very few differences from their general population.
Unlike Albino animals, White Lions are not prone to any other genetic difficulty.
It used to be believed that White Lions could not survive in the wild due to hunting disadvantages.
Their fur was thought to make camouflage difficult.
Additionally, there are no recorded all-White Lion prides in Africa.
Additionally, there are White Lions in captivity in a variety of zoos.
