article_snippet.sent: When he was just three weeks old, Kibulu the African lion cub met Donna Wilson.
article_snippet.sent: Kibulu’s mother had rejected he in favour of he siblings and zoo keepers quickly decided it wasn’t safe for he to stay.
article_snippet.sent: We named he Kibulu, which is Swahili for blue, because he had these unusual electric blue eyes when he arrived,’ Donna Wilson told Daily Mail Australia.
article_snippet.sent: Nine months later, and weighing close to 80 kilograms, Kibulu the African lion cub still shares Donna’s bed most nights. 
article_snippet.sent: Zambi Wildlife Retreat in Western Sydney fostered Kibulu the African lion cub as a three-week-old cub after he mother rejected he at the NSW Zoo where he was born .
article_snippet.sent: Kibulu the African lion cub greets one of the Zambi Wildlife Retreat directors, Traci Griffiths, at the centre in Western Sydney .
article_snippet.sent: Since he arrived at Zambi Wildlife Retreat in Western Sydney as a 3-week-old cub, Kibulu the African lion cub has slept most nights in director Donna's bed with 'Teddy' Zambi Wildlife Retreat's Donna Wilson with Kibulu the African lion cub, the orphaned nine-month-old African lion who has shared her bed since he arrived as a three-week-old cub .
article_snippet.sent: Kibulu the African lion cub is one of 23 lions in director Donna’s care at Zambi Wildlife retreat, a sanctuary for retired, old, injured and homeless animals set on a 50 acre property south of Penrith in Western Sydney.
article_snippet.sent: Just one of the pride: Kibulu and director Traci share a moment at the retreat .
article_snippet.sent: One of Kibulu's favourite things to do is suck on people's thumbs.
article_snippet.sent: At nine-months old, Kibulu is already five times the strength and body weight of a person .
article_snippet.sent: Kibulu and Kibulu best friend
article_snippet.sent: But for now, while Kibulu's still happy to share a bed with Kibulu human mum, Donna says Kibulu’ll be allowed to continue sleeping in the big house.
article_snippet.sent: Up close and personal: Kibulu plants a big one on Zambi Wildlife Retreat director Traci Griffiths .