Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answers for the questions.
 

Lions don't take much interest in hunting as compared to lionesses. According to experts, more than three-quarters of kills are made by lionesses. The lioness stays ahead in search of prey, the cubs playfully follow her and lions stay behind the pride nodding their massive heads as if they were bored with the hunting. But this sluggishness of lions may contribute to survival value as the lioness is busy hunting, the males provide protection to the cubs, protects them from other animals especially from hyenas.
 

Q 1- Lioness remains confident about the safety of her cubs while hunting because ___________.