Tarzan lies unconscious on the ground, and the lioness, seeing the motionless body before her, crouches, snarling, her lean haunches beneath her and her back arched ready to spring. Poised and tense, ready to leap, she waits for a motion from Tarzan, which will send her hurling upon her victim. In the moment of silence, her animal brain connects the presence of her cub with Tarzan - who she finally realizes rescued her cub.