OT: See how this lion responds to his rescuer

Hope this video works. Hal
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Cool video. Most animals respond very well to kindness as did this big guy!

I dont care if I saved that beast or not. I aint gonna let it give me a hug. I dont like dogs that are bigger then me, let alone a lion.

I totally agree; reminds me of this story:

In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from college. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.

The elephant seemed distressed so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found a large thorn deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the thorn out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather stern look on its face, stared at him.

For several tense moments Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away. Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the amazing events of that day.

Twenty years later he was walking through a zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe and lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help but wonder if this was the same elephant.

Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of the man's legs and swung him wildly back and forth along the railing, killing him.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

had me for a second! Great story!

You got me! Laughed out loud when I got to the end of the elephant story!

If you look carefully you'll see that the lion doesn't have claws and can't seem to open it's mouth. Chinese circuses do that to them.

Reminds me of what happened at the Baltimore Zoo, recently, Sign said "come see our African Lion">Somebody changed the sign to read "Go to D.C. and see our lyin African!" Sorry, couldn't resist!