OT/MISC Try and watch this video without getting teary from joy. I dare you.
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Leska Emerald Adams
Fred? Joy? Coupled with a dare, maybe.
Yeah the video is great
Yeah the video is great
Agrigal
Contributing Member
That was a sweet video, but I don't believe it. Yes, the male lion may very well remember them and show affection, but I don't think his "wife" would be so tame as to go up to total strangers and let them pet her.
We have a lot of farm cats - some wild, some tame. The wild ones don't suddenly come up to us and become tame just because they see us petting their tame "friends."
We have a lot of farm cats - some wild, some tame. The wild ones don't suddenly come up to us and become tame just because they see us petting their tame "friends."
Lone Eagle Woman
Veteran Member
Wow! What a Great Video! Thanks!
And just to say that I have had some incredible encounters
with some Grizzlies thru the years!
And just to say that I have had some incredible encounters
with some Grizzlies thru the years!
TIK
Inactive
http://www.bizzybeeze.com/lion__story.htm
Go here for the backstory to Christian the lion...and Agrigal...apparently they can.
Go here for the backstory to Christian the lion...and Agrigal...apparently they can.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! I'm still crying!!!!! I've even checked out the other videos on You Tube about Christian. Does anyone know what sanctuary this was at? And also are the men who raised him still alive.?? What ever happened to Christian do you suppose?? I just can't get this off my mind. I will be sharing this video with EVERYONE! More tissue please....
Agrigal
Contributing Member
I followed your link and it is definitely a heartwarming story. However it doesn't say that the lionesses became tame at this meeting. In fact the opposite occured.
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"The lionesses were far from pleased. There was a lot of growling and spitting," continues Rendall.
"'George said: 'This isn't safe - we'd better go.' So we each put a hand on Christian's back and he walked with us back to camp."
The reunion party went on all night and into the morning. Leaving his exhausted companions to go to their beds, Christian returned to his pride.
"We watched him go back to the two lionesses, who were not at all happy with this man, smelling of nicotine, whisky and humans," says Rendall. "
This sounds more like reality. The video was not the actual encounter but a fake reenactment
Hansa44
Justine Case
Me thinks you need to get a life.
BigBadBossyDog
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I don't much care if it was real or staged. A more beautiful story I've never seen. At least not since Born Free.
It will be a few minutes before I'm able to see clearly again.
Thanks so much!
It will be a few minutes before I'm able to see clearly again.
Thanks so much!
Straycat
Veteran Member
It doesn't always happen, but I *have* seen it a number of times. Not "tame," mind you, but curious enough to follow the less-wild cat and reassured enough to allow careful petting. Doesn't happen instantly, of course.
And I don't see any convincing reason to believe the film is a faked reenactment. The lioness is not acting "tame," she's pretty clearly unsure and uncomfortable with the humans trying to pet her. But it's also pretty likely that she'd had some exposure to humans before, there in the sanctuary and, while wary of them, was not too frightened to eventually follow her mate and check out what was going on.
Wardogs
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+1
We have seen the same type of thing at sanctuaries where wild and previously domesticated wolves are living together.
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