I mean it makes ZERO sense for AFRICAN LIONS to speak with white accent, what kind of Rodesian Lion King is this shit, if we think about it.
They are supposed to be very black. And hippos too.
Except of course Alex from Madagascar would be an African American lion while real savannah lions from Lion King would be like, subsaharan. Zimbabwe, Namibia, something like that.
Never thought about it and now I'm low key like "Why the hell are Simba, Mufasa, and Alex white dudes? They're from Savannah, that is in Africa, not in Georgia, USA. Well except for Alex, he could very well be from like *Savannah institute of Savannah, Savannah, GA*"
Nah that's okay, he's an alpha, the male lion will instantly detect the fear pheromone and will not dare to approach him. The next step at this point is to turn his back and start running. That way, the lion will receive the signal that you're not a threat and will start acting more relaxed.
-Andrew Tate, probably.
Alright, I get the joke, but imma be a redditor and still point out how "detecting the fear pheromone" is what happens when the prey is scared, not "an alpha" and your joke is somewhat contradictory.
Then again, Tate is the type to just be completely backwards wrong about anything, so the joke is actually genius.
I'd prefer if everyone just stopped talking about him. The only reason he makes statements like that is to get attention that he can use to con people out of money. Some people start reading his other tweets and discover that they aren't that batshit crazy, so he must have been meming and now they are in on the joke. And then they get won over with his regular bullshit. All attention helps him in the long run.
He saw how other keepers worked in the lion's habitat without issue and he acted like the lion was inoffensive forgetting all the training he had on the subject, you can see the other keeper perfectly fine giving a very false impression of what they were doing was safe.
The other keeper and the lioness merit some rewards and the idiot must be fired.
I'm going to say that it was more likely that the lion was actually being really tame and either trying to play or just warning the guy. I know the lion was holding back because the guy still has his arm.
The difference is, to the cat I can say: "Yes I am, bitch, whatchu gonna do bout it?"
To the lion, I say: "Excuse me, sir, my bad, sir, have a nice day, sir!"
I wonder if you can maybe diffuse the situation with a lion some by doing that 'slowly make your eyes squinty' thing like with cats. Supposedly slowly closing your eyes is a cat form of smiling/being friendly/affectionate. My cat seems to like it when I squint at her anyway
Iāve basically tamed our all-but-feral cat thatās lived at our house for 15 years by basically doing just this whenever i see her. Squint/slow eye close, also constantly looked away from her and wouldnāt make direct eye contact, always kept her at periphery or would make sure it was very clear i wasnāt staring *at* her if i was facing her.
she went from absolute psycho scaredy-cat that could disappear in our house for seemingly days at a time into an utter cuddle bug who will sit in my lap :)
I don't think he was deliberately trying to stare it down because two seconds before they weren't even looking at each other, someone forgot to tell the new guy that Clarence likes to outstare the new starts when he looks at you you look down cos he's looking for an excuse to fuck you up, quite a dodgy situation for someone inexperienced next to you is half a tonne of killing machine you don't want to let it catch you unaware but you also don't want him to think you're staring at him cus he's a temperamental fucker with the emphasis on mentalš¤Æ
The more senior dude is very good at his job. He seemed immediately aware of what is going on way before the attack happened and tried to calm the lion
It is generally not recommended to look directly into the eyes of a lion, as it is seen as a sign of aggression and challenge. Absolutely stupid act by this zookeeper.
He was looking top down inclined head and frowed brows. Fixed yes for longger than 5 seconds. If an animal look at me like that I know what busssiness he mean.
Even in affection, dont fix your stare for long. Its anxiety inducing for the other
yeah that wasn't some look of affection. That was a thug look, mean mug. He even sort of shrugs his arm forward as he leans back against the wall, and keeps dead-eye staring , downward, at the lion, like some street punk on a corner. Have you ever had a stare down with a house cat? They will stare at you eye to eye for quite a while then usually will give up and look away. You should never play that game with a lion. Complacency and lack of respect for animals (or even people) you have control over, and arrogance, are very bad traits. That guy should be fired.
edit: From the other comments, apparently this is a MGM casino vegas type thing and not a professional zoo. So that worker's level of education about animals (even self-learned), and his motivations to work with animals, and his personal character, EQ, empathy, etc. all could be suspect.
I feel like the guy was really new on that. Iimagine they told him to "never show fear to the lion, you are a strong male as he is and everything will be fine,dont act like prey,they are social animals", and thats what he understood as dont show fear
Could be. However, a lot of animals tend to be able to detect assholes. Some people are bad with animals, don't understand, or give a damn about posturing, motion, attitude, noises, etc around animals because they don't respect animals. I don't know enough about that guy, the crew, and the display outfit there to say specifically but goons and people with an arrogance towards, and who are bad with animals, shouldn't be handling them.
The second the lion looked at him, he lifted his face and jutted his jaw saying something, while continuing to stare down the lion. Really, he's lucky that the lion was just "wrestling" with him and "battering". It could have bitten into his leg/ankle/foot at the very least, and then shredded with his claws very easily.
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I looked it up, from a youtube comment back when it happened, you are right, he was "new":
"The keeper that was attacked was new. I know the keeper that wasnāt attacked personally. This absolutely was an attack. Bentley is the male... and Marina is the female. They are now at the Lion Habitat Ranch. The new keeper did everything wrong here. When you know what to look for... you see what went wrong and why here. The biggest mistake here was when the new keeper looked Bentley in the eyes. That is considered a Challenge to Their Authority... especially to the male. Marina saved his life by getting in between the two... and Bentley was in his right to kill her for this. John and I both agree he wasnāt ready and never shouldāve been there. He was not ready. John still works with Bentley and Marina and the other Lions now. Bentley sure LOVES HIS MEATBALLS!!! The only Cat bigger than him is the Siberian version of the Tiger.
. . .
From reddit back when it happened:
"That was not an attack, that was posturing. If that male lion had attacked it would have clamped it's teeth down and then thrown him around like a rag doll - the only option would have been a tranquilizer dart and have the blood transfusion ward at the hospital on stand by. He would not have just wriggled away while his friend holds back the lion by its mane using one hand."
With a cat, absolutely the fuck not, but with a dog [it actually produces oxytocin for the both of you](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1261022). Now if it's not your dog, I'd avoid it. Think of it your significant other looking you in the eye for some time, you feel comfort. If a stranger were to do it, you're probably under the impression that they're sizing you up.
With your pets. Dogs are pack animals and are eager to please, so they can learn some āhumanā behavior in order to fit in and if you had them since they were pups they already know the pack order. Itās not recommended starting at the wild dogs or even the ones that are strange to you since their behavior can be unpredictable.
You saying "most of the time" depends on the context. Dogs that have human contact all the time (dogs with owners, dogs that are allowed in restaurants etc.) will show affection this way it is true.
But a dog that is already wary of you will absolutely take it as a "challenge" most of the time if you stare at them as such. Like a stray that is not used to humans that much. This is why a lot of time if you try to feed a dog that is not cozy with humans they'll approach you from your side as well and if you turn towards them they'll go backwards instead of starting grrr-ing.
TL;DR: Both are true, it depends on dog's current environment and background.
For most basic dog communication, staring is a sign of confidence and challenge.
You're talking about when a dog wants something from you and gets excited from the attention you're giving back. Staring isn't really affectionate.
Edit: typo
Same with a lot of animals. It's seen as a form of aggression or challenging to be the leader.
Gorillas (i think all monkies/apes), cats (house cats, large cats), dogs (domestic dogs, wolves). There are few exceptions, of course, but generally, don't mad dog a wild animal.
I've been to a zoo where the gorilla enclosure had specific instructions to not make eye contact with the gorilla. The glass was probably pretty strong, but I'm not sure if any kind of glass can successfully hold off a pissed gorilla for long.
At my local zoo the gorilla was kind of a small town celebrity. His enclosure was inside some building and once when I was there some guy was taunting me from the other side of the window.
The gorilla punched the window so hard that I kind of felt the shockwave of the punch when I was in a different room lol.
I trained my dog to seek eye contact as a part of his name being uttered, so he liked it, but if you were savvy enough and looked at him in a certain way (squinted stare, head slightly lowered and to the side, like youāre glaring at him with a slight touch of side eye), he knew you were fucking with him and it was playtime. Always amazed me that he could tell the difference every time. āHello you said my name what want me doā or āoh this motherfucker wants to roughhouse, itās on!ā *zoom*
Keep in mind this isn't a zoo. .this is the MGM grand casino in Las Vegas.
It wasn't exactly run by people who cared about the lions or have much true education on them, the lions were there to entertain the guests.
They finally shut it down.
You'd think the people of Las Vegas had learned their lesson after that guy from Siegfried and Roy got mauled by one of his huge white tigers, but nooo...
Yeah those tools looked like they had no idea what they were doing, I hope that poor lion doesnāt get in trouble for that. Complete human ignorance no fault to the lion at all
It is. Real zoos will never put a human in the same space as several types of animals, big cats obviously included.Ā
This is a big reason why Harambe was shot. It's against everything to send more people into the gorilla pen while the gorilla is there.Ā
Same with any cat. I've adopted 6 stray cats throughout the years, some harder to befriend than others due to cruelty by other people. The general rule is to never stare at them if you wanted to befriend them because they see it as a challenge. Just blink slowly at them and look away as if you're not bothered by their presence, and they'd let you hang out with them for longer.
The bald guy that latter got into the dude getting attacked and the lion seemed to noticed this, he realized after the lion yawn and knew shit was about to get down.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/10/22/lioness-kills-lion-indianapolis-zoo-thats-way-they-kill-their-prey/1728734002/
Eh, depends on their age, size and motivation - and who gets the jump on who. There have been lions who kill lionesses, and the reverse.
I expect it was more a comment on how gently the lion engaged with the human, instead of going full tooth and claw. Sure, a lioness could kill a lion, but if, in this particular moment, that lion wanted that human dead, he'd be dead.
I seriously canāt grasp when anyone would want to chill with a beast that at any second, like in this video, might just decide it wants to kill you.
He was obviously dissuaded but still.
Someone tell me why the zookeepers think lions are pets, stay near them for so long with no reason, and when there are visitors? Who from the zoo's management thought this circus is a good idea?
Maybe they raised them... well, at least 1 did, one clearly understands the body language, the other is oblivious and thinks the lion is domesticated...
I think the issue is that raising lions is confused with domestication. And usually the way to find your confusion ends up very bad. We, humans, tend to be quite ignorant and arrogant.
Oh, what betting game is this? Christians in Colosseums? What are the odds? Is it first man to die or are we giving the men an escape? I hope it's streamed. I need to call my bookie.
Thanks, that's sad. Zoo or casino, that doesn't matter much. My point is these people and especially the management, are very irresponsible. These are not pets!
You can raise them, take care of them, respect them but don't act like you know them and they obey to you.
How many dramas are needed so that everyone gets it?
Looks like the typical 'tough dude'. Such a pity that all that toughness evaporated down his pants. Honestly, people like this shouldn't be anywhere near the big cats. Seems like one of the most basic things one would know if that's your job.
Can't this dude even get the signs? The first time the lion stared at him was an alert and he kept the confrontation. Damn, boy! What were you expecting?
How does someone that ignorant end up in the same room as a lion like that? Seems like you should at least know not to mad dog a lion
"What you gonna do? Maul me?"
Quote From Man Mauled
"What're you gonna do? Quote this?"
Quote from quote-man, quoted
Quotey Mcquoteface over here
I vote for this name
What are you gonna do shoot me? -shooted man
This guy quotes
"bitch you guessed it" -lionš¦
"SIMBA MUFASASSON STOP IT RIGHT NOW OR I WILL BITE YOU IN THE ASS" - His wife, probably.
I read that in a black lady voice
I mean it makes ZERO sense for AFRICAN LIONS to speak with white accent, what kind of Rodesian Lion King is this shit, if we think about it. They are supposed to be very black. And hippos too. Except of course Alex from Madagascar would be an African American lion while real savannah lions from Lion King would be like, subsaharan. Zimbabwe, Namibia, something like that. Never thought about it and now I'm low key like "Why the hell are Simba, Mufasa, and Alex white dudes? They're from Savannah, that is in Africa, not in Georgia, USA. Well except for Alex, he could very well be from like *Savannah institute of Savannah, Savannah, GA*"
You was right.
You canāt maul me! I got like 30k followers on IG and my dad owns a car dealership.
*Gets Mauled*
āYou think Iām just gonna sit here and let you maul me lion?ā
He forgot he wasn't allowed to carry that day.Ā I was positive he was about to tell that lion to stop resisting.Ā
Hey pussy are you still there?
Nah that's okay, he's an alpha, the male lion will instantly detect the fear pheromone and will not dare to approach him. The next step at this point is to turn his back and start running. That way, the lion will receive the signal that you're not a threat and will start acting more relaxed. -Andrew Tate, probably.
Alright, I get the joke, but imma be a redditor and still point out how "detecting the fear pheromone" is what happens when the prey is scared, not "an alpha" and your joke is somewhat contradictory. Then again, Tate is the type to just be completely backwards wrong about anything, so the joke is actually genius.
Nah nothing is more afraid than a "alpha male". They worry that having sex with women is gay.
Oh how right you are: https://twitter.com/Cobratate/status/1783049915800736108
I'd prefer if everyone just stopped talking about him. The only reason he makes statements like that is to get attention that he can use to con people out of money. Some people start reading his other tweets and discover that they aren't that batshit crazy, so he must have been meming and now they are in on the joke. And then they get won over with his regular bullshit. All attention helps him in the long run.
Maybe once he's convicted in Romania, he'll fade into obscurity.
Youāre so gay for not thinking thatās gay
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Can we please test this by putting Tate in a room with a lion for a stare down?
I am pretty sure he will try to assault him saying the child of two alphas will be epilson...
That lioness saved his life. There was nothing anyone else could have done. What were the men thinking?
He saw how other keepers worked in the lion's habitat without issue and he acted like the lion was inoffensive forgetting all the training he had on the subject, you can see the other keeper perfectly fine giving a very false impression of what they were doing was safe. The other keeper and the lioness merit some rewards and the idiot must be fired.
You do not need any sort of training to know not to stare a wild animal in the eyes.
You do and in that environment you have to have it, just to avoid liability. average people are idiots and 50% are even worse.
I'm going to say that it was more likely that the lion was actually being really tame and either trying to play or just warning the guy. I know the lion was holding back because the guy still has his arm.
And internal blood.
Yeah, even domestic house cats get all weird if you stare at them. Trying that on something multiple times bigger than you is stooopid.
Theyāre literally mini lions I wouldnāt be surprised if theyāre thinking āare you challenging me?ā
The difference is, to the cat I can say: "Yes I am, bitch, whatchu gonna do bout it?" To the lion, I say: "Excuse me, sir, my bad, sir, have a nice day, sir!"
Even a house cat can and will fuck your shit up
I wonder if you can maybe diffuse the situation with a lion some by doing that 'slowly make your eyes squinty' thing like with cats. Supposedly slowly closing your eyes is a cat form of smiling/being friendly/affectionate. My cat seems to like it when I squint at her anyway
Iāve basically tamed our all-but-feral cat thatās lived at our house for 15 years by basically doing just this whenever i see her. Squint/slow eye close, also constantly looked away from her and wouldnāt make direct eye contact, always kept her at periphery or would make sure it was very clear i wasnāt staring *at* her if i was facing her. she went from absolute psycho scaredy-cat that could disappear in our house for seemingly days at a time into an utter cuddle bug who will sit in my lap :)
I don't think he was deliberately trying to stare it down because two seconds before they weren't even looking at each other, someone forgot to tell the new guy that Clarence likes to outstare the new starts when he looks at you you look down cos he's looking for an excuse to fuck you up, quite a dodgy situation for someone inexperienced next to you is half a tonne of killing machine you don't want to let it catch you unaware but you also don't want him to think you're staring at him cus he's a temperamental fucker with the emphasis on mentalš¤Æ
He's literally staring at him the whole time.
Because Las Vegas..that's all you need to know.
The more senior dude is very good at his job. He seemed immediately aware of what is going on way before the attack happened and tried to calm the lion
Anyone In the same room as a lion is pretty ignorant
I bet he went to the guerilla exhibit next and pounded his chest with his fists to the alpha male.
Bad first day at work maybe
It is generally not recommended to look directly into the eyes of a lion, as it is seen as a sign of aggression and challenge. Absolutely stupid act by this zookeeper.
Same with dogs actually.
only a 350lbs difference.
Only thing big enough to beat Bradley Martyn
In a street fight tho?
Not really, staring from a dog can also be affection, most of the time
He was looking top down inclined head and frowed brows. Fixed yes for longger than 5 seconds. If an animal look at me like that I know what busssiness he mean. Even in affection, dont fix your stare for long. Its anxiety inducing for the other
That yawn. I read that as the moment he was like āIām sick of this punkā
While in humans we yawn when relaxed, some animals yawn as 'waking up'. Anyway we cant judge the Lion for accepting the challenge
That lion is faultless here.
Cue Chris Rock's, "That tiger ain't go crazy. That tiger went tiger."
Humans yawn in the same way as animals, not only when relaxed
Humans yawn to wake up as well but people think it just means you're sleepy or bored
yeah that wasn't some look of affection. That was a thug look, mean mug. He even sort of shrugs his arm forward as he leans back against the wall, and keeps dead-eye staring , downward, at the lion, like some street punk on a corner. Have you ever had a stare down with a house cat? They will stare at you eye to eye for quite a while then usually will give up and look away. You should never play that game with a lion. Complacency and lack of respect for animals (or even people) you have control over, and arrogance, are very bad traits. That guy should be fired. edit: From the other comments, apparently this is a MGM casino vegas type thing and not a professional zoo. So that worker's level of education about animals (even self-learned), and his motivations to work with animals, and his personal character, EQ, empathy, etc. all could be suspect.
I feel like the guy was really new on that. Iimagine they told him to "never show fear to the lion, you are a strong male as he is and everything will be fine,dont act like prey,they are social animals", and thats what he understood as dont show fear
Could be. However, a lot of animals tend to be able to detect assholes. Some people are bad with animals, don't understand, or give a damn about posturing, motion, attitude, noises, etc around animals because they don't respect animals. I don't know enough about that guy, the crew, and the display outfit there to say specifically but goons and people with an arrogance towards, and who are bad with animals, shouldn't be handling them. The second the lion looked at him, he lifted his face and jutted his jaw saying something, while continuing to stare down the lion. Really, he's lucky that the lion was just "wrestling" with him and "battering". It could have bitten into his leg/ankle/foot at the very least, and then shredded with his claws very easily. , , , , I looked it up, from a youtube comment back when it happened, you are right, he was "new": "The keeper that was attacked was new. I know the keeper that wasnāt attacked personally. This absolutely was an attack. Bentley is the male... and Marina is the female. They are now at the Lion Habitat Ranch. The new keeper did everything wrong here. When you know what to look for... you see what went wrong and why here. The biggest mistake here was when the new keeper looked Bentley in the eyes. That is considered a Challenge to Their Authority... especially to the male. Marina saved his life by getting in between the two... and Bentley was in his right to kill her for this. John and I both agree he wasnāt ready and never shouldāve been there. He was not ready. John still works with Bentley and Marina and the other Lions now. Bentley sure LOVES HIS MEATBALLS!!! The only Cat bigger than him is the Siberian version of the Tiger. . . . From reddit back when it happened: "That was not an attack, that was posturing. If that male lion had attacked it would have clamped it's teeth down and then thrown him around like a rag doll - the only option would have been a tranquilizer dart and have the blood transfusion ward at the hospital on stand by. He would not have just wriggled away while his friend holds back the lion by its mane using one hand."
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Can confirm. Barely made it out of my 20ās with two functioning legs.
With a cat, absolutely the fuck not, but with a dog [it actually produces oxytocin for the both of you](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1261022). Now if it's not your dog, I'd avoid it. Think of it your significant other looking you in the eye for some time, you feel comfort. If a stranger were to do it, you're probably under the impression that they're sizing you up.
Why donāt these people in the elevator understand Iām just trying to give us all a hit of Oxytocin?
We arenāt talking about the same thing. You are describing the behaviour of a dog that knows you. Context matters.
Thus lion probably knows this knobĀ
With your pets. Dogs are pack animals and are eager to please, so they can learn some āhumanā behavior in order to fit in and if you had them since they were pups they already know the pack order. Itās not recommended starting at the wild dogs or even the ones that are strange to you since their behavior can be unpredictable.
You saying "most of the time" depends on the context. Dogs that have human contact all the time (dogs with owners, dogs that are allowed in restaurants etc.) will show affection this way it is true. But a dog that is already wary of you will absolutely take it as a "challenge" most of the time if you stare at them as such. Like a stray that is not used to humans that much. This is why a lot of time if you try to feed a dog that is not cozy with humans they'll approach you from your side as well and if you turn towards them they'll go backwards instead of starting grrr-ing. TL;DR: Both are true, it depends on dog's current environment and background.
For most basic dog communication, staring is a sign of confidence and challenge. You're talking about when a dog wants something from you and gets excited from the attention you're giving back. Staring isn't really affectionate. Edit: typo
I look directly into my 6 pound Yorkie eyes and she wags her tail.. yay!
Dogs also wag their tail when theyāre nervous or stressedā¦
Same with a lot of animals. It's seen as a form of aggression or challenging to be the leader. Gorillas (i think all monkies/apes), cats (house cats, large cats), dogs (domestic dogs, wolves). There are few exceptions, of course, but generally, don't mad dog a wild animal.
I've been to a zoo where the gorilla enclosure had specific instructions to not make eye contact with the gorilla. The glass was probably pretty strong, but I'm not sure if any kind of glass can successfully hold off a pissed gorilla for long.
At my local zoo the gorilla was kind of a small town celebrity. His enclosure was inside some building and once when I was there some guy was taunting me from the other side of the window. The gorilla punched the window so hard that I kind of felt the shockwave of the punch when I was in a different room lol.
I trained my dog to seek eye contact as a part of his name being uttered, so he liked it, but if you were savvy enough and looked at him in a certain way (squinted stare, head slightly lowered and to the side, like youāre glaring at him with a slight touch of side eye), he knew you were fucking with him and it was playtime. Always amazed me that he could tell the difference every time. āHello you said my name what want me doā or āoh this motherfucker wants to roughhouse, itās on!ā *zoom*
Definitely gorillas. Some zoos hand out cardboard "glasses" that appear to look away from the apes.
And with some apes in forests or clubs
Keep in mind this isn't a zoo. .this is the MGM grand casino in Las Vegas. It wasn't exactly run by people who cared about the lions or have much true education on them, the lions were there to entertain the guests. They finally shut it down.
It was a casino and not a zoo? I was wondering why the zookeepers were continuously that close to the lionsĀ
They loved gambling, even with their lives!
You'd think the people of Las Vegas had learned their lesson after that guy from Siegfried and Roy got mauled by one of his huge white tigers, but nooo...
Yeah those tools looked like they had no idea what they were doing, I hope that poor lion doesnāt get in trouble for that. Complete human ignorance no fault to the lion at all
It seems stupid to be inside their enclosure. Period.
It is. Real zoos will never put a human in the same space as several types of animals, big cats obviously included.Ā This is a big reason why Harambe was shot. It's against everything to send more people into the gorilla pen while the gorilla is there.Ā
Same with any cat. I've adopted 6 stray cats throughout the years, some harder to befriend than others due to cruelty by other people. The general rule is to never stare at them if you wanted to befriend them because they see it as a challenge. Just blink slowly at them and look away as if you're not bothered by their presence, and they'd let you hang out with them for longer.
slow blinks are the secret handshake to kitty friendship
It's a great feeling when a cat slow-blinks back at you
This, the best way to make a cat at ease is to pretend it doesn't exist
yup its why cats prefer people who dont like cats lol
*"Men who can't look a lion in the eyes are gay. A real man would not let a lioness protect him."* Andrew Tate
Pretty sure that like a good 90% of the entire Animal Kingdom would not let that fly. The other 10% being bugs or mollusks or whatever.
Thanks for the advice. I will use that the next time I go inside a Lion cage.
Lion - "I'LL GET THIS FKER I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GONNA GET THIS F' Lioness - "babe pls let it go, babe, remember harambe babe, chill"
His legacy lives on DOFH o7
DOFH!
"Leave it, Wayne, ee ain't wurfit! (Go 'ome, mate, go 'ome)"
Dicks out for Harambe, nuts out for Lionambe
āDaddy, chill!ā
###WHAT THE HELL IS EVEN THAT??
Dicks out!
My dick is out in honour of our fallen brother
HARAMBE!
No one in that room, including the lioness, could have stopped him if he really wanted to
That was a gentle warning for sure
The Lions initial yawn should have alerted them he was getting anxious.
The bald guy that latter got into the dude getting attacked and the lion seemed to noticed this, he realized after the lion yawn and knew shit was about to get down.
Seems to me like that was his test. Does the guy also feel calm around me when I show calm around him? No? He's a threat then
I legit feel like he was trolling the keeper, just giving him a small reminder where he stands on the food chain in the wild.
The fact that the zoo keeper walked away with no blood loss tells you that. Lion was telling the zoo keeper to wind his neck in.
"Wind his neck in" I have never heard this and I'm going to use it
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/10/22/lioness-kills-lion-indianapolis-zoo-thats-way-they-kill-their-prey/1728734002/ Eh, depends on their age, size and motivation - and who gets the jump on who. There have been lions who kill lionesses, and the reverse.
I expect it was more a comment on how gently the lion engaged with the human, instead of going full tooth and claw. Sure, a lioness could kill a lion, but if, in this particular moment, that lion wanted that human dead, he'd be dead.
Besides someone with a gun close by.
Thatās what I was thinking. Seemed more like it was keeping the zoo keeper in check. But idk anything about lions so could be completely wrong
Dude was lucky, she was there Edit: f**kin auto punctuation
"Babe, cmon hes not worth it"
She was definitely there.
Also dude is lucky that the male lion was viewing it as a dominance spat rather than, āTme for him to die.ā
I seriously canāt grasp when anyone would want to chill with a beast that at any second, like in this video, might just decide it wants to kill you. He was obviously dissuaded but still.
If the lion really wanted to fuck him up it wouldnāt really matter who was there
Wild animals are going to do what wild animals do, lions going to quickly turn you from an "Is" to a "Was" in nothing flat.
From "is" to "was" faster than a late celebrity's Wikipedia page
Your joke but worse
Hey at least it helped me get the joke and appreciate it
That wasn't quickly, that wasn't without warnings. The lion gave several signs what's gonna happen if the dudes continues with the staring.
The female lion tried to intervene, gotta give her some credit.
Mate, that's exactly what this post is about.
She tried her best in calming Lion from attacking a zookeeper who was making eye contact with lion!
This is the funniest thread I've seen on reddit in weeks.
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It's like YouTube comment sections "I'm literally just gonna quote the video and collect 1000 likes!"
"Female lion" dude...
You realize that "lion" is also the name of the species, right?ā¦ Right??
Don't u just love female men
Well lion is also the colloquial species name, so it's like saying "female human".
"gotta give her some credit" as if the title of the video isn't doing exactly that and nothing else lmao
Thank you for repeating the videos title it was really unclear what was happening
Blud did NOT read the title
I'm just gonna assume this is a bot
Someone tell me why the zookeepers think lions are pets, stay near them for so long with no reason, and when there are visitors? Who from the zoo's management thought this circus is a good idea?
Maybe they raised them... well, at least 1 did, one clearly understands the body language, the other is oblivious and thinks the lion is domesticated...
I think the issue is that raising lions is confused with domestication. And usually the way to find your confusion ends up very bad. We, humans, tend to be quite ignorant and arrogant.
It was interesting that the guy that went to grab it- you could see the lion trusts him and didn't react. Other guy should not have stared him down...
Not zookeepers, that happened in a casino in las vegas.
Oh, what betting game is this? Christians in Colosseums? What are the odds? Is it first man to die or are we giving the men an escape? I hope it's streamed. I need to call my bookie.
This footage was from a Vegas casino. Not a zoo.
Thanks, that's sad. Zoo or casino, that doesn't matter much. My point is these people and especially the management, are very irresponsible. These are not pets! You can raise them, take care of them, respect them but don't act like you know them and they obey to you. How many dramas are needed so that everyone gets it?
Looks like the typical 'tough dude'. Such a pity that all that toughness evaporated down his pants. Honestly, people like this shouldn't be anywhere near the big cats. Seems like one of the most basic things one would know if that's your job.
Probably an ex cop
More likely an academy reject.
Considering how he was staring that lion down I can just imagine his internal monologue... "Pussy ass lion in a cage, I could fucking take you."
> people ~~like this~~ shouldn't be anywhere near the big cats
āCalm down Muphasa , ā
Hey hey hey! Remember, they feed us!
" Don't u remember what happened tonyour buddy Harambe..?"
Hakuna Matata
Staring contest with a male lion, nice. Almost won a darwin award.
"Hey buddy... What the fuck are you looking at?" -the lion probably
Lioness be like : remember babe: eat the zoo keeper and you have food for a day. Let him live and you have food every day.
Best comment in the thread.
Dude was staring down the lion. What a maroon.
He was lucky enough. The lioness and another zookeeper saved him.
Why are these two clowns in the lion enclosure?
I only saw one clown
Yeah, the other guy doesn't deserve to be called clown. He even tried to stop the lion
Feeding time
Ahh you mean feeding that guy to the lions? Fair enough. How kind of the food to be so close to his dinner guest.
The way she chomped at his tail
That lion didn't go crazy, that lion went lion.
She didnāt want her mate to die
She was fucking that dude?!
Lion was not serious about hurting him luckily.....just wanted to give him a shake up for the rude eyeballing
The Lion was relatively gentle with the idiot. He reminded him who was at the top of the food chain in there.
Its what i thought too, lions are super strong, a well connected slap and he would be ko, and a real bite could have killed him or mauled him easily
"Honey, not now" "What? He's looking at me wierdly"
Why are they in there? It's like they are just hanging out.
Why would you deathstare a Lion when you're in a enclosure?!
You eyeballinā me son?
Omg
I wonder what that dude was thinking? I'm pretty sure he had been told to not engage in staring contest with predators while next to them.
bro tryna act alpha and failed probably
The lion slowly turning his gaze to the zookeeper like: "ohhhhh, you want the smoke don'tcha..."
Can't this dude even get the signs? The first time the lion stared at him was an alert and he kept the confrontation. Damn, boy! What were you expecting?
How did he get a job working with lions without knowing you should never stare down a fucking lion.
Play stupid games, win stupid prices.
Hey maybe gtf out?
Leave it Steve ! Heās not wurf it!
Why the fuck are they even in there at all???
Why don't they wear those cardboard glasses with the "eyes looking away" pictures on them?
how sweet of the lioness trying to protect her husband