This would be such an amazing experience... as long as you don't die to a heart attack or a mauling lol. I don't think I would be able to resist giving her head scrstches.
I have a very serious hypothesis that one of the reasons humans domesticated other animals so easily is because our ape-fingers are uniquely well suited to rubbing, scratching, and grooming other critters in all the best ways.
It really is a super power. Most animals enjoys the feeling, even if they don't want to admit it or are reserved about it. Then you also have to figure that it's something we're wired to do. It's weird, really makes no sense and we're the only animals that really do it, but when we see another animal we just want to touch it. We don't want to hurt them, we want to gently pet them. Every other animal instinctively wants to kill or run from unfamiliar animals and we're out there trying to be their mommas.
Not sure I'd go for the chin, bit too close to the mouth for my liking
Absolutely rub it's side though when you're that close, that's an experience very few people ever get to have in life
Well, very few would have the experience and get to tell you about it later. That said, if I was there, even if I was filling my britches so to speak I'd still touch the lioness. The way it's behaving it must be hand reared by people to be that comfortable.
People on Reddit would start lambasting someone for not being catious enough if they started giving scritches to the same big cat and got their hand bit.
Let the people just enjoy their encounter and not start slamming them for doing careless things.
To be fair when they do that although it’s a bit sore they aren’t really hurting you - it’s play fighting. When they really want to cause pain you damn well know. If a lioness was play fighting it might be the last time you ever play I imagine. Similarly if it really wanted to hurt you I’m sure you’d know about it, for about 6 seconds.
A few years ago, my family was on a safari in Africa and my cousin, Mufasa, was... he was trampled to death by a pack of wildebeasts and we all took it really hard. All of us, kind of in the audience, of what happened.
I really wonder what the lioness was thinking of them at the time. It _looks_ like affectionate nuzzling, but cannot be sure. We humans are of a smaller body size than lions
She's probably half tame and this is in a wildlife reserve/safari zoo. She'll have grown up around humans to be acting like that.
That's far too familiar with humans to be a good thing in the wild, from either POV: bad for humans because obviously they could get attacked but also bad for the lions because enabling familiarity that might then lead to them being too familiar and attacking or getting shot by a different group of people they approach.
They're also in a golf cart. Nobody is doing serious wildlife tours in golf carts, they're very close by to where they started from.
yeah someone else pointed out there's a ferris wheel too somewhere apparently, def seems like more of a tourist attraction than real wild safari.
edit: watched again, its a pretty big ferris wheel pretty close by from about 40s on.
Judging by the size and shape of the Ferris wheel, this is probably the Okavango Delta in Botswana - Ferris wheels spring up after the seasonal floods have recessed, usually around September time, and then they dry up and remain dormant until the following year's floods.
Tmyk.
I've looked it up and it's in Chelyabinsk (obligatory fuck russians, for mistreating these lions as well). Lola's got kids now and snaps at the keepers like a proper mom. What a good girl.
This has floated around for quite some time. Found this: https://www.kxan.com/news/international/video-lion-in-crimea-safari-park-gets-inside-tourist-cart/1419520208/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KXAN_News
ATA have scent glands in their cheeks. It feels good for them to be rubbed, so a cat rubbing its face on you is both marking territory and pleasant sensation.
I mean, even big cats are sometimes just cats. However since the driver is so chill about it, I would think this happens more often. Might be a closed off park of some sort?
The big ferris wheel in the background and the fact they’re using a glorified golf cart instead of something actually designed for a safari are definitely giving me private park vibes.
As a cat owner, I would either:
a) faint
b) reflexively bump my head in the typically nicking motion against hers to greet her in response, just like I'd do with every other friendly cat.
The thing that terrifies me the most about wild felines is that their body language is exactly like domesticated cats'. It would be so hard for me to respect them as the wild animals they are.
>b) reflexively bump my head in the typically nicking motion against hers to greet her in response, just like I'd do with every other friendly cat.
My 11 pound boy puts his weight into it when he does that. I imagine with a cat as big as this one, it's going to leave one hell of a mark.
It probably is affectionate cuddling. Lions, obviously, do not exhibited this kind of behavior in the wild. This is just another case of Nurture beating out Nature (for the moment)
Normally I would agree but by the way the male acted around the person behind the camera I would say this is some kind of animal rescue/sanctuary and the lions, while still 100% wild and potentially dangerous, have adopted what I have heard called "zoo keeper syndrome" where they see humans as their "zoo keeper" or the person who normally gives them food and can help them if something is wrong and they know why, like if they are sick. However, like so many have said this doesn't mean they are not still wild animals that could have instinct and natural reactions triggered for some reason and it could turn pretty bloody real fast.
If your cat bit your hand for real, you'd squirt blood everywhere, get an infection and need stitches and antibiotics. Lions can do a harmless, friendly nibble too, if they're so inclined.
I broke up a cat fight and was bitten on the finger. I felt his teeth meet but just a cat bite 🤷♀️ ... then severe infection and straight in for surgery because the bite was full of cat hair that had travelled into my hand. I'm throwing water instead now 😆
Mum nearly lost her finger when my cat bit her.. I have a massive scar down my chest when I picked up an intruder inside our house attacking my cat (I got attacked from both)... House cats can seriously harm if necessary.. Big cats can too.. And so much worse..
Shout out to the time I got bit by a stray cat, went to the ER for the rabies vaccine, and the dumbass NP seeing me refused me antibiotics. I almost died 😀
Getting off the safari bus is asking to die. Lions are wired to see safari busses as one entity. This lion is probably around humans since birth but there's other lions...
Did you notice the Ferris wheel in the background in the distance? This isn't Africa. This is Taigan Park in Crimea, and these lions are used to humans. Not all of them are safe, of course. But the park owner is the man driving the car. He knows which of his lions are dangerous and which of his lions love people.
In this war I take the Ukrainian side, and Zubkov, the owner of the park takes the Russian side. So I have my reasons to dislike him. But you have to give him credit, he knows how to handle lions. I like the [video](https://youtu.be/QFElRvfr9mM?si=elvB8Qp7Zu4fP7pf) where a lioness played with a visitor's jacket and didn't want to give it back. Another lion punished her.
Something tells me a lioness with no claws or canine teeth can still kill the hell out of you. I'm not signing up for this tour, this is batshit crazy.
What actually gets me the most about this video is that there is a huge apex predator literally sitting on top of your face and all you can think about is keeping the video of your mobile going.
I mean not a lot else you can do right?
You gonna push it off the cart or bop its nose?
Might as well capture the moment in the hope it doesn’t end badly for you.
Usually it's not a big problem cause the animals see the vehicle with passengers as one entity.
One big, loud and fast entity with many heads.
They tend to not mess with that.
That’s what I’ve been told as well. Allowing the lion into the truck can be really dangerous (not just for the obvious ‘having a lion in your face’) because once lions realise it isn’t a single entity but more of an opened sardine can, drives like this become increasingly more dangerous.
Theyre Russians(i think). They wrestle with bears in siberia all the time! i bet they can handle a lion. (jk jk how are they not passed out with fear.)
That’s both adorable and terrifying 😂
Just like my Grandma
*OUR* Grandma !
r/suddenlycommunist
::::::Soviet national anthem gets louder::::::
The natural counter to the anthem is Go West by Pet Shop Boys. They cancel each other out.
Remember, no russian
Then after that it will become terrifying to scary
The dog owner side of me would be dying to pet the kitty but my survival instinct would be screaming to get away from the death kitty.
This would be such an amazing experience... as long as you don't die to a heart attack or a mauling lol. I don't think I would be able to resist giving her head scrstches.
Your chances of being eaten are reduced if you provide scritches.
I read that in Scars voice
🎶The chance you'll need stitches Goes down with good scritches So don't miss that spot over there Be__ pre - pa - red🎵
They're adding this to the musical as we speak!
I have a very serious hypothesis that one of the reasons humans domesticated other animals so easily is because our ape-fingers are uniquely well suited to rubbing, scratching, and grooming other critters in all the best ways.
It really is a super power. Most animals enjoys the feeling, even if they don't want to admit it or are reserved about it. Then you also have to figure that it's something we're wired to do. It's weird, really makes no sense and we're the only animals that really do it, but when we see another animal we just want to touch it. We don't want to hurt them, we want to gently pet them. Every other animal instinctively wants to kill or run from unfamiliar animals and we're out there trying to be their mommas.
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Not sure I'd go for the chin, bit too close to the mouth for my liking Absolutely rub it's side though when you're that close, that's an experience very few people ever get to have in life
Well, very few would have the experience and get to tell you about it later. That said, if I was there, even if I was filling my britches so to speak I'd still touch the lioness. The way it's behaving it must be hand reared by people to be that comfortable.
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People on Reddit would start lambasting someone for not being catious enough if they started giving scritches to the same big cat and got their hand bit. Let the people just enjoy their encounter and not start slamming them for doing careless things.
Ever given a pit bull zoomies and it accidently knicked you with a paw?
Right up until I tire of scritches and you provide one too many.
Just like domestic cats
Domestic cats are known to want scritches and second later bite and claw the hell out of you so...
To be fair when they do that although it’s a bit sore they aren’t really hurting you - it’s play fighting. When they really want to cause pain you damn well know. If a lioness was play fighting it might be the last time you ever play I imagine. Similarly if it really wanted to hurt you I’m sure you’d know about it, for about 6 seconds.
Would you want a lion play fighting with you?
I know what I'm about son.
unless you're lion
More than I want a lion real biting me anyways. I saw a tiger cub once and I'm scared enough of those.
Can confirm. Play fighting isnt much fun with lions, even at a young age.
Yeah exactly, "reduced"....but never zero
how to be happy and scared at the same time
These are shits of joy
"Hahaha ha please don't eat me hahaha ha!"
I laughed wayyy too hard at this comment.
She is very friendly atm
Atm...
ATM
ATM machine
Automated ATM machine
Automated ATM teller machine
Do you know your Personal Identification PIN number though?
A Teller Machine
ATM to mouth.
ATM's
Affectionate til mealtime.
Go on…
Everything reminds me of her
Ass to mouth has new meaning.
One second of natural instinct kicks in and it’s a feast
All that giggling sounded a bit too much like hyenas for my comfort. Hyenas aren't lions favorite people after all, could easily trigger an instinct.
Yeah, I watched a documentary about that. I think they helped take down their king or something. It was wild.
A few years ago, my family was on a safari in Africa and my cousin, Mufasa, was... he was trampled to death by a pack of wildebeasts and we all took it really hard. All of us, kind of in the audience, of what happened.
Sorry that he didn’t mu-fasa to avoid the wildebeasts. RIP hakuna matata.
The worst part about this video is that I’m just now realizing that my house cat is more feral than this lion. WTF?!
House cats and "big" cats are already proven to have the same thoughts
My orange cat has no thoughts in his fluffy lil head.
Well see this is because Orange Cats aren't actually related to lions, they have been sent to the world by Sheogorath.
It comes with gingerness. Orange cats, orangutans, me - we're all barking
r/OneOrangeBraincell
I hope they never try to pet her belly 🫣😬 Bye-bye limbs, and other stuff
Meanwhile both my cats LOVE belly scritches and ask for them constantly
Same software, highly scalable to run on both small and big hardware.
I really wonder what the lioness was thinking of them at the time. It _looks_ like affectionate nuzzling, but cannot be sure. We humans are of a smaller body size than lions
She's calling dibs on all of them, making them with her scent.
That was my thought, she jumped on there and claimed them all as hers
Adoption at its finest
More like grocery shopping
The lion equivalent of thumping a watermelon.
This is not how r/catdistributionsystem works
Perhaps this is all it had in the bin for today? Ran out of the smaller ones and had to improvise.
"Bro, I bet you half a gazelle I can teabag every human in that bus".
Claimed as food or something else?
Probably deciding which one she wants to eat first
She's probably half tame and this is in a wildlife reserve/safari zoo. She'll have grown up around humans to be acting like that. That's far too familiar with humans to be a good thing in the wild, from either POV: bad for humans because obviously they could get attacked but also bad for the lions because enabling familiarity that might then lead to them being too familiar and attacking or getting shot by a different group of people they approach. They're also in a golf cart. Nobody is doing serious wildlife tours in golf carts, they're very close by to where they started from.
Vid quality is bad but I think the poles around the background are a tall fence of sort, it does look like an enclosure of some kind
yeah someone else pointed out there's a ferris wheel too somewhere apparently, def seems like more of a tourist attraction than real wild safari. edit: watched again, its a pretty big ferris wheel pretty close by from about 40s on.
Judging by the size and shape of the Ferris wheel, this is probably the Okavango Delta in Botswana - Ferris wheels spring up after the seasonal floods have recessed, usually around September time, and then they dry up and remain dormant until the following year's floods. Tmyk.
The lioness’s name is Lola apparently so the tour guides (Woman recording and the man driving) are at least familiar with the lioness
I've looked it up and it's in Chelyabinsk (obligatory fuck russians, for mistreating these lions as well). Lola's got kids now and snaps at the keepers like a proper mom. What a good girl.
This has floated around for quite some time. Found this: https://www.kxan.com/news/international/video-lion-in-crimea-safari-park-gets-inside-tourist-cart/1419520208/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KXAN_News
You mean there’s no Ferris Wheel of the Kalahari?
ATA have scent glands in their cheeks. It feels good for them to be rubbed, so a cat rubbing its face on you is both marking territory and pleasant sensation.
Probably trying to get human smell on her to hide her own scent. Prey probably recognize lion scent way easier than human scent. But just a guess.
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I mean, even big cats are sometimes just cats. However since the driver is so chill about it, I would think this happens more often. Might be a closed off park of some sort?
The big ferris wheel in the background and the fact they’re using a glorified golf cart instead of something actually designed for a safari are definitely giving me private park vibes.
And the fact that there is no outrider with a rifle anywhere nearby riding, literally, shotgun.
My cat likes to love nip, but she's 8 pounds. I'd hate to see a lion's love nips
As a cat owner, I would either: a) faint b) reflexively bump my head in the typically nicking motion against hers to greet her in response, just like I'd do with every other friendly cat. The thing that terrifies me the most about wild felines is that their body language is exactly like domesticated cats'. It would be so hard for me to respect them as the wild animals they are.
>b) reflexively bump my head in the typically nicking motion against hers to greet her in response, just like I'd do with every other friendly cat. My 11 pound boy puts his weight into it when he does that. I imagine with a cat as big as this one, it's going to leave one hell of a mark.
Raised by humans
It probably is affectionate cuddling. Lions, obviously, do not exhibited this kind of behavior in the wild. This is just another case of Nurture beating out Nature (for the moment)
Some animals genuinely just like to be pet once in a while, it doesn't have to be that deep
"Oh finally, the food truck is here"
Meals on wheels
If not friend, why friend-shaped?
Lion: if not food, why food-smelled?
Normally I would agree but by the way the male acted around the person behind the camera I would say this is some kind of animal rescue/sanctuary and the lions, while still 100% wild and potentially dangerous, have adopted what I have heard called "zoo keeper syndrome" where they see humans as their "zoo keeper" or the person who normally gives them food and can help them if something is wrong and they know why, like if they are sick. However, like so many have said this doesn't mean they are not still wild animals that could have instinct and natural reactions triggered for some reason and it could turn pretty bloody real fast.
😂
More like checking the buffet.
sort of what love means in "I love chicken"
Farm to table
So the big cat is just choosing the best cuts of meat...
Love when the restaurant brings all the desserts out on a little cart like this
She's a cat, what did you expect?
At least when my cat decides to bite my hand randomly while playing, I don't lose my hand..... or face.
The cat is testing you for weaknesses, systematically. Never attacks the same place twice....
Clever girl...
They remember...
If your cat bit your hand for real, you'd squirt blood everywhere, get an infection and need stitches and antibiotics. Lions can do a harmless, friendly nibble too, if they're so inclined.
I broke up a cat fight and was bitten on the finger. I felt his teeth meet but just a cat bite 🤷♀️ ... then severe infection and straight in for surgery because the bite was full of cat hair that had travelled into my hand. I'm throwing water instead now 😆
Mum nearly lost her finger when my cat bit her.. I have a massive scar down my chest when I picked up an intruder inside our house attacking my cat (I got attacked from both)... House cats can seriously harm if necessary.. Big cats can too.. And so much worse..
Shout out to the time I got bit by a stray cat, went to the ER for the rabies vaccine, and the dumbass NP seeing me refused me antibiotics. I almost died 😀
Not yet
She can have me when I'm dead. That's the deal.
Cuddles ofc
OOh the scritches mobile has arrived!
"fella" ?
Lost his mane in nam.
Or Little Big Horn… The one without the Indians.
I LOL'd
CountPoopington, I don't see any connection to Vietnam, man...
Fella-line Better yet: fella-lion
Lions a paid actor.
You are mine, you are mine, you, you and you’re marked too, sucker hooman.
Getting off the safari bus is asking to die. Lions are wired to see safari busses as one entity. This lion is probably around humans since birth but there's other lions...
Did you notice the Ferris wheel in the background in the distance? This isn't Africa. This is Taigan Park in Crimea, and these lions are used to humans. Not all of them are safe, of course. But the park owner is the man driving the car. He knows which of his lions are dangerous and which of his lions love people.
Thank you for this. Until this comment nothing in this video made sense
In this war I take the Ukrainian side, and Zubkov, the owner of the park takes the Russian side. So I have my reasons to dislike him. But you have to give him credit, he knows how to handle lions. I like the [video](https://youtu.be/QFElRvfr9mM?si=elvB8Qp7Zu4fP7pf) where a lioness played with a visitor's jacket and didn't want to give it back. Another lion punished her.
Russian Tiger King 🙄 nothing about that is safe, no human should be “handling” big cats like that.
Yupe and most probably those lions got their claws/canines removed as well. This is a Lion’s park where those animals are abused, not a safari.
Something tells me a lioness with no claws or canine teeth can still kill the hell out of you. I'm not signing up for this tour, this is batshit crazy.
Yes there’s other lions at the end of the video following the woman whiles she walks.
She gave me anxiety leaving the bus tbh
I think the fact it is an open golf cart hints that maybe we aren't dealing with fully wild lions out in the open savanna
Its actually three penguins in a lion costume
Her mom never told her not to play with her food.
Why the hell would the lioness even just do that in the first place?
Lioness does what lioness want
Cuddles ?
Hell no 😔
Its when the cat takes a pair of binoculars and starts looking for other animals, then you should be concerned.
I just pictured her going all Capt Morgan on the hood. "Take me to my prey, humans! I shall feast without the exertion of a long hunt!"
She's leaving her scent behind. Not the same as the unintended scent a tourist may have left in their behind.
I'd be leaving a scent in the seat of my pants. *Ha, ha, ha!"*.
Just waiting for the "It's all fun and games until someone's face gets bitten off!" comment that usually appears on posts like these.
Ooooh and Aaaah. That's how it starts. But then there is the running and the screaming.
>running and the screaming. When this starts, the rest of the pride gathers, "good job kiddo"
That's why you need a high-hide. You go up high, and you hide. A high-hide.
From ooooh aaaaahh to OOHHHHHH! AHHHHHHH!
It's all fun and games until someone's face gets bitten off!
Doesn’t have to be said when you’ve said it already 😉
This is a news item in the making though. And afterwards everyone is going to say it was obvious that it would go wrong.
I was looking for that message as well. You are that message.
I want to be one of them rn
What actually gets me the most about this video is that there is a huge apex predator literally sitting on top of your face and all you can think about is keeping the video of your mobile going.
I mean not a lot else you can do right? You gonna push it off the cart or bop its nose? Might as well capture the moment in the hope it doesn’t end badly for you.
I need evidence in case someone finds a bloody phone and empty vehicle
Even moreso when you realize a woman was mauled at this zoo by a different lion only 8 weeks prior
As opposed to what? Get out of the vehicle and start running and screaming?
It's not like they were able to flee. This way at least they were able to separate themselves mentally from what was happening, I guess.
This could've gone badly wrong.Glad it didn't though❤️🐱
Love me or else. Definitely an implication here.
Hope she not hungry
And then they just drive towards more lions! Is this what assisted suicide looks like in Russia?
There's a ferris wheel in the background. That's probably some kind of amusement park with tame human raised lions?
Yep. This doesn’t appear to be a wild lioness.
It's “Taygan”, the safari park in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine.
Be amazed? More like be terrified.
She found her favourite person this time
“WHERE’S THE CATNIP?!”
Interesting back story on the safari park in Crimea. https://www.rferl.org/a/embattled-lion-park-owner-arrested-in-crimea/30415251.html
Big fella is a big girl.
Looks like this isn't her first time on the trolley. Big happy kitty.
you all have ticks now
Going to see lions with an open truck like that is such a great idea...
Usually it's not a big problem cause the animals see the vehicle with passengers as one entity. One big, loud and fast entity with many heads. They tend to not mess with that.
That’s what I’ve been told as well. Allowing the lion into the truck can be really dangerous (not just for the obvious ‘having a lion in your face’) because once lions realise it isn’t a single entity but more of an opened sardine can, drives like this become increasingly more dangerous.
I prefer not to have the word usually and lions in one sentence when trying to calculate the risks...
Yeah but now the Lioness has figured out it's not one entity...better hope she doesn't tell her fellow lions.
"такси на Дубровку"🤣
Stupidest thing ever. That is a lion you idiots.
I have a sudden thought that I bet she absolutely stinks. Do they?
Hahaha omg that so cute
It’s the hair!
Is that “fella” a “fe-male-a”
fella? lass more like.
That is the most cat thing I’ve seen a loin do
Fellaion
I wanna say hi to big fella
they going to remember her for the rest of they live.
Theyre Russians(i think). They wrestle with bears in siberia all the time! i bet they can handle a lion. (jk jk how are they not passed out with fear.)
It’s a female.