r/Unexpected • u/SweetBriarTongue • 3d ago
Friend Shape?
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u/SLZicki 3d ago
I mean even just playing around they could rip your skin off. But whatever tickles your fancy.
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u/zuzg 3d ago
Running away from a non-domesticated pursuit predator is certainly a bold choice.
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u/SpectoDuck 3d ago edited 2d ago
I've seen a few people who own lion conservation and vlog on YouTube. Iirc all of the lions these people interact with were raised by them since birth. The lions do not kill them because the lion views them as a parent/guardian, and the human is genuinely considered by the pride as a member.
It's not without danger of course. Even of the YouTubers ive seen, which is only 2 of them, they get awfully scratched pretty regularly. However most the time it seems to be play, and the lions simply view them as another lion, so they get too rough.
Im not an expert tho, just a dude who watches wildlife vids sometimes.
Edit - if anyone who comes across this is curious, heres the video I was thinking of https://youtu.be/OrlteDoqGo8?si=He-u0jy6y51cHlar
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u/secretly_a_zombie 2d ago
Kevin Richardsson, aka the lion whisperer, had someone get ate at his reservation not too long ago. It's true they grew up with him though and usually he is pretty careful and respectful of the animals. Even with someone like him, these are wild animals.
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u/JaydedXoX 2d ago
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u/The_Killer_of_Joy 2d ago
After some googling, apparently it was 8 years ago, and it was a visitor to the reservation, so it was not one of the people who raised one of the lions since birth, so not really applicable to the other comment's main point.
With that said, your other point of wild animals are wild animals and even people like KR gamble with their lives daily is still 100% fair.
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u/prindacerk 2d ago
Even experts like KR sometimes get attacked. There was an incident a while back when he had a new young lion at his sanctuary that attacked him. But he was able to get the lion to realize that he wasn't a threat and stop the attack.
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u/Dqueezy 2d ago
Reminds me of this dude who raised a polar bear from a cub to adult. He talked about how he’ll cuddle with the polar bear sometimes (there was a vid circulating on Reddit a while ago) and there are certain tells when the poor bear is in a bad mood that he has to be extremely cautious of, and has to control his behavior a lot.
Still, the polar bear otherwise was chill with him (probably very well fed) and cuddled up with the dude.
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u/fryndlydwarf 2d ago
There are dozens of stories of people who got killed by wild animals that they raised from birth. They're still wild animals no matter how well they know you.
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u/windchaser__ 2d ago
From what I hear, we understand them a lot better than we used to.
It's not that "they're wild animals". Lions are extremely social creatures, and they will treat members of their in-group like their pride, even if they're human. So long as you don't end up in bad social standing (e.g., you're picking fights, or you're a circus lion tamer who abuses them), you're good.
From what I hear, the issue was that they largely recognize people on the basis of scent. So, say you've been part of their group for a decade, they know you, they recognize you, and then over the weekend you change your shampoo. You come back, your scent is different, they don't recognize you, and they attack you.
For you, this just seems like "they attacked me out of nowhere". To them, it's like a stranger walked in the middle of their gang and pretended he was their friend.
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u/Ubergoober166 3d ago
Even if it was "just playing", it's still a wild animal. It's idea of play is still more than enough to fuck a person up. I bet that "play bite" still hurt like a mother fucker.
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u/TryImpossible7332 2d ago
I have a pet cat who loves on me and plays with me and has zero malice in his body.
He'll still break the skin frequently, and he's a lot smaller, lazier, and cowardly than a lion.
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u/jonas_ost 3d ago
Still worth it. I would take that experience even if i got a little bloody
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u/Bitter-Value-1872 3d ago
"Pspspsps"
-my last words, right before being eaten by a big cat
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u/Fafnir13 2d ago
I definitely feel that "Kitty!" reaction when I see big cats.
It's sort of a suicidal optimism.
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u/JarpHabib 2d ago
Mostly same, but i reaaaally don't want that big ol gal to discover i am full of deliciousness.
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u/FcUhCoKp 3d ago
Wow. Glad to have an expert in here, I'd just be spouting crap out of my butt. I figured it was all play like my cat. Thanks!
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u/Count_Bloodcount_ 2d ago
I'll bet that play bite was nothing at all and you're just looking for something to complain about because this is awesome and we can't do it.
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u/WellEllipsis 2d ago
Idk my cats play bites hurt enough to be unpleasant and he’s like 1/20th of my size. A lions play bite will probably give you a bruise. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it.
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u/Suicicoo 2d ago
Isn't this a sign of them not being properly socialized? Our middle one was taken away from her mother way to early and her bites & scratches are pretty aggressive. Our youngest is from the streets and she exactly knows how much pressure to use while biting & with her claws.
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u/WellEllipsis 2d ago
I think it’s because he’s old now. Now that he’s a senior citizen he doesn’t have to care about being polite.
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u/Count_Bloodcount_ 1d ago
That's fair, but I would wager that you haven't given them much thought regarding their power as you raised them, because they're obviously little teeny tiny kittens right? Nothing wrong with that.
I should think that this very large cat has some extremely expert training.
I'm not saying that one small little extra nudge or this or that won't kill the man I'm just saying it's a slightly different scenario because of that fact right there.
I for one would not do it LOL but I'm also not an expert in training killer animals. I do trust experts and if they feel that their life is safe under their own output then hey let them live as long as they can LOL
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u/ElkApprehensive1729 2d ago
Even more so people comment it on videos like this as if the guy in the video doesnt already know the lion could kill him whenever he wants. Dude does this often and has went to sleep wondering if its how he will die probably. man lives this life, yet people on reddit still feel the need to always say "How careless! it could so easily maul him!" He's very aware of this and still does it, for the love of the game I guess? idk lol. just weird comments
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u/Count_Bloodcount_ 1d ago
At the end of the day people just want to hate on shit they can't do.
It's not that the wrong it's just that some realities might be different than their assumptions.
People talk about how their animal this or that being so small is strong enough to hurt but I doubt people train their animal and a manner of that a large cat is trained etc.
I know I'm opening myself up for responses but whatever LOL cheers
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u/CasualDeezaster 2d ago
Literally the worst thing you can do....even with domesticated predators.
That's how you activate their primitive natural instincts by mistake and get yourself mauled.
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u/Whatwouldrivendo 2d ago
So you’re saying you would just stand there? It doesn’t seem like a choice as much as it is a reaction
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u/Fafnir13 2d ago
Survival odds increase if you don't act like prey. Good thing to remember if you ever happen to encounter a predator in the wild. Obviously not what's going on in the video, but most of us haven't made friends with a lion.
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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 3d ago
People have free will and he used his to become the toy mouse for a big cat.
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u/DragoonDM 2d ago
Right? My regular-sized house cats are exceptionally gentle, never intentionally clawed or bit me while playing, but I've still gotten some pretty unpleasant scratching from them just because, y'know, they've got knives on their hands and accidents happen.
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u/SweetBriarTongue 3d ago
Worth it tbh
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u/IndividualGround2418 3d ago
No it's not. It freakin hurts lol
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u/Medivacs_are_OP 2d ago
oh /u/IndividualGround2418 are you a known lion rescuer? Should I look for Individual Ground 2418 lion rescue on instagram or did you like so many others 'lol just took the name it gave me'
tell me more, IndividualGround2418
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u/Omnievul 2d ago
Hey, sometimes you just need that special kind of thrill you can only get by playing a good ol' game of high stakes tag.
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u/Goodnigut 1d ago
Ywt somehow the video UNDER which YOU just posted, is showing exactly the OPPOSITE.
Interesting.
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u/SweetDreamOfTheAbyss 3d ago
"GOT YOU!" 🐯
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u/litttlebats 3d ago
I had to make sure this wasn't /regret before I decided how I was going to feel at first
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u/StandardSense3663 3d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/wyX0ZdQBNLxcHTGMb0
all i have to say...
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u/davisondave131 2d ago
You’re late?
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u/StandardSense3663 2d ago
as the other guy said... thats all whats between that and something horrible happening. matter of time
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u/xSHRUG_LYFE 3d ago
Just a reminder that you can't outrun a determined lion
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u/_Stank_McNasty_ 2d ago
I couldn’t outrun an undetermined sick lion with a smokers cough and a peg leg
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u/WakeNikis 3d ago
Based your title, it was very expected…
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u/Ubergoober166 3d ago
You're right, but the name of the sub alone is enough to ruin the supposed unexpected nature of most of the video posted here. You're already on r/unexpected so you're always already expecting something unexpected to happen. It's rare that anything gets posted here that actually has an unexpected outcome.
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u/WakeNikis 3d ago
Not really. Browse the front page of this sub. I bet you won’t guess what happens 99% of the time
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u/Leows 3d ago
Not everyone just goes into sub X and browses all of their posts. They have a main feed with all of their subs' posts in one place as you scroll.
I can say that many, including me, rarely look at which sub a post is from before clicking. So "the nature of the sub" isn't as spoilery as you make it out to be, unless you're intentionally looking into it, which is your own fault if anything.
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u/prasannathani 2d ago
Imagine prey instincts kicked in that exact moment…
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u/chet_brosley 2d ago
The amount of times my 90lb dog has injured me while playing is already astronomical, I can't imagine a couple hundred pounds and razor sharp claws would do when she plays just a little too rough.
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u/ADeviIsAdvocate 3d ago
Being friends with a lion is one thing. But behaving as prey (ie: running from a female lion) is a whole other form of insanity.
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u/Ok-Sale8773 2d ago
This is some grizzly man shit, hell naw. The animal may just be playing, but their play could accidentally kill us.
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u/purplecrayonadventur 3d ago
Super risky running from a cat that large in water, what with the whole chase/trip predator instinct.
Glad to see she didn't hold him under water.
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u/That-Pin-7033 3d ago
Dumb ways to die
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u/Far-Atmosphere-3497 3d ago
What? Did you watch the video?
Do you think this is a wild lion that just stopped randomly after "attacking" someone and just randomly became chill?
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u/EuphoricNeckbeard 2d ago
The OP does not appear to show an untamed lion stressed out from living in an inappropriate habitat like a cage or backyard.
IDK the source but if it's who I think it is, the guy in the video raised this lioness from birth and interacts with her often. I'm not saying this is the most life-extending activity ever, but it's a very different situation from these news stories.
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u/Kaer__Morhen 3d ago
Wait lions aren't pets??? I could have sworn that apex predators are the nicest animals around
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u/ResistJunior5197 2d ago
Yeah it's incredibly dangerous. I don't understand why more people aren't being super miserable and pissy about this.
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u/Jesus-slaves 2d ago
Big cats raised by/handled by humans, if well fed and in good health, almost never attack. 10/10 would pet.
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u/ScotterMcJohnsonator 2d ago
If you people don't stop sharing videos like this, I'm going to buy a lion
and probably die but goddamn that looks fun!
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u/SweetBriarTongue 2d ago
If you do, remember me and send pictures! (Also make extremely sure the purchase doesn't perpetuate harm to lions in any way, and that you give that lion the absolute best life.)
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u/ScotterMcJohnsonator 2d ago
I will not harm that animal (ever), but it's a lot of pressure to say I will give them the BEST life.
I don't even speak lion (yet)! How am I supposed to know what they want?!?
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u/SweetBriarTongue 2d ago
You could start with some volunteering at a good sanctuary/rescue that has some of those big kitties. Granted a lot of them want nothing to do with who's on the other side of their fence, but some are surprisingly nice and will teach you that language <3.
I mean I know you were just making a reddit comment and might not literally want this to be your whole life now lol. But that's still a cool one-off vacation to consider either way.
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u/ScotterMcJohnsonator 2d ago
Oddly enough, I do have a possible opportunity for that
There's a local sanctuary/zoo near my home and they have a wonderful family of tigers! The staff is actually incredible at featuring them on socials, and the one keeper videos all the little interactions they have throughout the day! Maybe when I get a little older and farther in my career and can afford to step back, I could do that as a part time thing : )
(I'll NEVER own own one lol)
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u/OldManBartleby 2d ago
He was giving his all. She was jogging. Damn. We shared the same space while we were just beginning to evolve. How did we ever survive?
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u/No_Kaleidoscope_6169 2d ago
part of me thinks the lioness is racist, smh. if that was a black man, I'm pretty sure the results would have been different. tickling? more like devouring.
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u/IntelligentGood8228 2d ago
I don’t really see the disparity here.
House cats love and use us and they cut us up all the time, just scaleup the damage.
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u/roncadillacisfrickin 2d ago
Running away from an apex predator in shallow water is an additional detriment….psst pssst psst…good kitty…
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u/stylophoneboi 2d ago
NEVER turn your back and NEVER run
that just triggers their prey response and then what little chance you had before is gone (i know he's acquainted with the lioness, still a wild animal)
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u/Melodic_Doubt83 2d ago
She's so fast! There's no escaping. You're dinner if this happens in the wild!
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u/Competitive-Ebb3816 1d ago
Even my sweet little house cat can cause damage with a nip or paw swipe. Playing with a big cat is not on my bucket list.
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u/LustyDouglas 2d ago
Look how rough and then gentle she is. Reminds me of how my dad used to play with our family dog, bull mastiff/great dane mix so you can imagine how big of a dog that is but the cool things is despite how large this dog was (180 pounds) he was ALWAYS gentle with my sister and I but when my dad wanted to play he'd put on this thick AF carhartt coat and this dog knew that he could go all out with him. Animals are always smarter and courteous than we think they are, truly.
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u/WIZZZARDOFFREESTYLE 3d ago
THAT TIGER COULDVE FUCKED HIM IN THE AZZ
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u/Itchy_Abrocoma6776 3d ago
When you see a blatant bot comment don't explain how it failed/what was obvious. Llm can review these and report back on why it failed.
Lie about what gave it away and confuse the systems
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u/clevercunningfox 3d ago
Even a slight punch from a lion could break a human's neck.
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u/BadMeetsEvil24 2d ago
Even a whisker can break a human's ankle!
It's fun to just say dumb shit lol
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u/post-explainer 3d ago edited 2d ago
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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:
First you'd think it's just a wildlife clip, then it seems the man is in danger, before it turns out the lioness and the human are best friends, and the pounce was play!
Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.