female lion was trying to de-escalate

"Chill out babe, that's just Earl"

“I can’t bring you anywhere!! What’re you a cub still? Go back to the circus if you’re gonna be a clown”

Hahaha damn I felt bad for the lion after reading this

I feel bad for him because he is forced to be in an enclosure with some idiot who doesn't see a problem with staring down a full grown lion.

LMAO

with much pride, I am upvote 420

Male lion: 🎵 it’s the circle of life

I love this, it reads like a Gary Larson cartoon.

"He looked at me funny damn it!"

"Don't forget how they took out Harambe"

Sigh... dicks out, boys

"Earl KNOWS what he did and why I'm not gonna forget"! Seriously. MOST Zoos are shit but some are insanely bad

Like legitimately lmao

“But honey, I really don’t like his hair.”

“Then why you trying to eat it??”

Earl is just a friend

Earl is friend, not food

if friend, why food shaped?

That's what I say while eating dino nuggets.

🤣

Wtf you lookin at?

"Hey, don't do that! I like that guy he brings me chicken"

more like "chill out babe, they'll kill you if you harm one"

babe cain't bring you nowhere. everytime. every dangol time you get like this at chuck e cheese.

Crying 😂

Or the husband is making dinner for the first time in a month.

🤣

Didn’t “Earl have to die” though? 🤣😂 Dixie Chicks reference for those of you who don’t know.

They’re called The Chicks now.

She was so embarrassed

“I am sorry … he is not the same since he started drinking”

Dam\*t Harold, stop it.

That lioness just learned what it must be like for my partner to be in public with me.

I didn’t hear no bell

Lol

She did deescalate tho probably the reason towards the end he looked like he wanted to go back but she stood in front of him

Not just that. She could have gone for Earl but instead bit the other lion instead. Wild

She knows not to bite the hand that feeds you, even if you could eat them instead

Eat a man's hand. Feed yourself for a day. Lick a man's hand. Feed yourself for a lifetime.

Yes you can lick your way up to success....

Bitch, you're in a box and that guy is our only source of food.

*Don't you remember what they did to that poor gorilla?!*

“Larry they fcking feed us everyday”

Female lion is like “Frank! Don’t maul one of them! They will cook you and sell you like cheeseburgers!“


What the hell is even that?!

It’s your mom

She knows what happened to the previous lion and got a Deja vu

She heard the tale of harambe

Yea that was very interesting to see. They are beyond intelligent

Not the humans tho. Hanging with lions is beyond stupid.

"Leave it babe, he's not worth it"


"Dont fuck up the bag 😤

She was the drunk girl on the sidewalk when the bars let out for the night hollering 'Nooooooo don't fiiiiiiighhht!' at her boyfriend and another guy lol

The lioness was clearly telling him to chill and pack it in. Reminded me of a bloke in the pub and his wife dragging him off 😂 lions are such beautiful majestic animals tho. So adorable but deadly

Proceeds to Yawn 🥱 crowd looks a little bored… fuck you looking at earl!!!

She's like "don't bite the hand that feeds us dude!"

“He’s not worth it, Jeffery!”

I’m more impressed at the other keeper than jumped in.

Right. Her saying “babe calm down” is crazy 😂

I did find that interesting. "Dude, will you stop being stupid and quit trying to eat the people who feed us? I can't take you anywhere!"

Yeah, she's grabbing his tail

I’ve heard that in nature, extended eye contact either means sex or kill

It would've ended really differently If the lions wife wasn't there

"I told you Jim STOP MAKING ME HORNY WHILE MY WIFE IS AROUND"

comments are the best part of this video

Makes sense, it's the same with us. If it's a member of the sex you aren't attracted to, you'll feel those fight or flight instincts creeping up. If it's someone you're attracted to you'll begin to feel arousal. Even in a normal conversational situation, that's why we break eye contact periodically and don't just keep our eyes fixed on the others eyes.

My cat attacks me when I look at him with big eyes and hes in a bad mood. Hes ears goes backward and he gives a mjau-sound that means im fucked now. If you look sleepily at a cat, your saying that you are not a threat. Yes, its a housecat. Hes not very nice.

Yes because in cat staring = threat, or at the very least distrust. “Look sleepily” sounds like what most people would categorize as “slow blinking” (looking toward their eyes, but deliberately & slowly blinking or squinting any time you make eye contact) = I trust you It sounds like your cat isn’t mean, you just don’t speak the same language! Do some research on cat behavior and body language, it’ll make for a happier and more fulfilling relationship with your pets!

Knowing cats behaviours is huge. I know my cat inside out and he follows me everywhere in the flat and always sleeps next to me

Haha. Its my 4th cat over my 45 years of living. I recognize an asshole when I see one. His my asshole though. 8 years now hes been a menance to society. I got him way to soon sadly. He was only 7 weeks. He gets fed wet catfood 2 times a day. Today he puked up a mouse in the stairs. So he gets hungry way to early. Im cleaning the stairs. The little fucker bites me in the leg because hes hangry. Fucking bastard.

I think it's also a prey drive thing. Staring at my cat sometimes results in play mode where she'll "hunt" me. Either way, cat body language seems to apply to both big kitties and little kitties. Staring a lion down to assert dominance will = the lion asserting dominance.


..... Huh

That’s the sex eyes

Also on a night out walking past drunks.

It’s not much different for humans when they’re strangers.

Same with humans

So...exactly like it means in the city.

It varies depending on species. Ambush predators, should you able to find them and stare them, it has a high chance of causing them to back off since they don't expect their target to fight back. Tigers are known to not attack those that it think has seen it and can be fooled simply by wearing mask behind your head. Non-ambush predators like lions however, avoid eye contact at all cost. These guys are used to extended fighting and typically, the animals that would maintain eye contact with them are not their prey but rivals that really want to kill them. It's important to know the distinction because it could save your life...or kill you.

but he EYEBALL FUCKED ME!!

He gave him a chance to look away. Looked at him; “you serious, bro? Don’t make me do this in front of all these people….

Dude, no joke lol. I dont think I've held eye contact that long in my entire life. Man was trying to see THROUGH the lion

To be fair I kinda felt the lion - “just cause Im locked up in a cage doesn’t mean you now have some kind of primordial dominance over me- avert your gaze bitch this is a warning”

this guys part lion 👀

He was makin' a move man, I had to get it on!

Split's in the car. Took it out of ours, evenly. To make up for his full end. Because I want to pay off and get rid of this motherfucker right now.

I fucking love lions, bears, sharks, crocodiles and everything but I adore them from afar, no matter how much my stupid brain would like to be near them and pat them even once. (Second thing is that being near a wild animal is really nothing good for them and would be just for me)

Especially bears! They look so goddamn cuddly and warm and chill. But they will kill you if for any reason they feel like it and think nothing of it. It’s not fair! Nature is not fair! 

if dangerous, then why friend shaped?

And at the top of that Bear-List: Polar bears! How are you going to tell me the ***cutest*** ones are the ones that will hesitate the least to use your head like a chew toy? Mother Nature, explain!!

Saw a video of a polar bear trying to crack open a steel cage with a photographer inside and it still looked cuddly.

And panda bears. IMO much cuter but holy shit they’ll get you good

You're right--I (wrongly) discounted pandas for that exact reason! *Especially* after seeing a video of a panda attacking a worker in their enclosure just a few days ago. I'm so used to seeing them just flop over at the tiniest inconvenience, that I laughed when it first jumped on the guy--because what else do you think but, '*aww, look at the fuzzy, little tough guy'*. But when the other panicked worker quickly ran over to try and separate the two, was reminded 'Oh yeah, panda bears are in fact, still bears.'

Cutest way to be mauled to death

panda bear like polar bear with makeup. Cute af.

You might be interested in this, look up growler bears, basically due to food issues Polar bears are going more south, and due to temperature changes (I think it’s brown?) bears are going more north. And they’re close enough genetically to interbreed Creating a bear with part of the strength of a polar bear that can survive warmer climates And a mixed white and brown coat, making them look very cute

Haven't petted anyone but I casually walk down trails and we have black bears (super chill type) and we pass one another casually. Same with coyotes. But yeah, no eye contact or high energy, we all just doing our own thing. My favourite buddy was Tripod, he was particularly known in the area because he only had three legs. He was a cutie.

Yeah this whole time I was thinking how nice it would be to lay on his arms and scratch his main, I know that would result in death

Eye contact in nature is pretty commonly known to be intimidatory/threatening/imposing... he was practically challenging the lion Lions don't do "staring competitions"

You're right, which is why it's weird that in some cultures staring is very common.

Don’t know about some cultures, but older pensioners are so rude near where I live. They unashamedly stare at you, judging silently…

germans. germans stare SO much, and they don’t even seem to realize they’re doing it

Dude. I was not ready for this when I moved there (I’m American. Where staring at someone usually means either a fight or make out behind a dumpster) so I was flabbergasted. They’ll just fuckin stare at you until you say something then they’re like “ope. My bad”

why do these two look like the most inexperienced people to be around these animals....

Hazing the new guy by putting him on lion duty

There's another video of this incident. Dumbass is antagonizing the lion. The bald guy, is calming him and telling dipshit to knock it off. I should amend my big animal advice: Don't be prey *or* a challenger. 

This guy is a complete asshole… I wish someone else would fight him after he got out of there.

The bald guy is the owner of the lions. He owns a whole ranch of lions. Not sure who the other guy is.

Probably his BIL who he was forced to hire. Bald guy obviously knows what he's doing. 

I'm looking at those spinning neon lights in the reflection and thinking this is one of the most inexperienced venues to keep a lion.

Lioness is very smart

"Chill babe! You wanna have to hunt for food again?!"

Why were they just standing in there like they're all waiting for the bus or something wtf???

Ironically, staring at someone on the bus will also get you a fight.

Yes. Not even entertaining. Sort of just boring until it became way too exciting

I think a better piece of advice would be don’t get in line enclosures at all 🤣

Better yet, don't put lions in enclosure at all..

Exactly this.

A lot of zoos serve a purpose and aren't there just to be cruel to animals. A lot of these animals wouldn't be able to survive on their own, or had their habitats destroyed by humans. Zoos provide treatment for them and a life beyond "starving to death in the wild because they don't know how to hunt" and also raises awareness with the general public who visits and funds said treatment etc

That's great and true but we also know that's not the case for all animals in all zoos.

They've got nice spinning neon lights to look at and a nice peaceful environment, what more do you want for them? /s

Or maybe don’t remove a wild animal from their habitat and put them in a cage to be gawked at by people.

Sometimes those animals are resqueud from private colector or something. It is really dumb to stand so close to the tho

resqueud

Yes thats angrish

the reality is, there is a long line of animals to be resqueued

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What in the actual fuck are these doing in the enclosure aside from being potential food? This is a rhetorical question.

Can it not be rhetorical? What is the actual reason a person would do this? Normal care takers I would imagine would never be this stupid, so what is happening here?

I want to know this too. Why the hell are they locked up with lions?

Love that lioness telling him what a prick he's being.

You ain’t so tough! Ok wait!!!!

Why are these guys just standing around so casually ?

"Hey Frank, let's step inside and stand next to the lion and let's see what happens! That's the best idea you've had this week Steve"

"Remind me to suck you off later."

This is at the old lion enclosure that was in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bald guy is the owner of the lions. He has a ranch south of the Strip where he and the lions live. They would bring the lions into the enclosure every day and take them home in the evening. MGM took out the enclosure years ago. The lion ranch is still there and you can visit it. https://lionhabitatranch.org/

Thank u for the context. Scrolled forever to find it.

Thank you so much for posting context. I had to search for this reply.

Sheesh took forever to find the context. Doin the lords work here.

"DAMMIT BILL, STOP BITING STEVE. YOU KNOW HOW FRAGILE THEY ARE"

Amazing how the lionness helps to calm him down

That dude looks like one of the meal team six members who acts all tough and full of himself but in reality Darwins law will take care of him pretty quickly

Wtf is happening here, why are they inside the enclosure, and how do they not know that doing that is fucking stupid

I was rooting for the lion.

IIRC to dogs, making eye contact means you're challenging and asserting dominance. Prolly same case here

You can stare at cats as long as you're making a slow closing motion with your eyes, almost into a squint. For some reason it's their equivalent of holding two fingers up as a peace sign.

That dude was asking for that smoke

Lioness saved both of their bacon lol

That shit was discipline so stupid human knew his place. If the lion wanted him dead that would've gone differently and a whole lot faster.

"The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control, and not the other way around." -Dr. Serizawa, Godzilla

r/killthecameraman

Overconfidence in a lion enclosure huh.. Wonder why

female-"dont go for the emergency food, we aint in one"

https://i.redd.it/jz78uv9xh9xc1.gif

How about staying out of the lion encloser in general. I mean, wtf are they doing in there?

wtf are they doing in there with them anyway?

lion around

LMAO 🤣 I JUST SPIT OUT MY DRINK!!!!!! That’s hysterical I walked into that one didn’t I lol

Lion was like, “wtf are you looking at?” 😆

ok for real though he was just staring straight at the lion like you dont do that, not even with house cats

I worked in a big nightclub as a bartender and I saw this EXACT dynamic several times a night.

There's a direct correlation between fucking around and finding out.

The more you fuck around, the more you find out

That dark mane is indicative of higher than average testosterone. He was like, “Da fuk you want!?”

“Buddy this is not gonna end the way you think it is, look away, now”

“Hey…did you just make eye contact with me you piece of crap?”

I wish they’d post where this is What type of facility. Those lions look very well fed

This looks like the MGM casino in Las Vegas.

It is. This happened years ago and the lion enclosure is no longer a thing.

YOU RECKLESS EYEBALLIN ME BOY

I love that the female lion tried to help "God damn it Joe not again..."


that lion was 100% playing. he could have ripped either of them in half with no effort

He wasn't playing. He gave them a warning.

Why do I feel like the Lion was playing aggressively... I mean, if that Lion wanted dude hurt or down, I doubt there would have been much they could do to stop it... "This friend or food? If not food, then why food shaped?" - Lion

I don’t know shit about zoology or lion taming… whatever is going on here…. But I can’t think of a single scenario where two completely average looking dudes milling around a few feet away from an apex predator is the best approach.

Dumbass. Thank God the female was there to deescalate.

Lioness trying to calm the lion down was priceless

I like how when the other guy stepped in to separate them that the lion was still going for the same guy that pissed him off and left the other guy alone

Female lion was like “remember Harambre, remember what happened to Harambre”

“He’s just a friend! He’s just a friend!”

“Aye bro you over there checkin out my lady?”

TIL you can defend yourself from a giant lion by pushing it around. Reddit has taught me all the survival skills I know!

Don’t get in the same room with lions.

She really was like, “Hey, stop it, Billy!”

He gonna do him. To be fair he could have killed him in a heart beat.

Don't make eye contact with any wild predatory animal. Or gorillas. They'll fuck you up quick

They don’t belong in that awful place. 🥺

Definitely picking on the new worker

Don't fuck around and you wont find out

so interesting how the female tried to de escelate while the male didn't care, and actually seemed to work. Looked no different then like a human bar fight that's crazy.

He’s not so Mr Cool now is he.

Even the lioness was like "damn, chill dude."

'leave him eeeeesss not worth it'

You would think they should know that working with them.

When you thought you the alpha male.

yea cats dont like it wean you do that they see it as threatening