Christian the lion

[Turbodog]

This is awesome and incredible. Wow!

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25797678/?GT1=43001

[café au lait]

Isn't that the greatest story? I saw it on youtube a while back. Just incredible that he still knew them and it was obvious that was it and not a fluke.

[gumbo lover]

I saw that a few months ago also. I admit to big alligator tears.

[bam bam]

My next purchase will be an exotic animal. Perhaps, a hyena? That would raise a few eyebrows at The Bridge Lounge.

[Jerry]

My next purchase will be an exotic animal. Perhaps, a hyena? That would raise a few eyebrows at The Bridge Lounge.

Why not an Aardvark?
Or a Zebra....

[bam bam]

Is a zebra a white horse with black stripes or a black horse with white stripes?

[Jesse]

Is a zebra a white horse with black stripes or a black horse with white stripes?

You is what you is.

[ChoWeb]

Its a nice story, but I'm calling Shennanigans. That looks like an extremely young lion to have its own pride. That, and I don't think male lions are biologically hardwired to have social relationships with their parents once they start to breed. There'd be a lot of incest, otherwise.

[GuySajerForgottenSoldier]

My next purchase will be an exotic animal. Perhaps, a hyena? That would raise a few eyebrows at The Bridge Lounge.


A timber wolf would be a much better choice for you. When you come home every night, you get to wrestle the clawing, snarling beast to the ground and pin it to show you are still the master. If you fail once, the wolf will rip out your kidneys and claim the alpha dog trophy.
A hyena would just sit around and giggle.

[edible complex]

Its a nice story, but I'm calling Shennanigans. That looks like an extremely young lion to have its own pride. That, and I don't think male lions are biologically hardwired to have social relationships with their parents once they start to breed. There'd be a lot of incest, otherwise.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/christian.asp

[ChoWeb]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/christian.asp

Hm. Well, maybe. But now I'm questioning the resources of Snopes, which I've never had cause to before. That's definitely a juvenile lion in the video! Most of what snopes documents seems to be "third hand" knowledge of what happened, with some convenient "So and so was killed" so there isnt a chance to cross check these guys' stories. Maybe some of the story is true, but other parts, such as the time line have been stretched in truth.

Heh, I realize I'm being that asshole that tells the 8 year old that Santa Claus isn't real. There's no harm in believing this, I suppose, though this kind of personification is what drives organizations like PETA. Overly sentimental stuff (particularly with animals) like this always makes my eye twitch, particularly if, to me, its fairly obviously at best a half truth.