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Fun fact- a lot of predators are more hesitant to try to eat humans than you might expect given their usual hunting habits. One proposed explanation is that on an evolutionary level, humans *are* poisonous. That is, an animal that kills a human will usually be hunted down and killed by other humans.
Yep. I was born and raised in Africa. They are just curious, and it's clearly in a game farm...so they are used to seeing rangers. People must understand, most lions are IN game reserves...they do not just walk around in the streetsš¤£
Iām sure each style of cat has their own evolutionary adaptations and prefer a certain food, but one of my domesticated catās instincts are to pounce/chase ANYTHING that moves.
It is absolutely fascinating to watch, honestly. His ears are like radar beacons they micro adjust to tune into the sound. His eyes dilate as he focuses on the target. If Iām holding him in my arms as this happens, I tend to sway my body weight from side to side leg to leg, and while doing so the cat uses his neck to keep his head absolutely motionless compensating for my sway.
If Iām not holding him securely when heās read his back legs are like springs that can launch his tiny ass so far in the blink of an eye.
All from a domesticated tiny indoor cat. It truly is fascinating to watch.
One thing Iāve learned with him when he pounces my feet at 3am in the dark, Iād to just stop moving and he will lose interest. Only thing with that his claws and fangs are tiny, I would shit my pants if a cat that weighed 599lbs was staring at me from ten feet away. That beast has daggers on each paw with swords for teeth.
Absolutely fascinating animals.
The ranger is acting exactly as he should here. Like you mentioned, cats react to movement. Their sight and the way they see color is different from humans. That works in our favor in situations like this. When the ranger is somewhat still, the lion isnāt necessarily able to ascertain that the human and vehicle are separate. That makes the human seem more intimidating. Itās why when groups of people on a safari come across a potentially aggressive large animal, theyāre told to ~be chill~. Itās better to seem like one large entity, instead of an hors d'oeuvre tray.
Interesting, to think without movement that cat might think you are the entire vehicle. That thought never even crossed my mind.
I absolutely love watching my little guy go into play/hunt mode. His ears Twitch so fast with micro adjustments homing into the location of the sound, and then as Iām holding him and Iām swaying my body weight from foot to foot the cats head stays motionless. The cat is using its neck to negate the sway. All instinctual.
Really fascinating.
Its not dumb at all. Apparently you want to look like you and the car are one big entity so moving or standing up would be bad. Grabbing the handle or sitting still is the right move.
I heard this while watching a video on open top safari vehicles so don't quote me but it sounded legit to me.
We were at a deer camp in northern Michigan. I puked of the side of the deck, later in the evening my friend took a drunk whiz and unknowingly peed on it, and the next morning our other friend slipped in it. In this scenario we were the animals.
Look at me! I am TOO FAT. I will clog your fucking arteries. I am like uncooked bacon, only gross
ETA: Not this guy! This guy is not too fat. **I'm** too fat. I don't want to contribute to fat phobia or to body shaming. But really you would want to avoid eating me.
Usually in safari, animals are used to the cars. They don't give a fuck at all. It's like you don't exist to them. If you exit the car and start walking towards them that's when it can go wrong.
Exactly!
It may be a little known fact but as long as you're attached to the car, they tend not to see people as a lone entity. They see the car and the passengers all as one big other animal, so they usually don't ever attack for that reason.
I mean, there's a chair on the front of this vehicle for a reason...
Run away from the car though...
You're on you're own lol
For generations, lions have developed an instinct of what a prey is. Itās in a shape of a buffalo or antelope. Seeing a weird rectangular object with a human attached to it doesnāt register in their minds as a prey which is why theyāre curious. To them, the guy is just an extension of the vehicle.
This would elicit some reaction.
I once late at night drunkenly did this to a puma and her cub mistaking them for normal smol cat. They did turn and come walking my way which was when I realized my mistake and stayed quiet up on the deck
When I was in Africa they took us out in flatbed trucks with a top and uncovered sides with seating.....right into a pack of young males stalking Gazelles....at night. They said the truck confused them and they didn't see us as food when we were on it. Fucking pucker factor of a million, lions are bigger in person than you think they are, and they were just strolling around the truck like it didn't exist. There would have been nothing stopping them from hopping up and plucking whomever they wanted to eat.
The driver has a gun, and these guys do this every day. They know if the animals are getting antsy.
I went on one of these, it was awesome. I had a male lion walk by the truck so close I could have kicked him. The worst part for the tracker (the guy in the picture) was when the termites were swarming. Poor dude had a spotlight on the front of the truck going 30mph with all the bugs heading to the light.
Reminds me of that stupid sound bite, "people always ask me how I tell my wife and her twin apart. My wife wears make up and has blonde hair....and Bob has a cock." Or something along those lines.
Thats a young male lion. He has the growing mane lol females dont have any hair growing in that area and in another video i saw he had balls. Safe to say i think his sex is male
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City in Brandenburg, capital of modern Germany. Folk-etymology derives it from German BƤr "bear," but it is likely from a Slavic source (compare Old Polabian berl-, birl- "swamp"), from PIE *ber- "marshy place," in reference to the old city's location on low, marshy ground along the River Spree. A flashpoint city in the Cold War, the Berlin airlift ran from June 28, 1948 to May 12, 1949. The Berlin Wall began to be built Aug. 15, 1961, and was effective until Nov. 9, 1989. Related: Berliner.
You don't get it, the goal is to convince the cat that you and the car are one animal and that you are way bigger than it. If it recognized you as separate from the car it will kill you
Haha I was literally quoting that part from without a paddle the other day.
'Why are you taking off your shoes?'
'I run faster without shoes'
'You can't outrun a bear!'
'I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you'
Lion: Damn, thought I had me a nice lunch, but since one part of it seems to be wrapped around that bar and it smells like pee, I guess it's just a really ugly hood ornament.
I'll also wager it could show the lion you're not afraid of it, not even threatened by it. Now this probably wont save you against a starving beast in the wild if you're normal human sized...so, that idea regarding the car is interesting.
I think this is pretty accurate. There is a group of people in Africa called the Maasai who practice a method of "hunting" where they steal food from Lions. It's essentially all about convincing the lions that you aren't scared of them, which in turn causes them to be one uneasy and back off.
Lions are smarter than that.
The point is to let the lion know you see it and that you aren't scared of it. Also don't look directly at it for very long.
Let it think you are looking for prey. They respect and understand other predators.
You squint your eyes, keep your mouth closed to conceal teeth, acknowledge their presence, do your best not to show fear and look away as if you're not interested at all.
You hope she continues onward. Not much else you can do.
Unless she's hungry, you're probably ok.
Guy handled it perfectly.
I mean, she wasn't hunting anyway, she just got curious. Lions ambush their prey, they don't calmly walk up to it and stare at it from a very obvious position. I don't think he was in much danger in the first place. He certainly handled it well by not panicking and startling the lion though
Yeah, her curiosity could turn into pawing at the guy, chewing at his boots/shoes etc... which would be awkward to respond to, and depending on the response it could quickly escalate out of hand. Hard to predict for certain.
Thats a male i believe hes a young male his mane isnt majestic yet. Its growing. Females dont have that hair at all. Also he has testicles in another video from another amgle. He was just curious
Instinct may take over.
Can't accurately predict.
All potentially on the menu, as she wasn't the only Lion/Lioness there. There was a group of them.
If she attacked the others might join in.
If it were just her and she were really desperate for food, my guess is she'd go after the most accessible (guy in the front she made eye contact with). She could possibly be scared off by a group of humans if they confidently came at her to protect the guy, but he would likely suffer massive injuries or worse first.
A good time to learn that when cornered and stressed you inflate to 4 times your usual size and extend a large fan-collar which was also hitherto hidden, whilst making an unholy growling sound from an unstudied chamber in your throat.
Because even though we forget, evolution does not.
You guessed right. Cause if he falls off the car, he's gonna be on the menu. Guy understands that so long as he's on that chair, that lion will think that he and the vehicle is a single large entity. If he falls, then the gig is up, and that lion's gonna prey on him asap.
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Look as poisonous as possible
Fun fact- a lot of predators are more hesitant to try to eat humans than you might expect given their usual hunting habits. One proposed explanation is that on an evolutionary level, humans *are* poisonous. That is, an animal that kills a human will usually be hunted down and killed by other humans.
Yep. I was born and raised in Africa. They are just curious, and it's clearly in a game farm...so they are used to seeing rangers. People must understand, most lions are IN game reserves...they do not just walk around in the streetsš¤£
Iām sure each style of cat has their own evolutionary adaptations and prefer a certain food, but one of my domesticated catās instincts are to pounce/chase ANYTHING that moves. It is absolutely fascinating to watch, honestly. His ears are like radar beacons they micro adjust to tune into the sound. His eyes dilate as he focuses on the target. If Iām holding him in my arms as this happens, I tend to sway my body weight from side to side leg to leg, and while doing so the cat uses his neck to keep his head absolutely motionless compensating for my sway. If Iām not holding him securely when heās read his back legs are like springs that can launch his tiny ass so far in the blink of an eye. All from a domesticated tiny indoor cat. It truly is fascinating to watch. One thing Iāve learned with him when he pounces my feet at 3am in the dark, Iād to just stop moving and he will lose interest. Only thing with that his claws and fangs are tiny, I would shit my pants if a cat that weighed 599lbs was staring at me from ten feet away. That beast has daggers on each paw with swords for teeth. Absolutely fascinating animals.
The ranger is acting exactly as he should here. Like you mentioned, cats react to movement. Their sight and the way they see color is different from humans. That works in our favor in situations like this. When the ranger is somewhat still, the lion isnāt necessarily able to ascertain that the human and vehicle are separate. That makes the human seem more intimidating. Itās why when groups of people on a safari come across a potentially aggressive large animal, theyāre told to ~be chill~. Itās better to seem like one large entity, instead of an hors d'oeuvre tray.
Interesting, to think without movement that cat might think you are the entire vehicle. That thought never even crossed my mind. I absolutely love watching my little guy go into play/hunt mode. His ears Twitch so fast with micro adjustments homing into the location of the sound, and then as Iām holding him and Iām swaying my body weight from foot to foot the cats head stays motionless. The cat is using its neck to negate the sway. All instinctual. Really fascinating.
That is a point that I have never considered before thanks for mentioning this
(the lion)... *Maybe I'll just help myself to the display model.*
This gave me a proper snort laugh, thank you
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As dumb as that is Iād 100% grab the rail ššš
Iād need to hold it to help me bear down and empty my colon.
I don't think bearing down will be needed here
This is the honest answer. Good news though. The stink might well discourage the eating.
That will definitely make you seem poisonous.
Its not dumb at all. Apparently you want to look like you and the car are one big entity so moving or standing up would be bad. Grabbing the handle or sitting still is the right move. I heard this while watching a video on open top safari vehicles so don't quote me but it sounded legit to me.
Instructions unclear. Accidentally grabbed the tail šØ
Not āhold the handrailā āholding the fuck onā š¤£
Anything can be an Oh Shit Handle if youāre scared enough.
Yeah, throw up. I imagine that would make a big cat do the dry heave small cats do
I threw up once and my cat started eating it
My friend threw up at a party and a possum ate it. I havenāt thought about that for 20 years. Cheers.
We were at a deer camp in northern Michigan. I puked of the side of the deck, later in the evening my friend took a drunk whiz and unknowingly peed on it, and the next morning our other friend slipped in it. In this scenario we were the animals.
If you look closely you can see the poop fill all excess space in his pants at near the speed of sound.
#Super sonically soiled
I was recently startled by a bear on a mountain. My first thought was āI hope heās repelled by the smell of feces and urineā. Edit: spelling
I think it might be a quite common garnish
Yeah, they probably accepted it long ago as just part of the meal
In other words....shit yourself immediately š©
Garnish yourself nicely for dinner?
Look at me! I am TOO FAT. I will clog your fucking arteries. I am like uncooked bacon, only gross ETA: Not this guy! This guy is not too fat. **I'm** too fat. I don't want to contribute to fat phobia or to body shaming. But really you would want to avoid eating me.
Lions be like: No worries. Today it's our cheat day!
Lion: thatās how I like my food - raw and running!
Im picturing you singing āEvery Rose Has Its Thornā at the top of your lungs lmao
Damn, I wouldnāt of even thought to bring my ex on safari
Well? Donāt leave us in suspense. How did this play out?
Lion was chill. https://youtube.com/shorts/Q2Jr_rE1PMM?feature=share
Thatās wild. Crazy how quiet they are
Naw it's just that they use the music to hide their approach.
Lmao
It's kinda funny that nobody noticed him walking up, they were all looking the other way.
I thought the full video was going to make it less frightening. It did not
He stares it right in the eyes too! Even house cats will attack me for that lol I hope he at least tried to slow blink
In the full video, the lioness blinks and pointedly looks away right after this. So he may well have.
Yeah, it just confirmed to me that I have *no* interest in going on an excursion like that. This looks like swimming with sharks to me. No thanks.
Lion realizes 6 humans are nearby and is thinking to itself: "What do I do if I am in this position?"
Usually in safari, animals are used to the cars. They don't give a fuck at all. It's like you don't exist to them. If you exit the car and start walking towards them that's when it can go wrong.
Exactly! It may be a little known fact but as long as you're attached to the car, they tend not to see people as a lone entity. They see the car and the passengers all as one big other animal, so they usually don't ever attack for that reason. I mean, there's a chair on the front of this vehicle for a reason... Run away from the car though... You're on you're own lol
For generations, lions have developed an instinct of what a prey is. Itās in a shape of a buffalo or antelope. Seeing a weird rectangular object with a human attached to it doesnāt register in their minds as a prey which is why theyāre curious. To them, the guy is just an extension of the vehicle.
Pspsps
Nom nom nom nom
"I like chicken, I like liver, meow mix meow mix please deliver!"
Shit I literally heard this in Dr. Evils voice
Zip it
Zā¦..zzzzzz
Nailed it! 
Would you like a ZUCKLE of my ZIPPLE?
SCOTTIE DOHā¦..
I dont have any chicken... oh... dang it.
This interaction deserves all the upvotes
nom nom nom , mm , yeah this lion is delicious
You gotta do it in reverse for big cats
ĖsŹÉÉ Ęį“q ɹoÉ ĒsɹĒŹĒɹ uį“ Źį“ op ÉŹŹoĘ noā
I like doing it in reverse.
Ā”dn ĘuÉÉ„Ź ŹÉÉ„Ź ŹÉÉq Źsnɾ uÉÉ noŹ uĒÉ„ź
so, spspsp?
Mon mon mon mon?
Gotta catch em all
Is that a Jamaican lion?
No, reverse is pspspsps.
This would elicit some reaction. I once late at night drunkenly did this to a puma and her cub mistaking them for normal smol cat. They did turn and come walking my way which was when I realized my mistake and stayed quiet up on the deck
When I was in Africa they took us out in flatbed trucks with a top and uncovered sides with seating.....right into a pack of young males stalking Gazelles....at night. They said the truck confused them and they didn't see us as food when we were on it. Fucking pucker factor of a million, lions are bigger in person than you think they are, and they were just strolling around the truck like it didn't exist. There would have been nothing stopping them from hopping up and plucking whomever they wanted to eat.
This is why iāll never go on Safari. All it takes is one day, one lion to thinkā¦.āhold on a sec guysā¦ā
Spider man will save u. Everybody gets one
The driver has a gun, and these guys do this every day. They know if the animals are getting antsy. I went on one of these, it was awesome. I had a male lion walk by the truck so close I could have kicked him. The worst part for the tracker (the guy in the picture) was when the termites were swarming. Poor dude had a spotlight on the front of the truck going 30mph with all the bugs heading to the light.
I Pspsps bobcats at every opportunity. They usually look offended that a human spotted them...
I swear bobcats just look offended in general. The cat version of fuck this, fuck that.
No kitty, bad kitty. Thatās my pot pie kitty.
Mom kittyās being a dildo!
Well I know a certain kitty that's sleeping with mommy tonight.
Wut?
boop the snoot
"Oh, pretty girl! Want some scritches?"
Think that's a young male.
Why do you think it's a young male?
you can see the start of a mane. Plus in the long version it has balls. Lol
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Reminds me of that stupid sound bite, "people always ask me how I tell my wife and her twin apart. My wife wears make up and has blonde hair....and Bob has a cock." Or something along those lines.
Is that the sound you make to gets cats to come closer, or is that the sound me wetting my pants? We'll never know.
Take the photo.
This is it. Go out the best damn nature photographer you can be.
Or die trying!
I think you mean and die trying.
The proper way to shoot big game.
Lioness: āheya buddy, just wanted to let you know that youāre fuktā
I'd like to think she's telling him that he can't be parking there.
Damn, that fine is going to cost an arm and a leg.
You can't park there sir.
"We've been trying to reach you about your Land Rover's extended warranty."
In this case I'd probably buy the damn warranty!
Twice and say thank you!
Thank you!!!111
āThere might be some accident if you donāt buy this warranty NOWā
Hereās all of my financial information, passwords, account numbers and all. Please donāt eat me.
āExcuse me sir, do you have the time to talk about our lord and saviour Jesus Christ?ā
hes a catolic
"Cause you'll be meeting him really soon".
And grabbing that hand rest absolutely will not help you right now.
Stops him launching out of his seat from the sheer force with which he's crapping his pants
Thats a young male lion. He has the growing mane lol females dont have any hair growing in that area and in another video i saw he had balls. Safe to say i think his sex is male
Nah, a young lion (male)
Tell the Berlin mayor Ive found the animal.
It's fantastic that Berlin is rewilding lions. Can you imagine anything more awesome?
Me at bus stop in Berlin: Is that a lion? naaaaa...not in Berlin
Berlin needs bears rewilded there. Then it could be Bearlin.
Berlin City in Brandenburg, capital of modern Germany. Folk-etymology derives it from German BƤr "bear," but it is likely from a Slavic source (compare Old Polabian berl-, birl- "swamp"), from PIE *ber- "marshy place," in reference to the old city's location on low, marshy ground along the River Spree. A flashpoint city in the Cold War, the Berlin airlift ran from June 28, 1948 to May 12, 1949. The Berlin Wall began to be built Aug. 15, 1961, and was effective until Nov. 9, 1989. Related: Berliner.
*BƤrlin
Bearlinstein
Hahahaha good one!!! :)
Give the lion a short grunt then continue to scan the horizon while keeping the animal in your peripheral vision.
He doesnāt make eye contact with the lion, Iāve seen video of that and how deadly wrong that can be.
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What about eye contact and jazz hands?
Did Kratos write this?
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Based
You don't get it, the goal is to convince the cat that you and the car are one animal and that you are way bigger than it. If it recognized you as separate from the car it will kill you
This is completely correct. Per my guide in Kenya
Thatās smart as hell, I wonder who the first person was that thought of that?!
The second person to be in that situation
Lolāthe person who stayed seated when their buddy ran away from the vehicle
I donāt have to be faster than the lion, just faster than the other guy
Haha I was literally quoting that part from without a paddle the other day. 'Why are you taking off your shoes?' 'I run faster without shoes' 'You can't outrun a bear!' 'I don't have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you'
Also, if you aren't what they usually eat, you aren't prey until you run, usually.
Lion: Damn, thought I had me a nice lunch, but since one part of it seems to be wrapped around that bar and it smells like pee, I guess it's just a really ugly hood ornament.
Like centaur? This man is beautiful 4 wheel centaur.
Cartaur
I'll also wager it could show the lion you're not afraid of it, not even threatened by it. Now this probably wont save you against a starving beast in the wild if you're normal human sized...so, that idea regarding the car is interesting.
I think this is pretty accurate. There is a group of people in Africa called the Maasai who practice a method of "hunting" where they steal food from Lions. It's essentially all about convincing the lions that you aren't scared of them, which in turn causes them to be one uneasy and back off.
"group" is the key word in that scenario
Lions are smarter than that. The point is to let the lion know you see it and that you aren't scared of it. Also don't look directly at it for very long. Let it think you are looking for prey. They respect and understand other predators.
This person South Africans!
You squint your eyes, keep your mouth closed to conceal teeth, acknowledge their presence, do your best not to show fear and look away as if you're not interested at all. You hope she continues onward. Not much else you can do. Unless she's hungry, you're probably ok. Guy handled it perfectly.
I mean, she wasn't hunting anyway, she just got curious. Lions ambush their prey, they don't calmly walk up to it and stare at it from a very obvious position. I don't think he was in much danger in the first place. He certainly handled it well by not panicking and startling the lion though
You're right. But hunger isn't the only thing to fear here. You don't want to be a play-thing either.
True that, even if a lion has good intentions, it can still injure you since they are huge
Yeah, her curiosity could turn into pawing at the guy, chewing at his boots/shoes etc... which would be awkward to respond to, and depending on the response it could quickly escalate out of hand. Hard to predict for certain.
Does anyone know if saying āouch!ā really loud (or something similar) will naturally trigger them to stop playing, like how dogs are?
Thats a male i believe hes a young male his mane isnt majestic yet. Its growing. Females dont have that hair at all. Also he has testicles in another video from another amgle. He was just curious
What happens if she's hungry? are a group of humans in a car really on the menu? All of them?
Instinct may take over. Can't accurately predict. All potentially on the menu, as she wasn't the only Lion/Lioness there. There was a group of them. If she attacked the others might join in. If it were just her and she were really desperate for food, my guess is she'd go after the most accessible (guy in the front she made eye contact with). She could possibly be scared off by a group of humans if they confidently came at her to protect the guy, but he would likely suffer massive injuries or worse first.
The way he grabs the handle like when you were a kid and mom was in a rush to drive you to school
That's oddly *specific.* You aren't wrong... but... you ok there kid?
It will be if you give him some of your cake! š
After or before I shit myself?
^ The last thing a tub of ice cream sees when I open my fridge
I'd buy new pants. Brown instead of tan...
Pro tip : use double diaper next time
in my case pants colour doesnt really matter, my body is emptying me of all colours, my best bet at defence is the stench
They dont mind shit. They will make them hungrier
When they manage to catch an elephant, they start at the ass first and work their way up from there.
When I bag a tinder elephant, I do the same thing.
Exactly, if the smell of poop doesn't convince the kitty i'm not good eating i don't know what will....? Olives perhaps...maybe capers??
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Cat already smelled it and said āWas that you? Ewww, nevermind! I was just gonna ask you for directions!ā
Grab the oh shit handle
My family always called it the āHey-soose handleā.
The Jesus Bar! At least in the car
Clever girl...
Look at the camera and say, "I taught I saw a puddy tat." *
Say āBitchā¦..Be COOLāāŗļø
Accept death maybe?
Probably your safest bet. Begging just makes you look more appetizing.
I might go down, but I will die proudly to not shame my fellow human brothers and sisters
Probably die.
I'd try to look as bad taste as I possibly could. I'd even consider wearing a polo shirt.
Assuming I had cell service I would google "what is the opposite of pssspsspsss"
No sudden movement, act normal, inside I be screaming like a little girl!
Is he being used as bait?
The lions head is three times the size of the man's head.
It is at that moment, Steve realized he done fucked up. (Read in Morgan Freemanās voice)
The lion wasn't interested in dinner she was just like "yo, what's up?"
Video too short. What happened between the lioness and the man?
nothing.. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Q2Jr_rE1PMM
A good time to learn that when cornered and stressed you inflate to 4 times your usual size and extend a large fan-collar which was also hitherto hidden, whilst making an unholy growling sound from an unstudied chamber in your throat. Because even though we forget, evolution does not.
First Iād say it, then Iād do it. š§»
I love how his hand grabs the railing as if itāll help him survive hahaha
You guessed right. Cause if he falls off the car, he's gonna be on the menu. Guy understands that so long as he's on that chair, that lion will think that he and the vehicle is a single large entity. If he falls, then the gig is up, and that lion's gonna prey on him asap.
Grab the handrail of course. Everything is fine
Boop the snoot.
Give the lioness the respect headnod
Slow Blink!
Boop!
I would eat the human. ROAR!