Christian the Lion: A Story worth retelling

99 out of 100 times that story would end with the dude being a meal. If you really think that I challenge you to go live with some lions and see what happens.

 

I'm not saying it's not a nice story but you saying "A true sign that man and animal can coexist harmoniously" is incorrect and a dangerous way of thinking. Again, I challenge you to find your local lion's den and hang out with them. Lets see if man and animal coexist harmoniously.

 

It's a nice story. I just wish the lion had a more secular name.

 

Fun is the enemy.

Like Bob.

 

Studios are trying to get a movie made. When I get out there fully, I'll try to as well.

 

Christian's human fiends raised him from a cub. It's not like they were just looking to meet up with a random lion.

 

That doesn't change anything.

 

Raising an animal from its youth and then revisiting it in the wild and approaching a strange wild animal of the same species are two completely different things. Do you think some random wild lion would've reacted the way Christian did?

 

No, I think some random lion would have killed him and 99 times out of 100 a lion in Christian's situation would have eaten the dude who raised him as well. This is an anomaly, a miracle so to speak.

Just ask Roy and the lady who had her face ripped off by the Old Navy chimp.

 

I have a cat and that mother****er attacks me on a daily basis. Again, just look at the literally hundreds of cases where an animal attacks their owner. This is not something I make up. At the end of the day a lion is a lion, no matter what the circumstances are behind how it was raised. It's why people don't own lions or tigers (unless you're some sort of eccentric millionaire).

 

The Roy Horn attack may not be all it seemed:

Spoiler

The chimp attacked a neighbor, BTW, not his owner.

 

The point is, those animals were used to being around people and they still attacked. Unless you think they filmed those Old Navy commercials with robots and Siegfried and Roy performed in empty arenas.

 

It all snowballed after that and then the apes took over the planet.

 

Not even close to the same thing. These animals have been selectively bred for docile behavior for hundreds (if not thousands) of years.

 

Didn't Roy eventually get mauled by his own tiger.

 

I seriously think things would have been different if they'd returned a year or two later, assuming they could find him, since he apparently disappeared after that. Its a nice story, I just feel like eventually any imprint his owners left on him would disappear. After all, tigers, lions, and other animals like them aren't known for living domestically. There has already been several examples provided in the thread, its just a matter of luck that many of these animals don't harm their owners.

 

It's wonderful. Heartwarming story. The second he notices them, how can that not put a smile on your face maybe a tear to your eye, and he shows them his family. I mean come on that's just a magnificent story.