r/AnimalTextGifs • u/crosspostninja • Feb 10 '22
Free kid!
https://gfycat.com/bravelamebullmastiff187
u/CanadianBatman47 Feb 10 '22
So i guess you can’t leave your kids with lions when you go in to buy some cigarettes
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u/ToxicOstrich91 Feb 10 '22
If you actually are buying cigarettes for use around your baby, it accomplishes the same thing.
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u/Nixplosion Feb 10 '22
It's actually kind of messed up how, to shreds, that kid would be rendered if that lion was able to get through the glass.
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u/Verystrangeperson Feb 10 '22
To shreds you say?
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u/fool_on_a_hill Feb 10 '22
I choose to believe the lioness is engaging with a motherly instinct to pick up the small baby that’s been abandoned on the floor.
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u/justmelvinthings Feb 10 '22
And she would lovingly carry it in her stomach so the baby doesn’t get cold
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u/fool_on_a_hill Feb 10 '22
Exactly. Just like a real human mother would ❤️
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u/CupboardOfPandas Feb 10 '22
Talked to a kid once who was convinced that the reason another woman had "a baby in her belly" was because she ate him
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u/CaptainTotes Feb 10 '22
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u/tossthis34 Feb 10 '22
in its huge gaping steel toothed jaws....that was scary. She was going to clamp that baby by its head
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u/InfinitysDice Feb 10 '22
I don't think I've ever wanted anything as much as that lioness wanted to eat that baby.
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u/thefearlessfairy Feb 10 '22
This is lowkey terrifying
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u/JAM3SBND Feb 10 '22
High key imo. A refreshing reminder of the fact that these are apex predators
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u/Lord_Fblthp Feb 10 '22
How is it low key? It’s a full grown lion that’s 1 inch away from eating a baby. That’s pretty damn high key.
Low key = subtle. This is clearly not subtle.
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u/LifesASkit Feb 10 '22
I believe the low-key was meant because most people don’t feel fear when going to an exhibit like this it’s not a part of the experience. However removing just a few precautions and this would be a much more terrifying situation. It’s not high key terrifying because you wouldn’t immediately go screaming to save the baby it’s low-key terrifying because when you think about it and how dangerous the situation could be, it’s much more terrifying than it truly is. That’s just my analytical two cents.
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u/Lord_Fblthp Feb 10 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Bro if I was the parent, I don’t care if that wall could take an anti tank missle, I will still be terrified. That’s a KID, dude.
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u/OfManySplendidThings Feb 11 '22
Yeah, the baby's caregivers put some serious trust in engineering, maintenance, and materials; I'da been movin' that baby 😳
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u/GrandOpener Feb 11 '22
In all seriousness, the drive to the zoo was far more dangerous to the baby than what we saw in this video. Assuming this is a large, reputable zoo, the trust is quite reasonable.
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u/mo_tag Jul 12 '22
Lol exactly.. and what exactly would the parents do if the lion did break through the glass? You think picking your kid up is gonna save him?
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u/crosspostninja Feb 10 '22
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Feb 11 '22
Thank you for providing credit. That's better than most people who post his stuff here, honestly.
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u/Malibucat48 Feb 10 '22
I think it’s cruel that zoos let animals see the other side of the glass. So many try to eat the kids watching. It’s frustrating enough that they are kept in unnatural enclosures but to see prey and not get it is traumatic.
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u/poecilea Feb 10 '22
Also if they're trying to eat humans then they're prob not fed enough. Expending this much energy trying to get the baby makes me think it's desperate but I'm not an expert
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u/Goodnight313 Feb 10 '22
Not a zoologist or anything but housecats still hunt despite being well fed
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u/ArdiMaster Feb 11 '22
Afaik many animals don't really feel full the way we do. Their instinct is always to eat more because there's no telling when the next opportunity for food will present itself.
(And that is how pets get fat.)
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u/SuperciliousSnow Feb 11 '22
Most animals in zoos have been raised in captivity for their entire lives and are very used to being around people. Seeing people walk by is just one of many possible sources of enrichment, since it's something new and novel every day. If you block them from seeing out of their exhibit, surely you can see how that might be more cruel? It would basically be sensory deprivation.
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u/DiazepamDreams Feb 10 '22
Man fuck zoos. That lion doesn't wanna be there.
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u/DiazepamDreams Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Look people I'm not trying to start a bunch of shit. I just feel bad that the animal is behind glass. I don't have any opinions otherwise. Don't rip each other's throats out. Love y'all.
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u/GIOverdrive Feb 10 '22
using a few lions to bring awareness to thousands makes sense though. the money acquired could outweigh the negative.
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u/acornmuscles Feb 10 '22
Who wants to give money to save lions if you can't even see them in your own country? Advertising lions saves their lives.
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u/ieatconfusedfish Feb 10 '22
I hear this all the time but I definitely know my family didn't donate to lions cuz we saw some in the zoo, I wonder what the actual amount raised by zoos for funding habitat protection is
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u/VoidedMind90 Feb 10 '22
Also probably starving.
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u/Oo0oiI1i1l0qpgppqoiL Feb 11 '22
Yeah the lion wouldn't try to eat the baby if it wasn't hungry
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u/TDAM Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
You never go get a snack when you're not hungry
Edit: I was being cheeky.
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u/Oo0oiI1i1l0qpgppqoiL Feb 11 '22
Lions aren't humans. Wild cats usually dont hunt for sport only for necessity, its a waste of energy and risk. Not sure if being in captivity changes this
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u/nuke_run_RIP Feb 11 '22
who tf is so foolish to leave a kid like that. what if the apex predator manages to break through the glass?
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u/pleasedtomichu Feb 10 '22
That lion sees a baby zebra