Culture Idiot tries to pet lion - Lmao

A video has emerged on YouTube in which a reckless tourist on safari can be seen trying to touch a lion from the window of a car.

The clip, which was shot in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, has already garnered more than a million views at the time of writing after being posted on June 15.


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In the footage, the arm of an individual can be seen reaching out of the window to pat the wild lion on the back. At first the animal does not appear to react. However, moments later it bares its teeth menacingly and roars, frightening the occupants of the car who promptly close the window.

The poster of the video, Wildlife Sightings—an account with more than 100,000 subscribers—wrote in the video description that lions in the open plains of the Serengeti occasionally shelter in the shade of vehicles. But “this doesn’t mean that they trust humans, only the vehicles.”

“To try to touch is incredibly stupid and ignorant of the tourist that filmed the sighting.”

South African safari ranger Naas Smit told The Sun that the lion could have torn off the arm of the person trying to touch it.

"It would have the power to pull that tourist straight out of that window and kill him instantly in front of his friends. It was an incredibly stupid thing to do," he said.

“It could also just have easily crashed its way through the open window and torn into those inside,” Smit added. “They were lucky to get away with it. They are wild animals.”

http://sneed.newsweek.com/sites/www.newsweek.com/files/styles/embed-lg/public/2018/06/18/gettyimages-77966947.jpgA lion takes a nap in the Serengeti National Park, northern Tanzania.JOSEPH EID/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Furthermore, if the animal had killed or injured the tourist, park rangers would probably have had to put it down.

The incident is just the latest video to emerge online showing unnerving close encounters with big cats in the African wilds. In March, an American tourist captured footage of a cheetah silently climbing into his car while he sat frozen in the seat. After poking around for a few minutes, the cheetah left the man unharmed.

http://www.2oceansvibe.com/2018/06/...to-stroke-a-wild-lion-in-the-serengeti-video/

June 19, 2018 by Nereesha Patel

There’s an idiot born every minute, as the not-so-old saying goes.

There are some things you shouldn’t do – taking a selfie with a moody python is a prime example, but we will get to that later. Trying to touch a lion with your bare hand is another example, because lion attacks are a real thing, as we all know.

Idiots are real, too, and this chap decided to risk life and limb to touch a big cat while out on a safari.

A video that was posted to YouTube last Friday shows a reckless tourist on safari at the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania attempting to touch a lion from the window of a car, reports Newsweek.

This bloody fool – the real action is towards the end:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_7lBWlflCtc
Obviously, the lion didn’t have the time, patience or energy to deal with this guy’s shit.

He only had to bare its teeth and roar to get the guy to freak out and close the window.

What, bru, you thought the lion was going roll over and purr after trying to give him a pat?

In all seriousness, the guy was lucky that he didn’t lose his arm in the process of his stupidity. South African safari ranger Naas Smit said:

It would have the power to pull that tourist straight out of that window and kill him instantly in front of his friends. It was an incredibly stupid thing to do.

Louder for the back row, please!

Then you get this guy, whose run-in with a python got him in a bit of a tangle:





It’s been reported by Times LIVE that a wildlife officer in West Bengal, India was nearly strangled to death by a humongous python after he decided to take selfies with it:

Wildlife officer Sanjay Dutta was called in Sunday by frantic villagers in West Bengal after they saw the 40kg python swallowing a goat alive.

Instead of placing it safely inside a bag, the ranger wrapped it around his neck and posed for pictures with stunned villagers.

But panic spread as the huge snake wound itself around Dutta’s neck, forcing him to struggle to free himself from its vice-like grip. He escaped unscathed, but a little red-faced.

There’s a lesson to be learned here, folks: don’t mess with Mother Nature’s animals.

Sometimes I think the real danger is the idiots themselves.

[source:newsweek&timeslive]

 

[IV 445]

tfw I might have tried the same thing.

But the fact they have to KILL the lion if it hurts a tourist? I would never touch it if I knew that.

Dude is an uncaring douche if he knew and attempted. If you are faster and stronger than a lion, Go right ahead.

.....

@Ntwadumela thoughts?

 

[AnOminous]

That lion showed ridiculous levels of patience for that moron. It's almost like the lion was shocked at his faggotry to the point of being unable to respond as a lion would normally respond (by eating you).

tfw I might have tried the same thing.

But the fact they have to KILL the lion if it hurts a tourist? I would never touch it if I knew that.

Dude is an uncaring douche if he knew and attempted. If you are faster and stronger than a lion, Go right ahead.

.....

@Ntwadumela thoughts?

If a lion kills a tourist like this they should give the damn cat a fucking medal.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

They should really offer tours where you can just ride around on a flatbed without any barriers or protection amongst these wild animals. It would be a great way to thin the retard gene pool.

 

[Okkervils]

tfw I might have tried the same thing.

But the fact they have to KILL the lion if it hurts a tourist? I would never touch it if I knew that.

... I'm with you. I would have tried too, I'm retarded. I have a compulsive need to pet animals. Knowing the second bit though, I would've kept my hands to myself.

It's almost like the lion was shocked at his faggotry to the point of being unable to respond as a lion would normally respond (by eating you).

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

If the lion had recently eaten its fill, it might not have given a shit. Very few predators kill just for fun; most kill because they're hungry and you are made of tasty, tasty meat, or if they're threatened and in self defense.

That being said, this is one of those stories that makes me say, 'I fucking hate Disney'. Because people get these exceptional ideas in their head that animals are all cute and fluffy and harmless, and forget that they're called wild animals for a reason.

Admire the mighty wild animals, but do it from a safe distance, people.

 

[AnOminous]

If the lion had recently eaten its fill, it might not have given a shit. Very few predators kill just for fun; most kill because they're hungry and you are made of tasty, tasty meat, or if they're threatened and in self defense.

That being said, this is one of those stories that makes me say, 'I fucking hate Disney'. Because people get these exceptional ideas in their head that animals are all cute and fluffy and harmless, and forget that they're called wild animals for a reason.

Admire the mighty wild animals, but do it from a safe distance, people.

If they kill a lion for being a lion, they should also give the human a death penalty, because an average lion is more valuable to the world than an average human.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

If they kill a lion for being a lion, they should also give the human a death penalty, because an average lion is more valuable to the world than an average human.

Oddly, that's closer to truth than you realize.

The sad fact is that humanity doesn't coexist well with the larger critters, especially predators who haven't gotten the memo that they're no longer at the top of the food chain. Ergo, a wandering lion isn't really an asset; it's more like a dangerous pest...

...unless you figure out how to make it pay for itself. A number of African nations have figured out that those goofy Westerners LOVE to hunt big game, and that a lion hunter from America can pour quite a bit of capital into the economy (permits, fees, bribes, etc).

This is the ONLY reason you keep a stable population of these beasties around; so you can effectively farm them for cash.

 

[BatChatillon]

Sorry a-logs: the idiot wasn't one of your favourite lolcows.

 

[Dysnomia]

tfw I might have tried the same thing.

But the fact they have to KILL the lion if it hurts a tourist? I would never touch it if I knew that.

Dude is an uncaring douche if he knew and attempted. If you are faster and stronger than a lion, Go right ahead.

.....

@Ntwadumela thoughts?

Dumb people ruin wildlife every day. This guy is probably stupid enough to get multiple animals killed. He should be barred from zoos, safaris and walks in the park for life.

I say if you're dumb enough to accept a Darwin award from a lion you deserve to be lunch.

Lions aren't pets. They're dangerous predators. And they are usually pretty laid back in the daytime unless you mess with them.

In the video someone tapped the lion's back once and he didn't notice at first. He probably thought it was a bug. But the lion's now aware it's being bothered and starts making a warning noise. Dumbass of the year doesn't take the hint at first. It's a good thing he closed that window when he did.

If you want to pet a feline get a cat. Stay away from wild animals.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

That looks like a lot of fun. I wouldn't touch the wildlife but I love zoos and Africa seems like a giant unfenced zoo.

I would love to go on safari in Africa, but I'm too afraid of all the mosquitoes carrying the AIDS virus.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

That looks like a lot of fun. I wouldn't touch the wildlife but I love zoos and Africa seems like a giant unfenced zoo.

I would love to go on safari in Africa, but I'm too afraid of all the mosquitoes carrying the AIDS virus.

And because titanic faggots went and banned DDT, malaria kills a shitload of people every year as well.

But hey, I'm the one who hates black people, right?

 

[AnOminous]

Oddly, that's closer to truth than you realize.

The sad fact is that humanity doesn't coexist well with the larger critters, especially predators who haven't gotten the memo that they're no longer at the top of the food chain. Ergo, a wandering lion isn't really an asset; it's more like a dangerous pest…

Not really. They actually control the population of herbivores pretty well. The vast majority of lions know damn well that preying on humans is not a great idea.

 

[Haramburger]

malaria kills a shitload of people every year as well.

Not enough for Africa to be wildly overpopulated still. Fucking sickle cell immunity!

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

For every idiot character in a horror film where you think to yourself "There's no way a person this stupid actually could exist", there's an IRL example to prove you wrong.

 

[Count groudon]

Lions are actually more chill than most big cats, they're nowhere near as aggressive as say a tiger or jaguar. That being said, they're still fucking brutes and if you pester one the way this fine young man here is, you're going to have a very bad day. That is, if you even live long enough to finish your day.

 

[vhstape]

 

[robobobo]

There are some sanctuaries with big cats sufficiently used to people that you have good odds of being able to pet one and leave with all of your limbs. The plains of Africa is not one of those places. And even in the places that do allow it, you're still putting your life on the line if the cat's having a bad day or just doesn't like the look of you; if they put their mind to it they could probably kill you before one of the employees could do anything about it. Siegfried and Roy demonstrated for the world that there's no amount of socialization and training to make a huge-ass predator truly safe to be around.

 

[AnOminous]

Siegfried and Roy demonstrated for the world that there's no amount of socialization and training to make a huge-ass predator truly safe to be around.

And they are literally experts who spent their entire lives doing this shit. Also from their account, the tiger that injured Roy didn't even intend to. It was accidental.

 

[Ntwadumela]

tfw I might have tried the same thing.

But the fact they have to KILL the lion if it hurts a tourist? I would never touch it if I knew that.

Dude is an uncaring douche if he knew and attempted. If you are faster and stronger than a lion, Go right ahead.

.....

@Ntwadumela thoughts?

It really depends on the circumstances honestly. If you’re a guy who’s studied and raised them then that’s different. In most cases however, DON’T.
It can be said for almost any large carnivore.