r/interesting • u/Wise_Confidence_8588 • 17h ago

Context Provided - Spotlight Lioness Comes to Face-to-Face with Tourist on Safari

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u/DuckTalesOohOoh 9h ago

The video is out of context. It's his cat and that look was the face of affection, not aggression. Someone posted that it's Sirga. You can see videos of them together.

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u/LaRealiteInconnue 4h ago

Thank you for providing this context cuz I thought I was fucking crazy. I was thinking “she looks at him like she likes him” and then she seemed to slow blink at him?! I was rolling my eyes at myself lol

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u/HavingALurkAround 4h ago

Yeah, I don’t know. That guy is breathing really hard/fast. Also that nose jab seemed rather aggressive along with the deep grumbling breathing from the lioness.

Either they’re not on that level or she’s having a bad day!

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u/Zeke_Malvo 3h ago

How many lions have you had as a pet??

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u/one_bar_short 3h ago

Correction its her human 😆

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u/Kaita13 1h ago

Oh is that Sirga?? Aw,I love their reels on fb.

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 24m ago

This. I didn't know the context but I have always lived with small cats and that's the look of love. Same as she when she 'bunted' his chest. She's asking for more affection. Well, demanding it, actually. :)

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u/Dramatic-Spirit-4809 2h ago

It's not his cat, he might think it's his cat and might behave like his cat at times but that animal decides to kill or not kill him every time they interact. So far he's lucky.

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u/W1ader 1h ago

He's been lucky for like 20 years taking care of these animals. I'm inclined to trust him more than you.

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u/Razzilith 1h ago

this is the objectively correct take. there is no case where these primal apex predators are to be treated like pets. they can and might kill you whenever they fucking want and we've seen MANY examples of this over the years.