As much as I would love to cuddle and play with big cats...THEY ARE WILD PREDATORS. Leave them the fuck alone.I dont care how long youve worked with them or how much you think they have accepted you. In the end...you are PREY.
Its shit like this that make people think its ok to jump over the enclosure at the zoo to pet bears and lions and shit.
He even admits that its possible they will kill him someday. They are 500 pound cats..they can kill you just playing...they dont know that a 180 pound human cant take a playful cuff to the head like another lion can.
Stupid.
And WTF with that reporter? "Lion hate water...but LOOK..hes in the water with one". Really? Lions live mostly in grasslands where there are dry and WET seasons. They frequently go in the water to cool off and are adept hunters in the water. Moron.
I like this lion story better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWM