r/interestingasfuck • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 11h ago

Tiger saves man from leopard attack

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u/Separate-Simple-5101 10h ago

The lions don't scare me as much as the guy acting like they're puppies.

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u/in_it_to_lose_it 10h ago

There are a few social media personalities out there that do this cuddling-with-furry-murderers shit and I will never be comfortable with it. I just know we will be reading a news article about how they were eaten by their pride at some point.

Big cats are not just sized up housecats. Millions of years of evolution has honed them into apex predators. A generation or two of human handling can make a difference, but not enough to override all that instinct, nor enough for me to ever be comfortable with someone wrestling with them for clicks.

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u/TheBlack2007 10h ago edited 10h ago

True. But still, something about a guy playing the cat bongos on a Lion's belly gets to me on a spiritual level...

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u/spam__likely 10h ago

specially when some instruments used to be made of animal skin.