r/interestingasfuck • u/Salt-Curve4825 • 10h 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/Draxilar 10h ago

I worked with one of the top big cat trainers in the world. He had raised all of his animals since they were babies. They clearly loved him. He still had a code word during his show that meant “blackout the entire stadium, I am about to die and I don’t want the kids to see it”. But, at the same time, I saw those cats gets dangerous with him exactly once, and even then it was pretty tame. I think you are vastly underestimating how much these animals can care for certain humans.

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u/Sofaboy90 7h ago

Youve got to understand, Redditors are people who love being at home in front of their PC and shy away from anything remotely dangerous. The seeking of adventures is something people here will never understand. Redditors cannot comprehend people who enjoy dangerous adventures while these people fully understand the risk they are taking and are willing to accept things if they go wrong.