tonorator Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 good thing these guys found the right one ... i found it heartwarming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I wasn't worried about Christian having them for dinner..... ....but the female lion on the other hand.... ......she worried me. You know those females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Thats one of the best things I have seen. This is legit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSUChiefsTarheelFan Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 This is legit? So was the female kept by humans as well? How is it that humans can just walk up to her and she not rip their limbs off? Kind of odd if you ask me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 this is posted in the youtube thread and I questioned how they found the same lion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_the_lion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Thats one of the best things I have seen. This is legit? Snopes says yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 it is legit. here's the wikipedia on it. there is also another related you tube where this story was featured on 'the view'. if it's on 'the view', it's definitely legit. regarding the female and finding christian, here's a snippet from the wikipedia: Adamson continued his work, and over the course of a year the pride established itself in the region around Kora, with Christian as the head of the pride started by Boy. When Rendall and Bourke were informed by Adamson of the successful result in 1971, they travelled to Kenya to pay the visit to Christian that was filmed in the documentary Christian, The Lion at World's End. According to the documentary, Adamson warned Rendall and Bourke that Christian may not remember them, but the film shows a first cautious lion suddenly leaping onto the two men, wrapping his arms around their shoulders and nuzzling their faces. The documentary also shows the female lions, Mona and Lisa, and a foster cub named Supercub welcoming the two men because of the influence of Christian. Rendall details a final reunion that occurred in 1974. By this time Christian was successfully defending his own pride, had cubs of his own and was about twice the size he was in the 1971 reunion video. Adamson warned them that it would most likely be a wasted trip as he had not seen Christian's pride for nine months. However they discovered when they reached Kora that Christian and his pride had returned to Adamson's compound the day before their arrival. Rendall describes the visit he, Bourke, and George Adamson made: "We called him and he stood up and started to walk towards us very slowly. Then, as if he had become convinced it was us, he ran towards us, threw himself on to us, knocked us over, knocked George over and hugged us, like he used to, with his paws on our shoulders." The reunion lasted until the next morning when everyone went to bed. According to Rendall that was the last anyone saw of Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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