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xoxoxoBruce 07-01-2008 12:39 AM

July 1, 2008: Lion Whisperer
 
Mail Online, tells about this crazy dude in Africa.
Quote:

Animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson has such an intimate bond with big cats that he can spend the night curled up with them without the slightest fear of attack.

Richardson, 32, who is based in a wildlife conservation area near Johannesburg in South Africa, works his unusual magic on other species too. Cheetahs, leopards and even unpredictable hyenas hold no threats for him.
http://cellar.org/2008/lionwhisperer.jpg

I don't care if he raised them all from babies, which he didn't, they are wild animals. Didn't he hear about the bear whisperer? :eek:

monster 07-01-2008 07:14 AM

The next Steve Irwin?

glatt 07-01-2008 07:22 AM

Think any insurance company was dumb enough to give him a life insurance policy?

TheMercenary 07-01-2008 08:01 AM

He will eventually be eaten. They are just trying to get friendly with their next meal and when he lets his guard down... Wammmmmmo! Time to eat.

sweetwater 07-01-2008 08:25 AM

Maybe he's packing catnip in those cargo pants. And I agree that he will be mauled at some point in the normal course of big cats being themselves. He is double-plus crazy to frolic with the hyenas that are delightfully strange in all ways - and are not big cats.

Sheldonrs 07-01-2008 08:30 AM

I always got yelled at for playing with MY food!

dar512 07-01-2008 08:53 AM

This guy was good with big cats too.

footfootfoot 07-01-2008 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512 (Post 466132)
This guy was good with big cats too.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought "CRUUUNCH"

Gravdigr 07-01-2008 08:20 PM

You know, it's just amazing that he was wearing the same clothes each time he encountered each of these wild animals. And, by "wild", I mean tame (as tame as lions get anyway). And by "amazing", I mean I think he's fulla shit.

As a side note, do lions and black panthers/jaguars share the same type of habitat? I know that a few decades ago black panthers used to hang out mainly in Los Angeles, but I don't know what they're up to now...

spudcon 07-01-2008 11:45 PM

Actually, he's just giving them a false sense of security before he eats them.

HungLikeJesus 07-01-2008 11:59 PM

That's his lucky shirt.

SPUCK 07-02-2008 05:19 AM

We'll read about him again sometime I'm sure.

First time a lion smells hyena on him he's toast,, er cat food.

Elspode 07-02-2008 08:22 PM

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We've certainly come a long way since Clyde Beatty, though.

lumberjim 07-02-2008 08:29 PM

he got eaten.

this link could have been a rick roll, but it's not. it's an interview with rick astley talking about rick rolling.

xoxoxoBruce 07-02-2008 10:42 PM

Doesn't matter, nobody will click your links anymore, anyway.:p


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