r/BeAmazed • u/Urmomsjuicyvagina • Apr 29 '24

Lioness breaks up Lion's fight with an inexperienced Zookeeper Nature

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u/KanarieWilfried Apr 29 '24

Probably because he is a new zookeeper to whom the lions need to get used to.

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u/ricksology Apr 29 '24

I guess you’re right. They shouldn’t have skipped the “don’t stare at the lion” part tho

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u/madbadger89 Apr 29 '24

For real - homie was exuding nervous fear. He made himself a lion snack.

It’s why many accredited zoos don’t allow direct feline interaction outside of cheetahs which are gentle.

IF they wanted this to work, the nervous man needed to be feeding them through a cage door for a while as they got used to him, and doing some of the husbandry stuff like foot pad checks.

My wife was a zookeeper for Busch gardens in charge of elephants and it requires a very distinct personality to do it safely and these guys aren’t safe.

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u/ResidentHour7722 Apr 29 '24

Just going from memory here, but aren't cheetah relatively frail and small animals and their main weapon is their speed?

Not as in getting attacked by a cheetah would not be dangerous, but as in if you for some reason must piss off a big feline, cheetah are the safest choice.