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news.com.au — Kevin Richardson - says he relies on instinct and patience to win the animals' trust

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  • laterthandawn, on 10/11/2007, -4/+137wow...what a playful lunch.
  • scotthealey, on 10/11/2007, -31/+5amazing and pretty pussies
  • Demq, on 10/11/2007, -36/+2those lion's gotta be fake ^^
    • br0ken1128, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19They're real, they're just animals he trains however.. it's a lion park in south africa
    • cryonix, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7pics or it didnt happen.... wait.
  • loganhid, on 10/11/2007, -36/+8But will he blend - when the lions eat him
  • yoadrian, on 10/11/2007, -20/+66too bad he cant do this to women
    • mywhitenoise, on 10/11/2007, -8/+5Yeah ***** right, what woman wouldn't want to ***** an animal taming brute, hunk of a man like him? I'm a dude, and even my pants are wet.
  • Battleloser, on 10/11/2007, -5/+78Hold on... Are those WILD lions?
  • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -14/+50He's more safe there than being near a pack of drunk pissed off women.
    • thatsbologna, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25They don't even have to be drunk.
      • musntSurfatWork, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3You'd be safe if your meat was bigger than what the lion can digest.
    • simplenation, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11so where is this pack of drunk women?
      • wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18In a world far off and away, unseen by us internet warriors...



        ...outside.
  • swgc5, on 10/11/2007, -22/+5Haven't we learned anything from Steve Irwin?
    • merreborn, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23Irwin was killed by a critter he couldn't even see, much less touch and harass. The same was just as likely to happen to *anyone* swimming where he swam.

      Were he killed by one of the many creatures he pounced on and wrestled into submission, you might have a point.
      • zybch, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3Irwin was a total tool! And it now look like his daughter Bindi is being pushed down the same route by her fame-grabbing mother.
    • pogitalonx, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3or Roy Horn from Siegfried and Roy?
      • Jacob, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1the lion didn't attack roy it was trying to protect him by picking him up if that happened to mean he got mauled well thats too bad.
    • MewTwo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5or the "grizzly man"
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_Man
  • Novion76, on 10/11/2007, -5/+10pretty awesome pictures
  • SillyRabbits, on 10/11/2007, -12/+38Looks like a future Tim Treadwell incident. Nature has a way of taking care of idiots like this. http://www.yellowstone-bearman.com/Tim_Treadwell.html
  • K3ITHK, on 10/11/2007, -12/+35BREAKING: Man Eaten By Lions
  • sims5487, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Yes... but are they AMAZING?!
  • Harri448, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1Natural affinity... Kevin Richardson says he relies on instinct and patience to win the animals' trust. PICTURE: Austral
  • poorbusker, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1now i'm just waiting for the news he got eaten
  • zoeskk, on 10/11/2007, -10/+4backstreet boys much?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Richardson
  • TheAtomicMoose, on 10/11/2007, -11/+3He shot them before taking the photo.
  • mbdesigns, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16Remember siegfried and roy?
    I'm not saying they're intentionally going to kill him but he's pressing his luck..
  • triggerfinger, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1"Kevin Richardson says he relies on instinct ...to win the animals' trust." The lions will rely on instinct and trust at Kevin
  • Yakubovich, on 10/11/2007, -3/+21Not going to end well, but still very impressive.
  • AugustZephyr, on 10/11/2007, -3/+25you almost made it through the headline without the word amazing! so close.
  • br0ken1128, on 10/11/2007, -1/+32Real pictures, misleading however

    "Set in the Lion Park in South Africa, Dangerous Companions tells the story of Kevin Richardson, a zoologist and animal behaviouralist who raises and trains some of the most dangerous animals known to man. Defying convention, he encourages his subjects with love, trust and understanding - as opposed to the more common training methods that involve breaking an animal's spirit - and the result.."

    http://www.natgeotv-int.com/pages/programmes/search?alpha=&genre=&prod=237

    There's a video out there for purchase..
    • Graphixaddict, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbCpmcbekgc&NR=1

      that is my favorite... just made me crack up.
    • Aroundtheworls, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I've been to Lion Park before. Great place, but those lions aren't entirely docile- a couple of Taiwanese tourists were killed several years back when they decided to get out of the car for close-up pics.
  • Wizer04, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Great guy
  • Digg360, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6In picture 17, is that some sort of fence in the background? These animals could be located on some kind of reserve.
    • br0ken1128, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yeah, well to be precise .. an animal park in south africa..
    • loconet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Did you serious expect some guy to randomly walk around the African savanna hugging and giving kisses to lions?
  • bstew22, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5It must be an amazing feeling to be that close to those animals. Pic 2 and 3 are crazy.
  • Earlofnecromium, on 10/11/2007, -4/+4This has grizzly man written all over it.
  • PBaltazar, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2I would change the title to:
    "Lions play with man before breakfast!!!"

    You know, it resembled pictures of me playing with an egg before my breakfast !!!

    Does anyone knows where is his remains?
    • m4rk0551, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Haha! You're comment is hilarious! I love humor. +Digg.
  • m4rk0551, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Pretty cute pictures.
  • luddep, on 10/21/2007, -5/+60Am I the only one who just now realized how HUGE lions are?
    • m3mn0n, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1you've obviously not seen vary many "when animals attack" type of videos...

      there was one on digg not too long ago where a man got mauled by one and was being eating alive/pinned for nearly an hour
    • Bamont, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I'm sure there are at least a hundred Americans right now staring at some randomly google'd website thinking, "How do you convert Meters, again?" (I only know because I did it, too)
  • Vodka23, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1What a pussy.
  • Groovydoo, on 10/11/2007, -6/+0Stupid things to do with a lion or lions
  • whatever1, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4People are either completely detached from nature, or they are intrusive (i.e. want to 'conquer' the natural world). Why the extremes? Why do people feel the need to molest animals.
    • Anifanatic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0if ya ask nicely and someone here on Digg might just molest you.
  • parkermauney, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16You forgot to mention Hyenas.
  • catchmeibetucan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+39Lioness offering her new born cub to Kevin Richardson. I cannot believe this.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHk43wyk9cM
    • knde, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Awwww! That's so cute :-)
    • wiremonkeymommy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2that was stunning! I'd say he's taking insane chances but he's offering the rest of the world an amazing glimpse into inter-species communication, very valuable and fascinating. however, he says he's a first time dad, uh... maybe time to train an apprentice??

      /pretty funny ending too, that whole "cub gets his rump licked bowel-stimulating maneuver mom does" thing, lmao
  • varish, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3i'd probably piss myself i one of those lions approached me :/
  • m4rk0551, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Tomorrows front page Digg story is gonna be:
    Man That Was Playing With Lions is Dead.
    You know it is.
  • mrgeekguy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I'm gonna call Werner Herzog now. He's gonna want a heads up on this one.
  • xation, on 10/11/2007, -2/+310 bucks says he doesn't make it 2010
  • GoodOldJacob, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Stupidest man alive!
  • Skanadian, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1These pictures look AMAZING! to me, buried for inaccurate title.
  • arjung, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1dupe?
  • MajorDick, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5Ladies and Gentlemen....The newest recipient of the Darwin Award goes to.........
  • metall1c1ne, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Nope! Get 'em out of there....not long before we're all asking, 'How could this have happened? He was only playing with LIONS!! Is nothing safe anymore?".

    haha...it is cool though
  • acdawson, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1this idiot is not long for this earth
  • Smoothieking, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Didn't the Bear Man say the same thing. I guess this guy is another one for the Darwin Awards.
  • godares, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10playn wit ma foodz!!1!
  • whatevermoron, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Very cool, but we all know how this story will end.
  • spokesandspools, on 05/07/2008, -3/+1makes steve irwin look sane, god rest his soul
  • imyayo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1That is pretty cool. But if the animals turn on him for some reason, that is probably the last we will see of him.
  • grillcheese, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Meet Kevin Richardson aka Death Wish.
  • 2tall, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2if a photographer got this close to take the pics, then these lions aren't that dangerous
    • xation, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4cameras have nice zoom functionality now a days, you know...
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