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metacafe.com — Probably one of the most heart-warming things I've ever seen. I MAY or may not have teared up a little at the end........... Oh and excuse that annoying ass ad at the bottom.

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  • bstory, on 06/26/2008, -3/+70I saw this documentary when it first came out and it is just as heart warming now as it was then.
  • LaurenElder, on 06/26/2008, -5/+175Oh my. Haha, I would pee my pants if that thing came running at me whether I raised it or not. That's pretty awesome though.
    • danconia, on 06/27/2008, -9/+4Yeah as much as I love animals your life is pretty much on the line at that point. I'd have to have like ten people with rifles pointed at the thing in case it happened to forget my face. Then again that'd still be kinda mean because in essence I would have caused his death. So I guess ethically this is the only way to do it, either accept that you might get killed or not go back and see him at all. I, for one, choose the latter.
  • jameskm03, on 06/26/2008, -41/+5Man... it's still hard to say if lion mauled them or just hugged them... lol
    • BladeMelbourne, on 06/27/2008, -3/+6Please remove yourself from the gene pool.
    • JBmtk, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5If their smiling faces didn't tell you something, than I guess the music went over your head to.
      • requiem3, on 06/27/2008, -0/+9The music actually made me anticipate their imminent doom even more. Goes to show you how paranoid the internet makes people.
        • skyroket, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Yes I was waiting for this to be some sick prank video, and halfway through their hugging and petting its animal instincts kicked in and it forgot they were his friends. :( Luckily that didn't happen.
    • AvidPreatorian, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2yea it's tricky..
  • DocHoliday22, on 06/26/2008, -9/+96I love Lions, and it's sad to see they are hunted for trophies: http://www.capehornafricanadventures.com/tanzania. ...

    I hope someone shuts these guys down. I have been emailing these guys with abuse for a long time now.
    • Evolutuon, on 06/27/2008, -2/+42Someone needs to go hunting for poachers.
      • MRCAB, on 06/27/2008, -0/+8some, in Africa, do hunt humans, for sport... but nobody likes to talk about it.
      • kovu159, on 06/27/2008, -1/+12Actually, in the tiny kingdom of Swaziland in Africa, a mans commitment to conservation has made the king give him and his staff permission to kill poachers on or around his reserves.

        Wish it would happen elsewhere.

        http://youtube.com/watch?v=P2f0da-ZyYk
        • Lavarock, on 06/27/2008, -5/+2When you remember that the poachers are probably in it to make money to feed themselves and their families it's not so cool when you're going around killing them, illegal as their activities may be.
        • BattleChimp, on 06/27/2008, -2/+1Killing poachers is exactly why its cool.
      • DukeMojo, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Huhuhuhuhuhuh
    • Varz, on 06/27/2008, -1/+14Yeah that really is pathetic, they have to go out and kill a wild animal because it appeases their ego. They're probably trying to compensate for having a small dick or something.
    • benhiler, on 06/27/2008, -17/+1that would be soo bad ass to kill lion like that, and i thought i liked deer hunting but this would be so much more extreme. I wonder if they do more then spill it out and stuff it or if meat is worth eating on it?
      • Varz, on 06/27/2008, -1/+8hmm....one of your favourite articles is "Nine Reasons why Bad Grades Don’t Mean Squat", that explains your comment.
      • skyroket, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Man, I was raised hunting pheasants, deer, coyote, etc. But I've come to embrace the truth of the human virus and how we really don't require hunting for food anymore, so we should cease recreational hunting. Put some thought into it and see if you can realize how humans just leech off this planet so badly.
    • Steinr, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5Please someone DOS their servers forever!!!
    • DocHoliday22, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3I encourage everyone to send these guys an email stating what's on your mind:

      africanph@earthlink.net

      You have to fill out the initial acceptance form, but then they'll have your emails...
      • jamdogg, on 06/27/2008, -2/+1I did and got a reply, fully explaining the conservation work they are doing over there.
        They are actually protecting the animals by having fat cats go over and hunt.
        They only take the old animals that are past breeding age. The old lions would be killed anyway by the younger males. Please don't flame them. I did and now I feel like a douche.
        I guess the pictures of dead lions and people grinning their heads off aren't good PR. But they are the good guys.
        Really. Look into things before reacting.
    • jamdogg, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4Disgust forwarded.
  • Sheri123, on 06/26/2008, -4/+19I really liked this one except for those pesky adds. I think I'm going to share it.
  • mofo269, on 06/26/2008, -5/+8Oh, goosebumps! I'm so glad they were responsible and brought that big cat back to its natural habitat. I have been to big cat rescues in the US and there are some really horrible stories about what happens to these animals when humans try to keep them as pets. This story turned out well :)
  • livegreenordie, on 06/26/2008, -4/+30Never gets old~
  • FuryOfThor, on 06/26/2008, -6/+17That made my morning.
  • dubious, on 06/26/2008, -2/+140it's allergies.. I swear
    • Neiby, on 06/27/2008, -0/+8No, I just have something in my eye. I swear.
      • skyroket, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1No, I have something in both my eyes.
    • MrSidnet, on 06/27/2008, -0/+25My eyes are just a little sweaty today. I've been looking around a lot.
    • joincamp, on 06/27/2008, -0/+12And if I am crying, it's not because of you. It's because I'm thinking about a friend of mine who you don't know who is dying. That's right, dying!
      • cheech794, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1Great flight of the Flight of the Conchords quote.
    • GODdestroyer, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4I'm not crying.
    • banido, on 06/27/2008, -0/+5It's Aerosmith...I swear.
  • Jabrams2, on 06/26/2008, -3/+47ok, so I've officially watched this video about 25 times today. I've had something in my eye now equally as many times
    • BoneheadFarker, on 06/27/2008, -18/+2Funny...I've watched it 25 times, and every time I've hoped the lion would turn into a "eat your face off" kind of lion...
      • kawaiirobo, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4I though even retards realized that videos don't change each time you watch them, I guess I was wrong.
        • BoneheadFarker, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1Meh...wishful thinking and an active imagination go a long way, even in highly intelligent people.

          Sorry, but I honestly think they were stupid to take that risk. There was as much of a chance that the lion would attack them. Professional lion handlers are constantly aware of this fact, and take measures to protect themselves. It is a predator. There's no indication that these people were professionals. By the looks of it, they were two dumbasses that thought it would be cool to have a lion on as pet until he got too big for them to handle. These are the kind of people you hear about as they bury what's left of their kid because kitty got hungry. While it's nice that he did remember them and decided not to rip their faces off, he very well could have...
    • Vincent21212, on 06/27/2008, -4/+2Swallow your tears. Don't get to thinking lions are easily domesticated and cuddly... Here's a sharp contrast to ol' Christian that borders on Satan, so to speak...

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=TR_Lva7XXlY&feature=rel ...
  • MattFid, on 06/26/2008, -8/+40This was so powerful it made me dry-heave. Maybe it was the Aerosmith...
    • tehcatrabbit, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1ugh aerosmith, how many leather puppets do we need?
  • HuskyPuzzle, on 06/26/2008, -17/+190Those people are ***** nuts. That thing could just as easily have murdered both of them. Ballsy move, hippies...ballsy move.
    • jsd8cc, on 06/27/2008, -1/+64I guess it says something about my general pessimistic attitude when I expect the video to turn south and see the lion bite the dude's face off.

      This is all your fault, internet.
    • MRCAB, on 06/27/2008, -3/+13it would have been heartwarming either way :-)

    • troon, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3"Ballsy move, hippies...ballsy move"

      That needed Cartman's voice for a perfect delivery.
    • megamod, on 06/28/2008, -0/+3That threw me off.

      after I saw "they were told specifically that he would not remember them" i thought he was going to rip their heads off when christian rushed towards them (the thumbnail also makes it look like they're being attacked)...WOW
  • greenwald, on 06/26/2008, -5/+25Oh the power of Catnip
  • fakekevinrose, on 06/26/2008, -10/+3aww look at the big meow cat
  • elint6, on 06/26/2008, -4/+80Christian seems to love the guy in the white shirt, but simply tolerates the guy in the blue. I feel bad for the latter guy :(
    • requiem3, on 06/27/2008, -6/+0Yeah I saw that too, would've been great if it had shown more affection to the guy in the white, like 3 best friends. Ah well, still a phenomenal video.
    • requiem3, on 06/27/2008, -5/+1*I meant blue shirt*
      How come digg says "the time to delete this comment has already passed", when all I'm trying to change is a word within the 5 minutes it gives you to edit the comment, granted there was only 20 seconds left.
  • mnemy, on 06/26/2008, -4/+127Damn that's awesome. My cat would eat me if she were that big.
  • DukeMojo, on 06/26/2008, -6/+103Love is most assuredly not a human specific trait.
  • vaga222, on 06/26/2008, -5/+13and I love you too Jabrams2 xx :)
  • ToastedZergling, on 06/26/2008, -1/+25This is delightful, especially compared to the depressing and or frustrating political stuff we always see on digg. gogo Front Page!!!!!!!!!
  • ButterBuddha, on 06/26/2008, -10/+156***** Aerosmith...
    • MRCAB, on 06/27/2008, -7/+7yeah... I was really trying to tune it out, then I realized I could click on the hundreds of "Christian the Lion" videos that don't have ***** for music.

    • lamiaconfitor, on 06/27/2008, -4/+1what a way to ruin an awesome moment... *****..
    • moush, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1What song would you recommend?
  • Lucas123, on 06/26/2008, -3/+11I just love this video. And, yeah, I wish I'd raised Christian.
  • whiteknives, on 06/26/2008, -9/+25Ugh... Aerosmith.
  • marius404, on 06/26/2008, -9/+13And I was just sure one of em was gonna get his head ripped off at the end! .....what a let down
  • jontalisman, on 06/26/2008, -11/+3Are these guys are the modern version of Zeigfried and Roy?
  • Hetman, on 06/26/2008, -4/+710 minutes later they were both brutally eaten. I do not even trust my cat it always accidentally scratches me wtf are you going to do when a lion accidentally scratches or bites you.
    • TecK415, on 06/27/2008, -0/+8You pick up your bloody limb and hope someone can reattach it.
    • BoneheadFarker, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1I'd trust my cat if she was that big. Actually, if she gets any fatter, she will be that big...
    • DiggyWiggy, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Conclusion: It's not an accident.
  • Tabris82, on 06/27/2008, -9/+117OMNOMNOMNOMNOM
  • Simonft, on 06/27/2008, -3/+11What ads? I love ABP.
  • Bots, on 06/27/2008, -13/+5older then the interbutts
  • scy1192, on 06/27/2008, -1/+8I'm surprised they could stand up with a large adult lion jumping on them.
  • fr3ddie, on 06/27/2008, -8/+118Did anyone else expect them to get totally mauled into pieces? LOL... I was getting ready to see an epic failure.
    • djcreamy, on 06/27/2008, -13/+3This was video was epic fail precisely because the lion didn't eat them.
    • cwmather, on 06/27/2008, -2/+1Aw man! I was scanning the comments to see if anyone said that yet! I know, it was a conquest doomed to fail. For this, fr3ddie, I digg you!
  • djAnakin, on 06/27/2008, -3/+14Ha. I totally thought it was gonna be all sweet then he was gonna attack the ***** out of them and bite their faces off.

    :|
  • Reasonableguy, on 06/27/2008, -8/+2I'm no biologist by a long shot, but I always thought male lions had some sort of mane. Perhaps I'm wrong, but that doesn't look like a male lion to me. And no, I don't care about it enough to watch the video twelve times whilst staring intently at the animal's crotch for any sign of genitalia. I just always thought that no mane = girl, mane = boy so far as lions are concerned.
    • Harabeck, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4Its a young male, the mane hasnt grown in yet.
    • goddessophia, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Well, he's still an adolescent! He was a cub in the pictures and they said ONE year later...

      if he's in the wild and wandering around solo that means he's an adolescent male because they leave their maternal pride when they are coming of age because the male of the pride will perceive him as competition.

      Also I read that sometimes lions could be mane less due to genetic defects and inbreeding.
  • jbird32275, on 06/27/2008, -4/+55People don't give animals enough credit when it comes to memory. I've heard 100 times if my dog does something wrong punish right away or not at all.

    When I see something the dog did hours ago and then I go to look at her she's already running. She knows what she did.

    That was an awesome video. When it was approaching I was saying get the hell out of there can't you see he's hunting you. Great ending.
    • y0smokey, on 06/27/2008, -2/+11Your dog knows something is wrong, but doesn't associate the act of doing it with the consequences. First time you come home and she went into the garbage you yelled....she associated the fact that the kitchen looked like hell with getting yelled at.

      Next time your out she does it again. ***** all over the kitchen floor, and you don't even have to yell and she knows something is wrong, She remembers she got yelled at the last time the kitchen was a mess. Yelling is pointless, she just associates the dirty floor with getting in trouble and remembers nothing of the initial act. Yell all you want, she won't get it. That is why they say you have to catch them in the act for it to matter. Only catching them "red handed" helps them learn to stop the behavior.


      Try a little experiment...whatever she does bad (ie get into the garbage), dump the garbage over, leave, and then come back. Guaranteed she runs away scared "telling" on herself and acting like she did something wrong......she didn't.

      They don't make this animal behavior stuff up...it is real.

      • alecks, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Your dog is only as smart as you treat it.
    • goddessophia, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3If a lion or any predatory cat were hunting you I am pretty sure you would not see it until I was about to trample you. Even little kittens practice their stalking techniques.
    • HerbSolo, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2Your dog responds to you being angry. They can smell adrenaline, you know. Better experiment than the one y0smokey suggested: let someone else knock over the trash without you knowing it. You'll think your dog did it, get pissed, your dog will run. - Which by the way doesn't speak for you as a dog-owner!
    • dubious, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1I agree with y0smokey.. dogs can learn to react to situations, but they will never rationalize. That's why timming is so important.
  • kolinkoolface2, on 06/27/2008, -2/+16dugg because i thought for sure he was going to pounce into attack.
  • sfacets, on 06/27/2008, -6/+72Does anyone else see the hilarity and irony in calling a lion "Christian"?
    • dafragsta, on 06/27/2008, -1/+9I'm sure that's why they named him that.
    • H1tchh1k3r, on 06/27/2008, -2/+14Om nom nom noms?
    • goddessophia, on 06/27/2008, -15/+9Maybe because lions are regal and Christ is our King
    • procopio, on 06/27/2008, -2/+24That's his favorite food. What's wrong w/ that?
    • MadHarvey, on 06/27/2008, -2/+8Aslan!
    • SpriteMV, on 06/27/2008, -2/+1I was actually expecting to see even more irony when the lion mauled them both to death. Oh well, surprise endings are fun too...
    • planetshakers, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1what's the irony
      • Fanrir, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2Here's a 50 piece puzzle, now let the adults talk.
    • UnclePunk, on 06/27/2008, -0/+2There's no irony in his name. Christian is a great name for a lion. Jesus is commonly referred to as "the Lion of Judah." Here's the scriptural reference:

      Rev 5:5 "Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
      • MaikuSan, on 06/27/2008, -0/+3Sometimes the Bible sounds like D&D
    • ThickGreenPuke, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1I thought of this when I read the title:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sls_KryfU0
  • sgregory416, on 06/27/2008, -9/+1cant get passed the first second could tell it was going to be an insanely over pretentious crap sap story. anything that uses "I Don't Want To Miss Thing" is ridiculously hackey.
  • palpacino, on 06/27/2008, -2/+5BAD ASS!
  • dafragsta, on 06/27/2008, -6/+10This is why animals are better than people... but that's still no excuse for 90s Aerosmith.
    • Miknarf, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2Because a Lion remembers some people who raised him, fondly??? Humans do that too.
      • dafragsta, on 06/27/2008, -1/+1Yes, and humans do so much more. Something tells me lions don't play head games, just for starters.
  • Mikhail101, on 06/27/2008, -3/+5When i saw this docuementry a long time ago tear almost came to my eye, no joke. This shows humans and most animals can co-exist and that a lot arent crazy and rabid.

    Dont like how they used that aerosmith song
  • nsummy, on 06/27/2008, -3/+7Great video. Did anyone else get the ad for "Prairie Dog Hunting starting off at $150 per day. Shoot 700-1000 rounds per day?" Ha kind of inappropriate for the video.
  • MasonZombie, on 06/27/2008, -4/+18Wow, pretty much the best video ever.
  • zenbiont, on 06/27/2008, -2/+11how heartworming
  • ryrysofly, on 06/27/2008, -8/+2little do you know that lions do that to mark it's prey with it's scent in preparation for when it kils them, the other lions don't steal it's food...

    i wonder how hippy tastes, mmmmm
  • AmonOden, on 06/27/2008, -1/+24That's the best thing I've ever seen. Now I want a lion.
  • Janizzary, on 06/27/2008, -0/+33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_the_lion
    • Jenadae, on 06/27/2008, -0/+4That entry reads like a night time tale lol
    • freshyill, on 06/27/2008, -1/+4Wow, worst Wikipedia article ever? Did somebody copy that out of an email that their aunt forwarded to them?

      The exclamation point pretty much sealed it for me. Doesn't exactly strike me as appropriate for an encyclopedia.
  • GorfTron, on 06/27/2008, -0/+42And my ***** cat scratched me when I was a little slow with his dinner.
    • SpostareDuro, on 06/27/2008, -2/+4LoL
    • Papajohn56, on 06/27/2008, -3/+1this is why housecats are spoiled ***** creatures that I will never own
      • kidathinnes, on 06/27/2008, -1/+2they dont want you either
      • Papajohn56, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1good, I don't want something that's useless and makes your house smell like *****
  • 1timeuser, on 06/27/2008, -2/+5... awwww.
  • flogistan, on 06/27/2008, -28/+3Those guys looked like a couple of pickle puffers. ***** shouldn't be allowed to adopt lions.
  • Nimara, on 06/27/2008, -5/+46Fellow Diggers, I love you.
  • thecoolestguy, on 06/27/2008, -0/+9What an awsome lion.
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