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The king of the jungle doesn't frighten the lion whisperer
The Daily Mail ^ | 26th June 2007 | GLENYS ROBERTS

Posted on 06/26/2007 9:06:13 AM PDT by Nachum

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.

So instinctively in tune is he with these beasts, whose teeth are sharp enough to bite through thick steel, that mother hyenas even allow him to hold their newborn cubs without pouncing to the rescue.

But lions are his favourite. He lavishes them with unconditional love, he says, treating each individual differently, speaking to them, caressing them and, above all, treating them with respect.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: animals; jungle; kevinrichardson; king; lion; whisperer; wildlife
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Yo, them thar some big cats.
1 posted on 06/26/2007 9:06:15 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

This is gonna wind up like that ‘Bear Whisperer” in Alaska who became dinner...


2 posted on 06/26/2007 9:07:36 AM PDT by xDGx
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My feeling is things probably aren’t going to end well for this guy.


3 posted on 06/26/2007 9:07:48 AM PDT by dellbabe68
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping for cats


4 posted on 06/26/2007 9:07:57 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Put your head in its mouth!


5 posted on 06/26/2007 9:09:02 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Nachum

The exact same words of Roy of Siegfield and Roy just before showtime.


6 posted on 06/26/2007 9:09:36 AM PDT by Patrick1
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To: xDGx

Yep, one lion with a bad hair day is all it takes.


7 posted on 06/26/2007 9:09:39 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Nachum

Who has the kitty ping list?


8 posted on 06/26/2007 9:10:29 AM PDT by Domandred
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To: xDGx
"This is gonna wind up like that ‘Bear Whisperer” in Alaska who became dinner..."

My thoughts exactly. Whisper softly, but carry a big firestick...


9 posted on 06/26/2007 9:13:41 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Nachum; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
Kitty-Treat-Walking ping!


10 posted on 06/26/2007 9:13:51 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
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To: Nachum
I remember that idiot on Kodiak island said the same thing about grizzlies.

All this guy is to them is a playful long pig, there is a reason 99.99999% of people run AWAY from them you idiot.....

11 posted on 06/26/2007 9:17:07 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Nachum

just like the olding boxer who has that one fight too many.......this guy will depend on his passive approach
only to find out he became lunch........sad


12 posted on 06/26/2007 9:17:12 AM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: Nachum

The Disneyfication of the liberal mind continues.


13 posted on 06/26/2007 9:17:19 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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This story reminds me of this guy...

Click Image to Watch the Video - 1.1 MB .wmv Video

14 posted on 06/26/2007 9:24:06 AM PDT by DocRock (All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 ... Go ahead, look it up!)
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"...This is gonna wind up like that ‘Bear Whisperer” in Alaska who became dinner..."

That guy was such an uber-assclown. He went by the (made-up by him) name of Timothy Treadwell.

'Round these parts he is more accurately described as Timothy Snackwell.

15 posted on 06/26/2007 9:24:27 AM PDT by -=SoylentSquirrel=- (Bacon is the only thing that keeps me sane.)
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To: Nachum

Reminds me of the guys who loved bears - that is until one of them ate him and his girlfriend.


16 posted on 06/26/2007 9:24:32 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: Nachum

lol... eventually he’ll be dead meat...


17 posted on 06/26/2007 9:26:20 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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he sure will.....just look at this pic.......they kill by severing the spinal cord, or in the case of BIG prey, they suffocate it by clamping on its windpipe

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_02/lion3BM_700x467.jpg


18 posted on 06/26/2007 9:30:00 AM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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whose teeth are sharp enough to bite through thick steel,


For some reason this caught my attention. How thick?


19 posted on 06/26/2007 9:30:13 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: MD_Willington_1976

As will we all.


20 posted on 06/26/2007 9:31:21 AM PDT by gcruse
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