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Happy Story: Man and Beast Can Be At One

DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
edited August 2008 in A Moving Train
story:
thought this was moving.

video: watch here for full video, or else you don't get to see the end with the wife introduction. pretty touching.

you don't have to read the dang story.
just watch the video.

i tried not to get like the Katie wannabe did,
but it is pretty moving.

I think this plays to the part of man that understands the schism he has created between himself and nature. this short clip somehow gets in there and pulls at that notion, forcing a reflection on that relationship.

:D:D:D
If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?
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  • NevermindNevermind Posts: 1,006
    Its going to be your fault when I get eaten by a lion. :)
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    This is amazing! Too cute.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • mertmert Posts: 167
    It's amazing the connection you can make with an animal... but that connection is made infinitely stronger when you have rescued an animal and they know it.... In the 70's my parents rescued a half-wolf, half-dog from drowning and/or starvation, and that animal was so protective of the family that everyone in the community kept their ski-doos in my parents' yard, as no one could near the yard with him there! :D But you see it with pets from shelters all the time too....

    And then added to that is the connection you get when you raise an animal. I had my horses protect me so many times growing up! The horses born on our farm were much more attached to us than the ones we bought...
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    That is definitely one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Thank you for posting it for us. I only wish that all the folks who believe that animals act out of instinct alone (ie lions are predators) could see this video.

    It also helps to illustrate the fact that we ARE all connected.
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    I agree it is an amazing story and connection between these two guys and the lion.

    But let's not get too carried away. All big cats are still ruled mostly by instinct and any human's actions.....body language or body motions; can trigger an instinctive reaction in the big cats and all bets are off.

    It seems the most important factor is to not run away from them or to put oneself in a cowering or submissive position, because that triggers the "prey" mechanism in their brains/instinct.

    You notice that when the lion comes running towards them neither one took a step back, behaved unconfident or even put their hands up in a defensive manner. They both met the lion head on and hugged him and petted him.

    But the other amazing thing, and in my mind even more significant; is that Christian's mate comes to them later and also behaves in a tame and friendly manner. Now, Christian's mate was not raised by these two guys and I assume that female lion didn't know those two humans at all. But yet, she joined in, sniffed around some, rubbed on them and got petted.

    Which in my mind is truely amazing.

    Now, I don't know if she was raised by humans....different humans and released into the wild when she became mature, like Christian. Even if she was, it's still amazing.

    Those two guys knew what they were doing it.

    Don't try this at home or at your local zoo:D
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