A few weeks ago when our son Tom was home he put the TV on the Animal Channel before he left to go play golf. It was a special show about how lions and cheetahs fought for the same territory. Because of this both contributed to their future outlook in a negative way. The show was also about what they called a "super pride" of lions. They followed this super pride because it was very unusual for one to get this large. I think it was about 4 times bigger than normal pride. The show was very informative and found out that when there too many females they get kicked out and after form their own pride nearby. Of course the video of these animals is fantastic.
Tom asked if he could leave it on the channel when he left. Right before he left they showed apparent cheetahs attacking and dragging off a small wildebeest baby. I used to think I was pretty tough minded but now I find it really bothers me when these animals kill babies. It was pretty hard to watch but when Tom asked me if I want to leave the channel I said yes because there probably wouldn't be any more video of things like that since they already showed it. Sad to say I was wrong. A little later they showed some female lion's attack a baby giraffe. In spite of the mother giraffe trying to stomp on them they succeeded in killing the baby and dragging it away. It was heart wrenching.
Later on they showed a lion attack a musk ox and it did not bother me much. The females were attacking it in then all of a sudden a male lion ran over and grabbed this huge animal by the back of the neck, threw it down and then killed it. I am now terrified of male lions. I realize now why the native tribes are afraid of them. Their power was unbelievable to see.
So I learned a bunch of things that day, one of which is that I am squeamish about things that I didn't think I would be. I also learned why people are terrified of male lions. Wow! They also said something kind of funny, sort of at the end of the show. They said our house cats are very similar to these big cats. They also said the only reason we keep them as pets is because they don't eat our children. It may be think of all the times our cat looked at me like "you're lucky I don't kill you".
I have always wondered what my cat would do if I was shrunk down to a few inches tall. Would she eat me like a mouse, or still recognize me as her owner?
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