Angels4 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Check this out what a lovely reunion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 blimey that has had me in floods of tears - how fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought that it was going to be a joke and that the lion would eat him at the end Sorry Somebody sent me a joke recently along similar lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Paola when I first saw it I thought the older man coming down the hill would be seen a threat and attacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I'm not sure whether it is truly wild or rescued and living on a small reserve, but either way it brought me out in goosebumps. Beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought that it was going to be a joke and that the lion would eat him at the end Sorry Somebody sent me a joke recently along similar lines Was it the one about the elephant? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 How fantastic! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought that it was going to be a joke and that the lion would eat him at the end Sorry Somebody sent me a joke recently along similar lines Was it the one about the elephant? :lol: Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 That's lovely I was worried it was going to play "The Power of Love", was the song I had played at my wedding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 im sat here bawling my eyes out! what a lovely sight...the moment when the lion realised who it was got me...and the way he jumped up at him/cuddled him, wonderful (cant see the screen for tears!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought that it was going to be a joke and that the lion would eat him at the end Sorry Somebody sent me a joke recently along similar lines Was it the one about the elephant? :lol: Yes I've had that one - so funny I love the lion though - so sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 wow thats so sweet...if i hadn't read the rest of you lots comments I would have asumed it was one of the sick videos that people like to post on youtube where someone ends up hurt ALOT! xXx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I thought that it was going to be a joke and that the lion would eat him at the end Sorry Somebody sent me a joke recently along similar lines Was it the one about the elephant? :lol: Yes ha ha :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Paola when I first saw it I thought the older man coming down the hill would be seen a threat and attacked. The older man was George Adamson...he of Born Free; a real friend of lions. The lion, Christian was released into his care, so not a truly wild lion, he had had lots of human contact before the two fellows came back on the scene, but the reunion was very touching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 In 1986, Mike Membre was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Membre approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Membre worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Membre stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Membre never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Membre was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Membre and his son Cantri were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Membre, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Membre couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Membre summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Membre's legs and raised him high into the air and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. Probably wasn't the same elephant. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 OUCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Joojoo - behave yourself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Joojoo - behave yourself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 that had me in floods of tears, being emotional at the moment anyway, but it was lovely to see him recognise them, even if he wasn't fully back in the wild, it showed the love he had for them and the trust and love they had in him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Thanks Angels4, just what I needed - a blubber in front of my teenage boys But yes it's a beautiful video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Joojoo - behave yourself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
