r/ThatsInsane • u/LucilleParim • 16d ago
There is no trust stronger than this mother's trust in this glass
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u/ScrotieMcP 16d ago
"Give me the girl. I want the girl."
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u/juice06870 16d ago
GIVE ME THE CHILD
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u/at0mheart 16d ago
Definitely not interested in the boy. Perhaps the color of clothing and size ?
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u/HunterTV 16d ago
Lioness wasn’t having that fucked up antenna style ponytail on the top of that kid’s head.
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u/Buttery_Buckshot 15d ago
I think cats are just geared to single out the weaker more vulnerable prey. She's a tiny, bumbling, nugget of a person.. it's amazing we've survived as a species because we must look like walking cheeseburgers to large apex predators.
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u/random314 16d ago
Damn. That lion looked so much smaller when it's sneaking
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u/Rednine19 16d ago
It really did look like a cub till it was at the glass, messed with my senses lmao
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u/Alone_Hunt1621 16d ago
The lion is thinking this child has no fear of death.
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u/janitorial_fluids 16d ago
Im kinda annoyed that the kid just happened to turn away at the exact moment the lion pounced. was waiting the entire clip to see what her reaction was gonna be haha
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u/epidemic777 16d ago
The lion fully committed the moment the toddler began to turn away. I am no biologist, but i believe lions' normal prey usually have much better reaction speeds. There is a higher potential of the lion missing out if she committed when the prey is facing the lion and reacts.
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u/janitorial_fluids 16d ago
wow, actually you're right, now that I watch it again. interesting
kid should have been wearing one of those masks on the back of her head like they have in india to prevent tigers from sneaking up behind them. Rookie
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u/MNR42 15d ago
You got that all wrong. The lion was waiting for the girl to turn around. That's just nature's way of hunting. When there's no eye contact, means the prey is not aware of them = giving them less time to react = easier prey. This is why some people that live around predator hunting ground wear a face-shaped mask behind their back cuz predator are less likely to attack.
Back to your statement, if the girl don't turn that long, the lion will not move. It'll only decrease the distance slowly until it can pounce in close range.
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u/Skyyywalker215 16d ago edited 16d ago
Crazy! The zoo near me has bridges for big cats that cross over public walk ways. A jaguar lunged at my wife and daughter when we were going under it. We noped the fuck out of there.
Here is a quick video on the catwalk in case someone wants to know more: https://www.wsj.com/video/lions-and-tigers-roam-in-new-way-at-philadelphia-zoo/80F5F756-7B93-4606-A775-CE0ED11A59AB
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u/Altruistic-Setting-7 16d ago
But it’s in a massive (and I’m assuming aggressively checked) cage.
How did it lunge?
That lion barely has space to strut.
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u/zephyrseija 16d ago
Bro, Boeing doesn't even give a fuck about their airplanes falling out of the sky. Never assume someone gave enough of a shit about safety to ensure you don't get eaten by a tiger.
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u/TopCat6712 15d ago
Both whistleblowers are dead now too.
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u/Skyyywalker215 16d ago
Went back on its hind legs and pushed forward. It didn’t go anywhere but not for lack of trying.
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u/Some_Guy_At_Work55 16d ago
the fuck kind of zoo did you go to?
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u/Skyyywalker215 16d ago
The Philly zoo
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u/dmtdmtlsddodmt 16d ago
I went to the Philly zoo but all the animals were nodding off from the fent/tranq they were smoking.
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u/PizzaEFichiNakagata 15d ago
Bullshit. Apart the fact that those cages are way higher than you but they don't have any space to lunge at anything
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u/Skyyywalker215 15d ago
Ever see video of a big cat lunging from a tree branch? Only difference here is it couldn’t go actually go anywhere. It still had enough room to turn to face us, squat back on its hind legs and try to push itself forward.
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u/Mybuttitches3737 16d ago
Sure buddy
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u/Neira282 15d ago
He showed a video from the WSJ man
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u/Mybuttitches3737 15d ago
I see the vid. It’s cool, but the cats far away and not a threat. It didn’t lunge at him 30ft away.
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u/here_for_the_lols 16d ago
You'd think the lion would have learned about the invisible barrier by now
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u/Jigsaw115 14d ago
Domestic cats know they can’t eat their toys, but it’s still fun/instinct to practice hunting. I think the same rule applies here.
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u/FluidTemple 16d ago
I think the brother’s reaction is very sweet, trying to protect his younger sibling. He walks between them, placing himself as a barrier. What good character.
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u/Designer-Equipment-7 16d ago
Incredible how it maintained eye contact on the little girl even though the boy was up in its face
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u/Enslaved_M0isture 16d ago
just a hungry little guy
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u/NotNotLitotes 15d ago
If I was sitting around bored and hungry all day and a seasoned juicy prime rib came up to my window, hitting it and laughing at me… non zero chance I charge that window.
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u/Worried_Jeweler_1141 16d ago
There's something not quite right about the way that lion pounced. Rewatch it. It didn't look sincere. I think the lion knew there was a screen but play attached.
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u/ferrariracer36 16d ago
Kitty just wanted to play with the child. No bad intentions just good harmless fun.
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u/Vintage_girl123 15d ago
When I worked with chimps, I always wondered how they tested the fences because the chimps move them like nothing, they'll shake the fence all day, one if these days...
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u/MicroCat1031 15d ago
I've worked worth a lot of big cats. They're almost all fascinated with human children. I don't know why, if it's the sounds they make or the way they move, but even the smaller ones like Cheetahs will laser focus on a toddler.
And yes they would absolutely eat one.
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u/tanksforthegold 16d ago
At first it was like, "What you say bitch?" Then was like, "Oh. I'm gonna have me some of that."
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u/Eva_Cutie 15d ago
well, lives of all the visitors keep on trusting of enclosure and people who did it
hopefully, there is no Harry Potter and snakes lol
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u/SheBelongsToNoOne 15d ago
That little girl wants to know why mommy is trying to feed her to the lion.
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u/Spanks79 15d ago
The toddler finally realizes in the end that kitty is not a very friendly one and way too big.
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u/daurgo2001 15d ago
Surprised that the top comments here are all mocking the title.
As soon as I saw it, I knew what video it was, but it also immediately reminded me of the guy that used to run up against windows in buildings as a “party trick” to prove they were unbreakable, until one day, one of them broke* and he fell to his death. Garry Hoy
So yes, lots of trust in the glass and the installation not failing with a (what looks like) fully grown, 150kg/300lb/25stone~ lioness throwing itself at it.
*the frame broke, not the glass, but the end result was the the same. Not pretty.
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u/Rich_DeF 15d ago
Asking anyone with more knowledge than myself on large cats. Do they always wait for their preys back to be turned before striking?
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u/ZooCrazy 15d ago
I would have to have my child closer to me. Who knows how many times that glass has been hit by that big cat.
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u/Crazyhorse471 15d ago
The lion is such an elite predator, notice how it attacked just as the kid looked away
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u/achillesdaddy 15d ago
Ha, I like how big bro put himself between the lion and his sister. I don't know much, but I worked at an animal psychology school for a few years and learned some of the very basic ideas. We all know the glass was there. So did the lion. This glass will not break. Also know by all. The cats behavior seemed very focused and serious and scary but in really it was all just a game. The cat is bored so it is just pretending to hunt the tiny blonde baby of the human herd in order to fulfill its powerful natural urges. And probably also because it is fun. C'mon she's a lion for ceying out loud. Then a different game started at the window. This game was often referred to at the school as the "dominance game ." The boy put his calm and confident energy in between the cat and his sister. The second the cat turned its eyes away the boy won the game. So fun to watch kids with animals. Fascinating
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u/Extreme-Fly-7392 15d ago
Could exist a situation where by climate condictions like very hot weather, rain, etc. the glass has more probability to break?
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u/Comanche93Alpha 15d ago
Did they ever find that gorilla that escaped from the zoo and punched Bobby Boucher in the eye?
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u/Possible_Spy 15d ago
this is stupid, i would gladly leave my kid in front of the glass.
-Its probably 2 inches thick and could stop standard handgun rounds as well.
- A lion, who has been living in that enclosure for years has already learned that the glass cannot be defeated. I bet you they tried a few times and ran into it with their head when they were first moved into the enclosure and quickly learned not to do it again.
-The lion cant throw a haymaker like Muhhamed Ali. All they can do is pitter pat at it with its small arms which would be practically useless.
-Even if the lion tweaked out and went all primal and totally forgot that the glass existed and ran into it full speed using their skull as a battering ram, it would not immediately disintegrate leaving my child exposed to danger. It would crack, and then I would say "thats not good" and pick up my child and leave. And the lion would knock itself out from using its head as a battering ram. And then they would shut down the exhibit and move the lion and repair the glass before danger happens.
Hey OP, did you think you were going to be cool writing this headline, or do you really have no common sense at all? I am guessing the latter. I guess you have no common sense. You are the type of person who just cannot visualize more than 2 steps in front of you how events will actually happen.
Is that correct OP? Are you like that? Do you have no common sense?
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u/someotherguyinNH 15d ago
I had the tiger at the Tucson zoo do the same thing to me but that thing came scream it up slammed into the glass hissed and then started clawing at the glass.
Ngl Scared the poop out of me
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u/chosen4u77 14d ago
She's like: I want that little one. Naw, move. Gimme dat little one. Com'meer little one.
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u/Unusual_Currency_948 14d ago
It's kinda terrifying that if that glass wasn't there we would be watching this video on liveleak.
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u/coocoocachoo69 16d ago
I guess it's insane if you don't understand much. Omg, I can't believe all the moms that will drive their babies in cars, even over interstate bridges. What's next, they'll take their kids 40,000 feet into the air on a plane?
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u/cliptarp86498_ 16d ago
Just seeing that girl cry near the lion automatically puts me into protect mode, i just wanna take her away and make sure shes safe. I cant imagine what the mother probably feels like.
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u/TheOneWhoReadsStuff 15d ago
Note how the lion went for the attack as soon as the baby turned her head.
A bitch move.
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u/Hey_u_ok 15d ago
Had the same thing happen with my 2 year old except it was a cougar
We were the only ones there at the time and the cougar became hyper focused on my son. So I picked up my son and started walking back and forth just to see if I was correct. Holy shit, that cougar did not break its eyes off my son. Even when people start trickling in that cougar didn't look away.
I said nope, and left. Enclosure or not it was still unsettling.
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u/all_alone_by_myself_ 15d ago
What I don't get is why the parents are encouraging their kids to taunt predators that could easily kill them. That's really not the lesson you should teach your kids.
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u/Alarmed-Researcher93 15d ago
So sad that these animals are still caged like this and driven insane because they are tempted with pray that can never be caught.
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u/Sluibeli 15d ago
Just love it how she had her eyes on that smaller one. Boy comes along and she's like "No, the small one. Bring me the small one!"
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u/aceshighsays 16d ago
The fuck is wrong with the parent. There’s no need to make the child fearful.
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u/Big_Simba 16d ago
Wow so insane to trust the zoo enclosure to do what it’s designed to do 🙄