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You can’t take this kitty cat to a regular pet groomer. No, lion wrangler Alex Larenty has to take care of that job, and he has to do it every day. Watch him brush the hair and file the claws on this 250 kg lion.
-via io9
Who knew big cats were so into pizza?…Or at least the residual smell of it left on the boxes.
Did you know snakes and hamsters can be friends? Or cats and crows? Or pigs and tigers? Ok, these friendships might not be common, but the do happen. Cracked has a great list of animal friendships that could make writers of Disney movies feel ashamed of their lack of ingenuity.
Last year, the folks at Big Cat Rescue showed us how big cats react to catnip. Here they investigate another burning question: will big cats chase a laser dot the way house cats do? Let’s hide and watch. -via The Daily What
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From a one-ton crocodile that may have killed 300 people to a leopard who munched on 250 different victims, this list of man-eating beasts is fascinating although a bit depressing.
Have you ever seen a grown lion look so cute and innocent as this one trying to break through the glass to get his rubber ducky?
Shanta, a lioness who lives who lives at the Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary in Kansas, is seen here dozing on her handler, Steve. But really, if a lion is using you as bedding, I don’t think that you can legitimately claim to be her “handler”. The relationship has been reversed at some point.
via Geekosystem | Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary
A restaurant in Tuscon, Arizona, plans to sell tacos made with lion meat starting in February:
Boca Tacos y Tequila says it’s accepting prepaid orders for African lion tacos, to be served starting Feb. 16. Orders must be placed by Feb. 7 and owner Bryan Mazon says there are already a few reservations from curious customers.
Mazon says his restaurant started offering exotic tacos on its menu every Wednesday about six months ago and has tried “just about anything we can get our hands on.”
According to the Food and Drug Administration, lion and other game meat can be sold as long as the species isn’t endangered.
The lion tacos will be sold for $8.95 each.
Link via Ace of Spades HQ | Photo by Flickr user Smudge 9000 used under Creative Commons license
London has the largest litter of lions in the world. A magnificent pride their history goes back 120,000 years. There are colossal, legendary and living lions. Lions from one of the seven wonders of the world, from the cradle of liberty and there’s a lion on the very first coin. Appearing on the greatest historical treasures, living in masterpieces of art lions are roaring on the capital’s biggest tourist attractions. London is leonine.
Londonist has a regular feature called “Lions Of London”. This model for the British Museum logo is number 31 in the series. There’s lots of interesting reading here for fans of the King of the Beasts.
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A few of humanity’s worst citizens – poachers – snuck in to the Kruger National Park in South Africa in the middle of the night. They’d planned on checking traps, but instead found themselves in the deadly gaze of angry hippopotamuses. Hippos are the animal kingdom’s number one killer of humans in Africa, so the men scattered. Two made it out alive; the third’s remains were found, ostensibly devoured by lions.
This story should serve as a cautionary tale for any would-be poachers considering a career in illegal wildlife trade. While authorities may have their hands full when it comes to stopping [them], there remains a more natural form of justice, lurking among the wildlife so often pillaged–and in this case justice, like dinner, was served.
Link | BBC Brasil Link (Well-Fed Lion Photo: laherenger’s Photostream)
Learn about the different species of big cats as you enjoy photographs by zoo photographer and “cat whisperer” Akishin Vyacheslav. Shown is a leopard with startling blue eyes. Link -via Digg
Can you get a lion to pose for a portrait? Yes… well maybe not you, but the folks at Big Cat Studio can!
Deadly big cats look more like domestic pets in a stunning new book of feline photographs. Carefully pieced together over a year ‘Big Cat Studio’ lets readers get up close to ocelots, leopards, pumas, lynx, lions and tigers. The cats were photographed in a specially constructed studio at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. We hope that you are going to like it as much as we are. So, take a look and enjoy
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