This is Why Baby Deer Should Not Venture Into The Lion’s Den at the Zoo
Over the weekend a baby deer somehow wandered into the lion exhibit of the National Zoo in Washington D.C. As about 100 onlookers watched, the deer was predictably attacked by the lions, but somehow managed to escape, only to be euthanized by zoo officials afterwards. Here is video of the incident that one of the zoo patrons captured.
via Huff Po
by Cajun Boy on November 9, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Editor-in-Chief:
mmm…Venison stew
shows how poorly these captive raised lions would fare in the wild if they can't even capture a baby deer in their paws
Why'd the zoo officials kill the deer?
because it crossed to the other side.
The lion wasn't really trying. I mean, come on.
Also, I love the horror in people's voices over the lion acting like, you know, A FUCKING LION.
They're not anamorphic Disney characters who sing songs of virtue and lord over the savanna, nobly protecting their animal brethren. They're wild animals who mainly think about three things; killing other animals to eat, not being killed themselves, and reproducing. Humanity needs to get a grip.
Agreed with above poster, Han Valen.
Also, I imagine all the noise that people were making really distracted the lion so he could not eat it. You saw him looking at the crowd, with his attention split.
They should have let him eat it.