Bloody; bowed
April 22, 2021 9:05 AM Subscribe
Post-kill, two thirsty lions encounter a brazen turtle. (SLYT).
From the video description: The one-of-a-kind sighting was captured by 30-year-old safari guide, Reggi Barreto, while on safari with a private guest near the Sand River in the MalaMala Private Game Reserve, Greater Kruger Park: “Both lions drank their fill despite the interruptions from the terrapin and then headed back closer to the zebra foal to lay down, as it was a very humid day. It was an incredibly rare sighting for me to film – watching the terrapin approach the lions that had blood on their chins from the zebra. It seems as though the terrapin was actually more interested in getting some of that blood, as opposed to ‘chasing the lions away’.”
The slain zebra referenced in the quote is not shown in this video, but some wildlife clips on this "Kruger Sightings" YouTube channel (travel company advertising) do contain graphic footage.
From the video description: The one-of-a-kind sighting was captured by 30-year-old safari guide, Reggi Barreto, while on safari with a private guest near the Sand River in the MalaMala Private Game Reserve, Greater Kruger Park: “Both lions drank their fill despite the interruptions from the terrapin and then headed back closer to the zebra foal to lay down, as it was a very humid day. It was an incredibly rare sighting for me to film – watching the terrapin approach the lions that had blood on their chins from the zebra. It seems as though the terrapin was actually more interested in getting some of that blood, as opposed to ‘chasing the lions away’.”
The slain zebra referenced in the quote is not shown in this video, but some wildlife clips on this "Kruger Sightings" YouTube channel (travel company advertising) do contain graphic footage.
Those turtles like to eat ticks off of large animals, like hippos.
posted by Ansible at 9:12 AM on April 22, 2021
posted by Ansible at 9:12 AM on April 22, 2021
I don't care what the rational explanation is.. turtle be flexin
posted by elkevelvet at 9:25 AM on April 22, 2021 [8 favorites]
posted by elkevelvet at 9:25 AM on April 22, 2021 [8 favorites]
Adolescent bears visit my friend at work.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 9:28 AM on April 22, 2021 [13 favorites]
posted by Mr. Yuck at 9:28 AM on April 22, 2021 [13 favorites]
Totes adorbs!
posted by Going To Maine at 9:37 AM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 9:37 AM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
Going to Maine, I think you meant torts adorbs.
posted by dismas at 10:01 AM on April 22, 2021 [10 favorites]
posted by dismas at 10:01 AM on April 22, 2021 [10 favorites]
Adolescent bears visit my friend at work. yt
I was listening to a podcast a while back about how building codes in some places mandate handles rather than doorknobs for accessibility reasons while in other places doorknobs were required for reasons that should be obvious seconds into this video.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:16 AM on April 22, 2021 [5 favorites]
I was listening to a podcast a while back about how building codes in some places mandate handles rather than doorknobs for accessibility reasons while in other places doorknobs were required for reasons that should be obvious seconds into this video.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 10:16 AM on April 22, 2021 [5 favorites]
Going to Maine, I think you meant torts adorbs.
turts adurps
posted by Going To Maine at 10:36 AM on April 22, 2021 [7 favorites]
turts adurps
posted by Going To Maine at 10:36 AM on April 22, 2021 [7 favorites]
Waited for lion to bap bapbapbap the turtle. No baps. Was disappointed.
posted by jquinby at 10:52 AM on April 22, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by jquinby at 10:52 AM on April 22, 2021 [5 favorites]
I feared cronch cronchcronchcronch. No cronchs. Was relieved.
posted by Iris Gambol at 10:56 AM on April 22, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by Iris Gambol at 10:56 AM on April 22, 2021 [6 favorites]
My cat was not frands with my turtle. My turtle did not know this, and would follow the cat around for hours.
Bap! Bapbapbapbap!
Bap has no effect!
posted by 1adam12 at 11:00 AM on April 22, 2021 [10 favorites]
Bap! Bapbapbapbap!
Bap has no effect!
posted by 1adam12 at 11:00 AM on April 22, 2021 [10 favorites]
I was expecting a more intimidating turtle, something like this.
posted by TedW at 11:39 AM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by TedW at 11:39 AM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
Rebel turtle observes others displaying boring traditional turtle courtship behavior and says, "Hold my beer."
posted by thecincinnatikid at 11:42 AM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
That's nothing, how about a goose managing to successfully intimidate a tiger? Not once, but twice!
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:49 AM on April 22, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by Strange Interlude at 11:49 AM on April 22, 2021 [3 favorites]
? A goose would break your arm as soon as look at you. Even tigers are looped in re: that sociopathy.
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:55 AM on April 22, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:55 AM on April 22, 2021 [6 favorites]
handles rather than doorknobs
Heh heh- the cubs can turn the tiny knob on my kitchen storm door- I thought it was my roommate coming in until I turned around. I rarely vid them cuz when the cool stuff happens we are really close and I think it foolish to point things at them.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 3:05 PM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
Heh heh- the cubs can turn the tiny knob on my kitchen storm door- I thought it was my roommate coming in until I turned around. I rarely vid them cuz when the cool stuff happens we are really close and I think it foolish to point things at them.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 3:05 PM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
Cute, but it can't compete with the video I saw earlier today of the idiot who found a wandering bear in the woods and decided to kick it.
posted by Beholder at 5:05 PM on April 22, 2021
posted by Beholder at 5:05 PM on April 22, 2021
So, this is pre-ooze Raphael, spotted in the wild, right?
posted by Ghidorah at 6:59 PM on April 22, 2021
posted by Ghidorah at 6:59 PM on April 22, 2021
Kruger seems to be sort of place where this sort of dramatic unexpected turnabout happens all the time. I went looking for the video from this (dead link, alas,) but found [CW: animal injuries] this and this and this and this first. Suffice it to say the king of beasts often comes out second best.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:21 PM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:21 PM on April 22, 2021 [1 favorite]
"Excuse me sir/ma'am, this is my pond please do not drink it all." - turtle, probably
posted by torisaur at 10:46 PM on April 22, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by torisaur at 10:46 PM on April 22, 2021 [3 favorites]
I saw on Connected where fish low on the food chain are being made bolder by antidepressants in their water. Similar experiment here. (Pretty sure it’s not what’s happening in the video, but still.)
posted by anshuman at 4:35 AM on April 23, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by anshuman at 4:35 AM on April 23, 2021 [2 favorites]
I think he was mad they were disturbing the surface of his pond. The nips were like, I'll stop that annoying tongue!
posted by tiny frying pan at 8:12 AM on April 23, 2021
posted by tiny frying pan at 8:12 AM on April 23, 2021
This little girl lives on our farm. She is five feet away from me and can hop that fence. I don't eat in front of her.
What I really wish I had pics of was the time she lost posterior fur to a swan.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 2:46 PM on April 23, 2021 [1 favorite]
What I really wish I had pics of was the time she lost posterior fur to a swan.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 2:46 PM on April 23, 2021 [1 favorite]
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