Nature can be awesome. Truly inspiring and incredible. The last sequence with the Buffalo calf being attacked by lions and then a crocodile and then being saved, that's awesome nature. Why the images of people being very badly injured/killed by animals? That's not nature. I don't believe that none of the victims died, this isn't a news story and I'm pretty sure that makes this snuff.

Nature can be horrendous as well as beautiful. I've watched lions in Kenya catch and kill a Zebra and it really was a horrible thing to see and hear. It took a long time to die. What you normally see on TV is the edited down version. Death is a part of nature, a part of life. The lioness had cubs and they would survive thanks to her killing ability. It wasn't just mindless violence.

I don't like to see snuff on the sift, but particularly when it's presented as being a demonstration of how awesome nature is. This is an unpleasant video and about as far from being awesome as it's possible to be. If a bullied animal gets it's own back on the person bullying it, nothing good has happened. The animals 'getting revenge' in this video will have been killed for what they did. Awesome would have been seeing these animals being rescued from their positions and looked after properly before things got that bad. This is just sad.

>> ^lucky760:

What's with all the fake POV shots? Very distracting.


These new BBC-documentaries all include some sort of spy-cameras for these close-ups (of course not necessarily like here in this video, but) like this:

http://videosift.com/video/Black-Bear-Mother-and-Cubs-Filmed-by-Another-BBC-Spy-Cam

http://videosift.com/video/Polar-bear-sees-through-your-pathetic-disguise

http://videosift.com/video/The-Adventures-of-Dung-Cam-and-Elephant-Calf

>> ^deathcow:

lion balls may be the most masculine thing on earth


"My ex-husband? Fuck his lyin' lion loins!"

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1:36 "...lion down..."

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>> ^MaxWilder:

Lions are the best animals ever! Upvote! Upvote!


You are a cad, sir! You are also WRONG! 99% of all people agree that elephants are the best. People surveyed include: myself, my cat, two hobos.

MOAR lion cubs: http://videosift.com/video/Lionesses-Shown-Attacking-a-Male-Lion-Parenting-Their-Cubs

Out of morbid curiosity, how high can lionesses jump? =)

>> ^schlub:

Wow, looks boring as hell. And WTF is is a giant-ess? Are feminists so sensitive that they've created a new word to distinguish female giants from male ones?


Yes. They also went back in time and invented words like Duchess, Countess, Princess, Goddess, and Lioness. They also killed that dog you loved when you were 6 years old.

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Instant upvote at 1:46 btw. Gotta love getting away with chomping on a lioness' tail.

>> ^rottenseed:

dude...I'm getting a muthafuckin' lion.


OMG LOOK AT THOSE DRAGONS!

wait...

Dude it's a lion, get in the fucking car!

Well, not really, as he doesn't work with stingrays. But I'm sure you know that, and are merely trying to imply that he'll end up getting mauled eventually. That's certainly possible. But it's important to note that Richardson hand-raises practically every lion (and hyena) in the enclosure he works for (which is a wildlife reserve) and while still large, dangerous animals, he has a unique, very special bond with them, and they are to a slight degree tame. If you've seen this video before, it serves as another example of the rare bond I speak of.

Yet the point stands, they could kill him at any moment. However Richardson maintains, despite that fact, that he would do it all again in an instant, no regrets. He feels the work he does to protect these animals is worth the price he could ultimately pay. And I'm sure Irwin felt the same way about his career, bless him.

Your comment was harmless, but elsewhere on the internet where ever these videos of Richardson are posted there are always people likening him to Timothy Treadwell and jumping to the same conclusions over and over again without knowing very much about the broader context of the work he does. Personally, I admire him and all those who risk life and limb for something they believe in and care for. (Which reminds me, I've to buy some poppies)

Anyway, that's my 10 cents.
>> ^thyazide:

Stingrays have a new target IMO.