Nature sometimes has a great way of pricking the bubble of our awful, overweening pretentiousness. Gitanjali Kolanad is a self-proclaimed expert in so-called Kalaripayat, a Karate style that supposedly emulates the moves of a lion. So when Kolanad decided to do a photo-shoot with an actual lion, the lion decided she needed to learn Lion Move lesson 101, and almost killed her.
The video itself is both hilarious at pricking this lady's presumptious pomposity - I cried with laughter at the seriousness with which she related the events - and also terrifying when you see people having to relearn basic lessons about lions. Here are those lessons learned once again, just in case you might need reminding:
1. Being in a room with a lion is a MISTAKE.
2. The lion is not just being playful. It is just trying to kill you.
3. Pretending to be an expert in lion moves next to a lion and prancing around one like a prize prat may well provoke a lion to kill you.
I hope you've learned something today. If you're religious, turn to holy scriptures. It's there too. 1 Peter 5:8-9.
Watch how the lion in 2 seconds flat sweeps the woman clean off her feet & disables her in step one before a bemused keeper has to kick it in the neck to remove it from its prey. Then have a look how it wants to act like a pussy cat with a mouse. Rolling on to its side so it can go in for the kill. Terrifying. And absolutely hilarious. All at the same time. For a real treat, the link at the bottom is to a TV quality video clip. Definitely worth the extra time it takes to download.
And don't say I didn't warn you. Here's that lesson again. Never play with lions.
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