desertmouse: Alex Downing, of Colchester Zoo, said: "Everyone is extremely upset but there was nothing anyone could have done."

Except maybe not let a bird fly around a small enclosure with large predators, moran.

Came to say exactly that.

"Nothing anyone could have done" my ass.

desertmouse: Alex Downing, of Colchester Zoo, said: "Everyone is extremely upset but there was nothing anyone could have done."

Except maybe not let a bird fly around a small enclosure with large predators, moran.

/saw a caracal cat catch and eat a squirrel at the D.C. zoo
/that was one VERY happy cat

Came here to say this.

I honestly might have burst out laughing at the sight of sheltered kids being horrified to tears at the sight of nature being nature.

Welcome to nature, biatches

What, you mean nature isn't a Disney movie???
/faints

Women and children were screaming.

oh grow up

So it happened pretty much like this (new window). Only with a bigger cat. And an owl, not a bat. Also it was outside in a lion enclosure and not someone's hallway. And lots of children watched. And it was a different cat from the one that caught it that actually ate the owl. And there-- ah fark it. Just watch the video.

If I ran a large zoo, I'd deliberately over-breed the herbivores and occasionally transfer them to the lion's enclosure.

Same with seals and polar bears.

The whole majesty of nature, throat torn out and bleeding for your entertainment.

/It's natural, so it must be good, amirite hippies?

jaylectricity: The kids were crying? What kind of pansy-ass shiat is that? They just witnessed one of the greatest shows in nature and they're crying?

SO,MUCH,THIS.

You mean even after we put them in zoos they remain predators? Amazing.

If the kids were traumatized by that, the next stop should have been the monkey house.

All that farking and masturbation and poo-slinging'll shut 'em up.

wasn't there a thread a while back where someone posted a vid of a bird of prey swooping down, trying to attack a deer? or some large animal.

anyway, this is just the opposite.

free market animalism?

useless without...

Daniel was in tears, along with most of the people there. Women and children were screaming.

/REDRUM REDRUM!!

hammettman: wasn't there a thread a while back where someone posted a vid of a bird of prey swooping down, trying to attack a deer? or some large animal.



Roll for initiative.

Walker: Picture of the actual lion

Since the article says "lioness", I'm going to assume you just made that up!!!

watson.t.hamster: You mean even after we put them in zoos they remain predators? Amazing.

This is why zoos should only contain baby animals. When they grow up we can use them as feed for the new baby animals. I don't know why these cruel zookeepers keep ignoring my emails, letters, and late-night phone calls.

Fierce Creatures.

Fuggin Bizzy: geoduck42: Walker: Picture of the actual lion

Since the article says "lioness", I'm going to assume you just made that up!!!

There was a clubber, and an devourer. Two seperate lions.

biatch made her man a sammich.

This is why I model my marriage on lion relationships... If I have to do the 'man' work like home repair and reno, take out the garbage, kill pests, and be the bad guy with the kids, damn straight the wife can clean and bring me food.

The zookeeper responsible is gonna need someone to save his ash.

BurnShrike: hammettman: wasn't there a thread a while back where someone posted a vid of a bird of prey swooping down, trying to attack a deer? or some large animal.

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Roll for initiative.

I shoot the gazebo with an arrow.

geoduck42: Walker: Picture of the actual lion

Since the article says "lioness", I'm going to assume you just made that up!!!

TFA: "a male lion devoured the bird."

Unsung_Hero: If I ran a large zoo, I'd deliberately over-breed the herbivores and occasionally transfer them to the lion's enclosure.

Same with seals and polar bears.

The whole majesty of nature, throat torn out and bleeding for your entertainment.

/It's natural, so it must be good, amirite hippies?

Deal. As long as we get to occasionally toss some christians from the crowd in too. Lions need their vitamin C.

hammettman: wasn't there a thread a while back where someone posted a vid of a bird of prey swooping down, trying to attack a deer? or some large animal.

Is it the one with an eagle throwing goats off a cliff? I'm not for cruelty to animals, but when it's one animal doing it to another, I've got to admit it's kind of hilarious.

'Cause if that's the one, here it is -- warning, as said above, this is a video of an eagle throwing a goat off a cliff. While it is hilarious, the goat, you know, gets thrown off a cliff and such.

It's a predatory universe and worth being aware of it. I don't see what the big deal is in this case -- sad to lose a pet of course, but it's a pretty natural thing to happen and a good lesson for kids. Every burger we eat has death attached to it. Every sniffle of a cold is reminder of the constant bombardment of predatory pathogens. Predation and death plays out every day in every part of our world. Why the squeamishness?

It's just like when my house cat pounces on a small lizard outdoors.
(Only bigger, meaner and messier.)

BTW, if you turned a house cat loose in a lion cage, would that house cat be a snack within 10 minutes? Or would they spend a happy afternoon together grooming and playing together?

/meow
//in a bob newhart voice.