Lion Whisperer talks about terrifying Lion Opens Car Door Video (Watch it Here!)
As the ‘Lion Opens Car Door’ video spreads rapidly around the world – attracting a massive 1.4-million views in less than 48 hours – animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson has confirmed that he’s seen this type of incident happen himself. Richardson, aka South Africa’s legendary Lion Whisperer, says “Seen that happen at the park I used to work […]
As the ‘Lion Opens Car Door’ video spreads rapidly around the world – attracting a massive 1.4-million views in less than 48 hours – animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson has confirmed that he’s seen this type of incident happen himself.
Richardson, aka South Africa’s legendary Lion Whisperer, says “Seen that happen at the park I used to work at many many moons ago.
“Lions are always curious and tug at things. In this case a car door handle…and it opened – which surprised the lion and the people in the car!”
The terrifying Lion Opens Car Door video was actually uploaded to YouTube almost a year ago, on 12 March 2014, but the media only picked up on it a couple of days ago. Since then it’s been reported on all over the planet from America to India and Australia.
“My sisters [Kaylene and Cindy] were visiting our parents, while serving a mission in South Africa, and had an experience of a lifetime,” wrote Joshua Sutherland when he uploaded the video.
The Guardian newspaper in the UK reported a similar incident in 2009 when British tourist Richard Holden photographed a lion using his teeth to open the back door of a Toyota in the Lion Safari Park in Johannesburg.
Please remember to always lock your doors when travelling through a game park!
Watch Video – Lion Opens Car Door
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As Richardson explains in the video below, he’s ended up with all these lions in his care because “utimately, it came down to a point in my life where I knew that I had to get the animals to a place where they would be under my direct control till the day they died. So, the aim was not to bring the animals to a new facility and start breeding willy-nilly. We don’t breed the lions at the sanctuary. The aim was to give the lions under my care a good quality of life till the day they die…”