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[–]_ohboy_ohgirl_ 29 points30 points ago

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Beautiful. Beautiful photo and a beautiful creature.

[–]bitcheslovecheezwhiz 8 points9 points ago

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_ohlion

[–]about_14_of_them 9 points10 points ago*

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Male lions have to be tough. Their most important job is to defend the pups in the pride from neighboring prides and hyenas, but mostly from the roving gangs of adolescent male lions. Lion fights are not for show - they maim & kill each other - and many or most of a dominant males fights will be against multiple opponents. It is a hard life with constant injuries, and dominant males typically only last a few years before being killed in combat.

And those are the lucky ones.

[–]barc0de 3 points4 points ago

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Yes, but they get lots of sex

[–]about_14_of_them 2 points3 points ago

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Free food & sex, yeah. That's the payoff for all that fighting.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I'd do that if there was a human alternative. working sucks

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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So... Boxing?

[–]1Ders 28 points29 points ago

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his wife is way tougher

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[–]bitcheslovecheezwhiz 10 points11 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]alexsc12 12 points13 points ago

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ಠ_-

[–]xjeepdotorg 2 points3 points ago

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i love that photo

[–]1Ders 0 points1 point ago

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its one of my favorite wildlife photos ever

[–]ru0573 40 points41 points ago

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Scar?

[–]alreadytakenusername 1 point2 points ago

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Jeremy?

[–]Osiris32 1 point2 points ago

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Fuck you, Scar.

[–]BleedingBlackAndGold 0 points1 point ago

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Took the word right out of my mouth.

[–]allenizabeth 0 points1 point ago

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It must have been while he was kissing you.

[–]humblemoley 0 points1 point ago

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The first thing I thought of.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

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i just realizes how shitty it much be to be an animal and get an eyelash in your eye

[–]itsamario 3 points4 points ago*

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Not if you are a primate!

*edit for reddit (Previously "your are")

[–]lisabadcat 7 points8 points ago

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  • Not if you're are a primate!

FTFY

[–]itsamario 5 points6 points ago

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Thank you kindly, you are are correct in your correction.

[–]KnavishSprite 11 points12 points ago

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The General Martok of the animal kingdom.

[–]Littleluv 6 points7 points ago

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"How is it that I have only one eye, but I can see more clearly than anyone around me?"

[–]Arrant_Theif 2 points3 points ago

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I'd like to share a barrel of blood wine from 2309 with him

[–]house_corrino 1 point2 points ago

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2309, a fine year. But I prefer mine very young, and very sweet

[–]pancakefactory 7 points8 points ago*

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This reminds me of the oldest lion of Zoo Zürich.

Bhagirath has lived for 18 years in our zoo, he was a present from the indian King and lost an eye during the long transportation from India to Switzerland. It was always the biggest pity to see him caged in the far too tiny place for the majority of his years. I'll never forget his sad face, he always had this missing but crying eye.

[–]alphawolf29 1 point2 points ago

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wow, he looks so sad.

[–]pancakefactory 0 points1 point ago

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we was nicknamed as 'the lion with the sad/crying eye'. past away peacefully 2008...

[–]Lapai 0 points1 point ago

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Second link leads to nowhere?

[–]pancakefactory 0 points1 point ago

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weird, it leads me to another picture... try again? here's the link

http://www.yournaturephotos.com/oneadmin/_files/photogallery/b4eb9_bhagirath-lion.jpg

[–]c6comp 1 point2 points ago

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They don't like hotlinking. Don't click the link from here. Just copy and paste the link into a new tab and it works.

[–]Lapai 0 points1 point ago

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Done now, thanks.

[–]jayce513 2 points3 points ago

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I have to say, this picture is very powerful. I know its just an animal, but I see much pride in the expression. I only wonder what this lion has seen, has experienced. It takes something out of me to know that this cat has fought for his life for things that would seem very minimal to humans. What have we become to feel nothing towards such minimalist things? I get much sadness from the picture. There is so much pain in this world and to look into this lions face, i dont feel like many humans have experienced anything like what it has experienced. If this was a person he would be wise beyond any person. The mane flows around the face like an emphasis of who he is. Big cats like this are a gift to the world. They should be protected. Im sorry for the rant...

[–]norova 1 point2 points ago

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What a fantastic photo! Anyone know of a higher-res version? Tried TinEye but no luck.

[–]AnonymousPIXEL 1 point2 points ago

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Awww it's winking at m.. oh.

[–]stefan_89 1 point2 points ago

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Reminds me of Gado from Bloody Roar 3

[–]BleedingBlackAndGold 1 point2 points ago

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That is one handsome cat.

[–]alialibobali 1 point2 points ago

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The Morgan Freeman of the jungle.

[–]SophisticatedVagrant 1 point2 points ago

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What Jeff Bridges would look like as a lion...

[–]icecreammuscles 1 point2 points ago

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Can someone please explain why this turns me on?

[–]SillyPickle 0 points1 point ago

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There's an even tougher lion out there who took his eye.

[–]kbfirebreather 8 points9 points ago

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Unless this one took it out.

[–]heetic 4 points5 points ago

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pushed him right over the edge

[–]testuserpleaseignore 0 points1 point ago

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Clarence?

[–]asshatnowhere 0 points1 point ago

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man, sometimes i wish we could live together in harmony. to bad we cant :/ we would end up killing them all probably

[–]TheLemans 0 points1 point ago

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Lucille?

[–]Hexodam 0 points1 point ago

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FOR ASLAN!!!

[–]Spookhound 0 points1 point ago

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ASLAN!

[–]hello_toast 0 points1 point ago

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Prepare for the chance of a lifetime. Be prepared for Sensational news...

[–]mlearn2 0 points1 point ago

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I see goatse on his face.

[–]CodeandOptics 0 points1 point ago

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Oh you guys are just being prejudice.

Prejudging on appearance is WRONG!!!

[–]userSNOTWY 0 points1 point ago

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not that togh by the looks of it....

[–]lm1399 0 points1 point ago

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Lion is not amused

[–]Poofengle 0 points1 point ago

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He mistook the drowsy-eye/alcohol warning for a winking-eye alcohol suggestion.

[–]qrystalballer 0 points1 point ago

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Dat Aslan.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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respect.

[–]Lord_Bradford 0 points1 point ago

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If he were a white lion, he would be Ajani Goldmane. Bitchin'.

[–]peteman458 0 points1 point ago

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Most interesting lion in the world: "I don't always eat humans, but when I do I prefer Tasmanians."

[–]ksob 0 points1 point ago

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One of the most impressive faces I've every seen.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I imagine this is Narnia's incarnation of Odin.

[–]Pit_of_Death 0 points1 point ago

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imagine coming face to face with that guy

[–]coinoperatedboi 0 points1 point ago

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For some reason that picture makes me think of Anthony Hopkins

[–]Uncle_Tony 0 points1 point ago

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I want one

[–]Ausl0 0 points1 point ago

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Quick, someone shop in an eye patch.

[–]miketheexpert 0 points1 point ago

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kind of how I look. I'm old.

[–]implosionotion 0 points1 point ago

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mufasa mufasa mufasa.....

[–]icx 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you for my new phone wallpaper.

[–]r2mayo 0 points1 point ago

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He's off to see the wizard to get some courage.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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winky blinky

[–]sawman160 0 points1 point ago

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SCAR!

[–]MNava86 0 points1 point ago

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Didn't he kill Mufasa?

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[–]tpk1024 1 point2 points ago

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lol, u mad bro?

[–]vertices -1 points0 points ago

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;|

[–]gamerholic -1 points0 points ago

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Life. Action. Lion. King.

[–]skibothy -1 points0 points ago

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i sure wouldnt fuck with him

[–]MikeysFC -1 points0 points ago

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Reminds me of Gado from The Bloody Roar series.

[–]oNrG -1 points0 points ago

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Ooh, watch out we got a real, bad ass ova heree!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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"Luckily the Gods saw fit to grant me a spare"

[–]ibetrollindurty -1 points0 points ago

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It's Scar.

[–]His-Dudeness -1 points0 points ago

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Didn't Simba kill him at the end of the movie?

[–]Kailoth -1 points0 points ago

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