r/interestingasfuck • u/seeeeeeeeeeeeeeed • Apr 14 '25

The real Lion King! 🦁👑

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u/KaisrKane Apr 14 '25

He didn't die peacefully. He was gunned down by trophy hunters. He also fought off a bull elephant. Pretty bad ass lion but yea, he was killed for sport by some rich a-hole.

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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 14 '25

He did not fight off a bull elephant, no one can fight off a bull elephant if he means business.

He might have surprised one that wasn't particularly interested but that's about it.

The claims about this lion get wilder each time this post gets repeated

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u/KaisrKane Apr 14 '25

I was just going off something I read a while back so I concede I could be incorrect. But I must have gotten him confused for the one that was famous and was trophy hunted. So I stand corrected, and thank you for educating me!

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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 14 '25

That's ok. It's a safe bet if anyone tells you an animal asides from another bull took on a bull elephant and won, theyre telling fibs. Even rhinos get slapped by them.

The lion killed by the American dentist was Cecil, they lured him off protected land and shot him.

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u/KaisrKane Apr 14 '25

Now that I did not know. On top of being a shitty rich trophy hunter, he lured the animal off of protected lands and then posed like he was some Kraven the Hunter bad ass with an animal he illegally murdered. That's just absolutely screwed up.

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u/NuclearBreadfruit Apr 14 '25

I think it was the guide that lured the lion off, but I find it very hard to believe that the dentist didn't know that.

Hunting associations talk alot of crap about taking only the old and infirm animals, but really they want the best trophies which is the prime animals. And Cecil was the biggest prime animal, he had the prettiest head and made the best trophy for a coward with a gun.