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05-08-2022, 05:18 AM( This post was last modified: 05-08-2022, 05:19 AM by BA0701 )
(05-08-2022, 04:31 AM)Tr1x24 Wrote:
(05-07-2022, 11:25 PM)BA0701 Wrote: Apparently, according to this video, Hosana was known for stalking humans on foot, including mock charges like he did to Tristan in this video.
I love Tristan, but that was so reckless move, on foot standing 10 m away and facing Hosana, who was clearly alert and frighten..
I mean, he loves Hosana, but what if he charged at him?? They would also shot him..
Thats not Hosana to blame, they are entering his space..
Leopards are more "aggressive" towards humans in general then lions, lion just runs away when he see's humans on foot, leopards are more fierce in that regard.
Even in private enclosures, where people work with lions and leopards personally, leopard is far more dangerous animal to work with then lions, they are more "unpredictable".
I agree, I definitely believe that this wasn't Hosana's fault, regardless of the facts. There's no telling how long these people were on foot, were they walking for a long distance, if so as mentioned in the video Hosana may have been stalking them for some time, or did they just hop out of their jeep and happen to be exactly where he was. I was more pointing out how they were already aware of his behaving like this, Tristan even said that video "This is a game Hosana plays", and Hosana was also known to do mock charges as seen in the video.
We don't know the full details of what happened, likely never will. Several options are all equally possible, Hosana may have actually full on attacked, he may have done a mock charge, he may have done nothing more than to have surprised these people with his presence in close proximity. The whole situation is tragic, and I am sure nobody feels worse than the people involved, given their purpose for being there was to try and save these animals.
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