The Man Who Cuddles Lions | BEAST BUDDIES

MEET the daring animal lover who spends his days cuddling tigers and playing football with a pride of lions. Armand Gerber, 51, runs the Iron Throne Predator and Wildlife Park in South Africa, with the help of his wife, Beatrice. With more than 80 hectares of beautiful land, Armand houses 10 lions, three tigers, two leopards and a cheetah – in addition to porcupines, warthogs and smaller cats. Armand hand-feeds lion brothers, Rufus and Brutus, who each weigh a colossal 550lbs. He rescued the majority of his animals from places with bad publicity and his biggest dream is to provide a forever-home for those most in need. Follow their story here:

Video Credits:
Videographer / director: Nathan Pellow-Jarman
Producer: Danny Baggott, Ruby Coote
Editor: Tom Buckman

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[Mark-glcd]

Imagine starting a fight with this guy and he brings his squad

[theunderdog]

This guy: *Casually rubs leopard's belly*
Me: *Looks at my cat*
My cat: "Don't even think about it"

[vickyabara]

This man means a whole different thing when he says he's going to hang out with the boys

[Miltypooh]

Guy: *hugs lion*
Me: *tries to hug my cat*
My cat: scratch mode activated

[saju]

2% fun in front of camera, 98% hard work & effort to maintain their health.

[khamalamars]

Lion: tries to give him a hug
Man: almost dies during hug

[GaminginHDR]

This guys must be strong as hell to be able to hold a big lion with his body like that.

[freklyfelix]

Him : touches lions
Lions :does nothing
Me : touches my cat
My cat: peace was never an option

[astralgamer]

Once this man went late to school. The teacher apologized for coming too early.

[Briskwarrior]

The fact these big cats will expose their belly to him and let him pet it is some SERIOUS TRUST. Predatory cats like that just don't do that willy nilly.

[poncianochris]

"These two boys here Jack and Daniels" lol good names

[clauzellblackshear]

It's beautiful to see how gentle they are with him they love him so much.

[angelsharma]

That man:touches lion
Lion: does nothing
Me:tries to touch my street dogs
Dogs: u have chosen death😂

[ittbelk]

"and the sad part is that the animal always gets blamed and it's always human stupidity". i'm so glad he said this because it couldn't be more true. they are dangerous, wild animals...it's on the human to be cautious

[AnthonyMartinez-gbrb]

"sorry this is my normal voice when talking to them"

Dude you're baby talking and petting lions... Nobody is judging you I promise lol

[ibbann]

The cameraman :


"Let's get this done VERY VERY VERY quickly, because i'm not you"

[saumyaa]

0:47 That moment when the leopard jumps on to him like a kid who is waiting for his father to come home after work.

[ally_]

This guy is over here taming lions
When I can barely control my cat

[LanguageExpert-hgdo]

The Leopard: Seems to like him the most
The Lions : Very protective towards him and playful.
The Tiger : Surprisingly the most chill one with him !

[robmaupome]

*someone tried to rob his house*
robber: *checks outside if there’s anything*
also robber: *gets eaten by lion*