Smart Lions Show Their Tracking Skills | BBC Earth

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In the mid-1980s, hundreds of lions suddenly disappeared from the Namib Desert. Now, equally mysteriously, they have returned. How can such a magnificent animal survive in one of the harshest deserts in the world?

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[hassanyousifabdul]

According to this, Maybe aliens r inspecting us while we are sleeping and the worst part is that they r smelling our feet, lol.

[tonykismatali]

IN total awe and admiration at what you do your SOUL shines through in your work.

[broccolifordinner]

I'm too into Lion's feet smelling fetishism.

[benskelly]

However, I think he was inspecting the lion so closely because changes in scent/claws/teeth/paws can signal health issues...

(I forgot about that.)

[huahualipo]

I love and respect the work, but I have to admit for a split second it was weird lol

[TheCreamRisesToTheTop]

1:33 she looked like she was waking up

[Anubalfer]

What the.. Where are the other lions? He did this at night too. Are they in the bush waiting, whispering, "is he smelling her feet?" Damn, he is?" "Her feet do smell good." "Shut up! What should we do?" "Nothing!" "But what about..." "Did you see the way she fell over?!" "Yeah, we go out there and he'll be smelling our feet too!"

[Dinozzzaur]

Little did he know, he gets a similar inspection from aliens every 9 months.

A great investigation and a great video👍

[Pumpkintiti]

PLEASE DO A FULL DOCUMENTARY. WE WOULD LOVE IT

[fukatrumume]

It’s hard to watch how “HARD” he checked on the lioness.

[Alibeeee]

I love to smell my cats paws so I know what he means. They just smell good. Maybe it's because they (cats) clean them all the time.

[tunasalad]

Don't leave this guy alone with lionesses. ;D

[dodhlododhlo]

2:40 at the foot fetish, i was really confused godamn

[khoonibilla]

she is so adorable that she even lives in Purros

[Gdie]

When you try to tame something in ark but you forgot the food

[barbarablattler]

This man does a wonderful job and unfortunately, he cannot prevent human/wildlife conflicts to occur. Cattle, sheep and goats belonging to people living in the Kunene region of Namibia are easy prey as these people are not always able to erect proper enclosures for their animals for the night. This is very sad, as the lion that killed a domestic animal will be declared a problem animal by MET (Ministery of Environment and Tourism), and it will be shot.

[lorenzodemedici]

he legit has a lion fetish it’s probably a good thing she would kill him if he tried any weird stuff

[carloscastro-qxii]

ALGUIEN SABE QUE PASO CON LAS TRES LEONAS ? HERMANAS DE LOS 5 MOSQUETEROS QUE YA NO ESTAN, EN EL EPISODIO 2 MIRE QUE LA LEONA TIA LAS RECHAZO, ME GUSTARIA SABER QUE PASO CON LAS LEONAS SI PROSPERARON O NO

[mauriciomaradiaga]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this guy was just a little too into lion feet smelling.