Can Our LIONS Catch Their Own Food? | The Lion Whisperer
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- Thor's Lion Pride hunt a warthog. Kevin takes Thor's group for an enrichment walk and talks about the power and capabilities of lions. The pride then decide to demonstrate for themselves. If you would like to see more of this incredible wildlife behaviour, a bonus video will be available on the membership channel next week.
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A lively start to 2024 ! Watch the action with Thor's Pride, always something going on ! Thank you all for the support, wishing a great year ahead for all our Pride ! Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Here is to a great year ahead everyone.
Good morning Kevin,
Wow that was so unexpected! I hope Neige is definitely healing well. I watched Mia and the White Lion again and I wish I could live this experience. Charlie is amazing. Knowing that some monsters pay a fortune to kill those beautiful Animals infuriates me! Thank you for all you have done for all the wild animals. I will go on supporting you. I wish you and all those majestic creatures a wonderful and healthy year 💚🦁
@@valouMJcalifornia7 thank you so much for the support and a Happy New Year to you !
@@valouMJcalifornia7 I agree. How anybody could look into the face of one of these majestic animals and pull the trigger is something I can’t comprehend. Trophy hunters absolutely disgust me. There are people that just want to kill an animal simply because it’s an apex predator. They are ignorant to the fact of how that disrupts the ecosystem. I pray 2024 brings more laws to protect our wildlife.
Happiest New Year!!❤🦁
I didn't want to watch the kill but I couldn't look away. Fascinating. I'm glad Niege’s tail healed. Happy New Year to you and all the lions.
Kevin, I’m absolutely speechless. I can imagine how incredible it is to be that close to a pride of lions taking down their prey. Their power and strength are just unbelievable. Even though your lions have been hand raised, they still have their instinct to kill. Simply amazing to see the natural world in action. Thank you for protecting these beautiful animals and giving them a wonderful, safe, loving home. May God bless you with health and happiness in 2024. Love and respect from Tennessee USA.
They are beautiful but caged or free I don't think they will ever let something like that pass them up. That is in there DNA. No petting or cuddling that out of them
@@thomashodis5740 I agree. I’ve seen a video of Kevin cuddling Meg, then a few minutes later she’s completely lethal and taking down a warthog.
Of course. Look at housecats. They SLAUGHTER small animals in HUGE numbers. And then will sit happily in your lap and purr.
I think seeing that all coming towards me….well it wouldn’t be pride. Lol
@@carlakenyon6073 Id be peeing my pants at the very least! LOL
What's amazing is 6 lions attack a wart hog as Kevin, their lion bud, watches and films, without being worried about him being next.
Natural for the lions even for being partially captive, they still have the instinct to hunt quite well. Thanks for sharing this with us. Stay safe everyone.
What an adrenaline rush to be standing in the middle of a sudden hunt. Please share more footage!
More at Membership level 🎉
Animals never lose their natural hunting instincts.
True but what they will lack is tactical experience that is learned over time and by more experienced family members.
Very well put
I think the enrichment walks help them to keep their wild edge skills finely tuned.
It's shocking that Kevin can be that close to a kill without being chased away. That's the first time i've seen that without humans being in a jeep or far away from the kill in a documentary.
You think thats shocking, you should see when Meg catches something. Kevin can be right in front of her and she's fine with it.
Good to know that they can definitely kill their own food despite being captive. And it is very exciting to be accepted and able to see it. They definitely consider you as part of the pride for sure.
This video was amazing! Seeing them fully trust you as a part of the pride is just beautiful. You're living the life man, I envy you so much ♡
@NamChin846 - It was a humdinger of action being there. Thank you for the support ! Happy New Year
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It's great to see their enrichment walks. The lions can experience what it's like to be wild on a kill.
Thank you again for the reminder that, though you are accepted by the Pride, these are still wild animals. That was fascinating. Glad Neige is better. Maybe you can give her a felt tassel for her tail, like Eeyore. 😊❤
I don't think any other animal in the world would appear so adorable while rolling in another animal's poop. Thank you Kevin for sharing!
What I love most is that they get to experience what it feels like to be a Tribe living in the wild, you always said it Kev. Enrichment walks.
Incredible! What a great example of captive lions being able to hunt and hunt as a pride. Neige may be missing a part of her tail, but, it does not seem to have affected her balance any. What a warrioress!
Those are being just Normal 🦁Lions...bless them! Niege looks just as beautiful with a Shorter tail..so glad she's out of pain and there was no infection❤ Thank You for yet another brilliant video Kevin...and R.I P Warthog🐗
Wow! Impossible to get bored with this magnificent pride. She is always in action. Despite their life in captivity, their hunting instincts have remained intact. Beautiful Neige will never give up. Happy she's okay. A fantastic video❤! Thanks. 😊
Thank you for sharing Thor and this amazing group with us. If people think that these animals just cause raised in a captive environment cant hunt and fend for themselves then they are sorely mistaken. They are wild at heart and have it built in them genetically to hunt. Maybe not as sharpened as a full wild free lion but very capable indeed. And for them to allow you close in to view them doing the deed is nothing short of Amazing. Such beautiful to see the relationship you have with them. The trust is insurmountable. Hope you had a wonderful and great holiday season. God bless and take care Kevin Richardson and Animal Family.
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Fantastic video Kevin, this is a brilliant example of how well you run the sanctuary and let the lions be lions, well done to you Kevin.
Thor is AMAZING! 😍😍😍 Such a beautiful lion! And seeing the lions hunting together is nothing less than spectacular.
Wow! Incredible footage Kev! What a thrill to be right there and see that up close and personal! Felt sorry for the hog but that's the way it is in the wild. 🦁 ❤
Good morning Kevin. Again another impressive video of lions. Beautiful to see them. Yes it's therapeutic. Good to see Neige healed. She's a beauty. Feel sorry for the warthog but it's the nature and the way lions 🦁🦁 caught them for their meal is really amazing to watch!
Thanks Kevin for this video!
I was all ready to cuddle them! Crazy how quickly they become terrifying!
In that split second Kevin pans away from Neige she managed to catch that hog! Amazing speed for lions, u go girl 👏🏾❤
Definitely a strong bond with you, but still wild at heart and extremely well adapted as big carnivores!🦁💛
LOVE watching the lions - being LIONS!. A very natural & happy day for the Pride... Had to chuckle watching You're reaction, Kevin.. at this rare, cool, & surprising enrichment walk. Blessings to all...for ALL the love & devotion towards these majestic creatures. Thank you
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Amazing to watch. So glad they are healing and doing well. Bonus is these lions who have accepted you as part of their pack are still able to get after and get their own meal. For you to be that close as the whole thing is happening is stunning. Thank you for sharing this video that demonstrates these beautiful majectic animals are still very capable of doing what makes them one of the most awed creatures on the planet
Thank you Kev for yet another video showing why we should keep following and supporting you. Capturing heart racing moments like this in your video is incredible, well done. It's as if Thors Pride was saying, "Not only can we walk on our toes, we can take down a Warthog in the blink of an eye". They are magnificent and deserve our respect. I am sure you had a sense that something was going on, when the intense digging began and the strategic manoeuvres happened. You know them so well. Preserving and increasing their habitat and letting Lions do what they were born to do is critical. Love and blessings to you Kev.
Wow. That was a powerful and condensed demonstration of the dynamics in the pride. Thank you for filming and sharing this event, beautiful clips of the majestic lions all around. Very good.
So wild! How many humans have been in the actual hunting parties of lions??? And then not just lions but cheetahs as well!!! Thank you for this experience!! It’s amazing just watching it, can’t imagine what it’s like participating! Fly on the wall, more like flea on the hide or the king’s squire maybe?
This is why I like watching you walk the lions. Always learning something new, seeing something new.
Wow! is right, Kev! Good thing they like you! That had to have been a bit unnerving. Of course, you handled it like the pro that you are! Glad to see Neige is all healed up now! She is such a beautiful girl. Happy New Year to everyone!🎉🎉🎉💖🦁
That was amazing how they all got there instantly and snapped into action! Wow... I'm glad you were able to post this for us! Thanks 🙏
What a incredible catch this just shows how quickly they can turn on the switch and then thor and Charlie came out of Nowhere
Wow wow wow!! Who needs to go on safari, you have the wild kingdom right there Kev!! 😂 I love that they still have their instincts, it’s natural. I mean Meg and Amy was showing them all up for years. 😉
Great video.
I find it very reassuring that you have created an environment where these magnificent creatures are safe and, while at the same time, they maintain their natural instincts.
I also found it very nerve-wrackingly interesting that you managed to be safe during the chaos.
Yeah i would've ran when they started hunting that hog lol
That was AMAZING!!! To be that safe fly on the wall and be a part of their Pride and witness them in their Victory of a meager meal together ❤️ AMAZING 👏🏻 ♥️
Amazing vlog we will never be as close to these wonderful animals without your hard work and honest footage thank you all so much.
Wow, love seeing them in their instinctive nature. Great video Kevin as usual. See you next week. 👍👍👍
I can't get over these majestic lovelies.
Glad to see Neige is doing better!
What a great way to start off the New Year watching what Lions do best, hunting!!!...The best for all of you and the beautiful family of Animals 🎉
Happy New Year's Kevin & Family!
This was a fantastic video of the lions natural instincts kicking in and I was very happy to come along to witness such a special moment. Thor and the pride members are looking to be in great health and thriving along beautifully. You and your Team are doing an excellent job with the animals, they're very lucky to have such a wonderful Safe Haven. Blessings!
Wow!! That is scary. You see the way they tear that poor warthog apart. 😱Clearly still have the killer instinct in them. Great video Kevin. Not sure I'd want to be that close. 😱 Thanks Kevin. 🙏👍🤗
That was incredible watching them catch & eat their own prey. Simply amazing!
It was totally unexpected
I'd be super concerned if they couldn't catch their own food!
I was just having a conversation about how captive lions could still be dangerous. My brother didnt think so. Cant wait to show him Thor’s Pride:
Wow that was truly amazing! They never lose there ability to hunt
Thrilled to see how they have retained their natural instincts. Thank you for sharing and best wishes to you and the sanctuary 😍
Very happy Kevin! A formidable video. I am glad to see Neige feeling better.❤👏🙏🦁
The lions sometimes seem like giant house cats with Kevin feeding them catnip and getting brushed. They are habituated to Kevin but they are wild animals. That one small warthog isn’t big enough for a pride of six lions I love this footage because it’s something we don’t get to see that often.
it'd be the same feeling like that with household cats when they catch a bird or mouse
What an amazing video to start a new year off. Wishing you and everyone a wonderful 2024. Hopefully all the animals have a healthy year.
While Bobcat is my favourite lion and I can relate somewhat to Souja's personality, this is my favourite group of animals in your sanctuary. Edit: It's also great to see them do what lions do, however gruesome. That's an enrichment walk they'll have been well stimulated by.
Kevin, to answer your question…
YES, watching these videos of you and a pride on a walk is VERY therapeutic. That’s why I watch them on my *big* TV at max resolution whenever I can. Funny, I always thought of myself more of a dog guy…until I started watching your videos a few years back.
Happy New Year, Kevin !
What a great video showing that your hand raised lions still have their hunting instincts !
That was an awesome video! How fast things kicked off was amazing to watch. Always love this pride. Thank you for the video 🙂
Happy New Year to all you cats and kittens at the sanctuary. Careful as you go, Neige. lol
That was awesome to see I can't imagine what it would be like to be there with them like family thank you for letting us see a glimpse of what it's like 👍
It's awesome to see. I can't imagine how incredible it was to be there. I love how you have been there and protected them. They truly are beautiful all of the animals are. Thank you for sharing so much with all of us.
That was astonishing. How lucky you are to have front row seats to such a show. A real show of girl power in that takedown too.
They definitely have instinct, in the end, they are lions, not dogs 😉👍
Dogs have natural instincts as well.
@@jenniferross4646 Of course, but they are two different things. Most people would approach a dog, even just to pet it, but no one would approach an adult lion, even one bred in captivity. I err?
@@jenniferross4646 you know his point.
@@user-pq2nv7lt8n And what was his point? That dogs, do not have natural instincts?
@@lorenzopitelli5819 Pretty sure it was you that compared an adult lion, with a dog...
Better example? Would you approach an adult wolf, the same as you would a dog??
P.S. Our family dog has caught, killed, and eaten multiple game birds and aquatic mammals this fall and winter. Was she trained to do this, or was it her natural instincts?
7:15 quite interesting. this lioness doesn't mind Kevin being near her while she was digging for the warthog but chases away Neige. when the warthog surfaced nearby four lionessess were on it within seconds and Kevin didn't get a single growl his way. when the two boys joined the ladies there was not a single sign of any food jealousy towards Kevin. six lions fighting over a small warthog could get a bit out of hand one imagines but Kevin was quite safe all the time. 🤞🤟
Kevin Richards.
African Lion Gangster #1.
The only human being in the world ( probably in history) that can hang out in the middle of a pack of lions on a kill and scarf session.
Sometimes I can imagine what would happen if a wild lion got between this pack and Kevin. I think these lions
Kevins Crew would annihilate any thing that threatened their Guy.
Kevin Richards got the greatest
Posse in World AFRICAN History.
Fantastic video.
Actually, as much as l love the idea that they would defend him like a dog would. Kevin has said that they would behave territorially and expect him to join in in defending the pride and the area.
🙀. How incredible and yes rewarding to be right there and capture it on film and then be able to share it with all of us.. thank you, Kevin
It's a sign of how well treated they are in general as well as how comfortable they are with him there, for them to take down prey a dozen feet from him and not one of them so much as growls at him or makes any sort of motion to get him to back off. That's definitely a happy bunch of lions that don't have much in the way of worries in their lives.
Happy New Year Kevin! Great video! ❤🐾🐾
Impressive. That was even better footage than some documentaries. It was incredible seeing them all in sync on the poor thing although the prey was rather small for the whole group. What was amazing is how you were also there and so calm too! I cannot fathom what you must have been feeling when all our instincts say run.
That was awesome and AMAZING to see nature at work
Happy New Year Kevin and family. Thank you again a wonderful video of the Thor's pride. Good to know Neige and rest of the pride are doing well. Just shows despite "being tame", their natural hunting instincts are still there by catching the warthog. ❤❤❤
Wow, that was unbelievable. What luck to get, a front row seat to a lion kill on an enrichment walk. They ripped that young warthog apart in seconds. Thank you for sharing such incredible footage.
Unbelievable? What luck? Amazing?...to watch a prey animal, get "ripped apart in seconds"?
The violence of nature does not distress me, the creepy enjoyment that some of my fellow humans display while watching it?
Most certainly....
@@codymoe4986okay, 개빠
Even house cats never lose their ability to want to hunt
Now THAT was great enrichment!!! I'm sure they thoroughly enjoyed it! I know I did!
That was absolutely Incredible
It’s incredible that no lion has ever attacked Kevin!
He raised all of them since cubs, he’s part of the pride
He has been attacked, he's talked about it. When he was younger and he didn't pay are to the signs the lion was giving out. He wasn't killed, but the lion definitely taught him a lesson.
@@marz1054lions will fight with pride members all the time lol Being part of the pride doesn’t mean you’re exempt from the the chaos.
He was attacked very early on in his career. He writes about it in his book Part of the Pride. He is not sure how serious the lion was but it was an attack and he said he learnt a serious lesson to follow his gut.
always a pleasure to follows u'r lions steps!!
You're literally explaining lion pride kill while standing in the middle of your pride. Classic!
Woww, this was incredible to watch, what a start to the year. It's amazing to see their natural instincts and just how fast they are - that warthog never stood a chance. Thank you for sharing and hoping to see more footage in the members video. Also really glad to see Neige is recovering well. Hope everyone at the sanctuary (both human and feline) had a lovely holiday period and New Years ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
I wonder how many views of Gabby biting tires would get 🤣
Gabby biting the tyres is my Best part..it's so cute😂
Thanks for sharing this Kevin and team. I know there were probably some discussion on whether to post it or not. Much appreciated. Thank you for your continued weekly uploads.
National Geographic doesn’t hold a candle to you love the work you do!!!
Any reason you felt the need to trash one thing, in order to praise another?
That was epic. 😂. I just knew you were going to talk us through what happened. I have never seen you speechless. Thank you for sharing this moment. Loved it. 😍 😊
Feliz año nuevo mi querido Kevin. Impresionante ver la linea completa de Thor y Charlie cazar y trabajar en equipo . que este año sea muy productivo para ustedes y lleno de salud. Un fuerte abrazo desde Venezuela
Happy New Year to you Kevin, to all your family, to all your staff and to all the animals at the sanctuary.
As soon as I read the title of this video, I immediately thought, "Yes!" because I've seen loads of your videos when you've taken the lions out on an enrichment walk and they've hunted and killed something.
Amazing video. It was nice to see them doing natural behavior by catching their own food.
Looks like they leave you the “human’s share” of the wart hog! 😆
Awesome footage! Nature is both so beautiful and brutal. To be right in the middle of something like that must be absolutely incredible. The endorphins must’ve been unreal. Happy New Year to you Kev and all your amazing team. Looking forward to seeing what other wonderful Lion Whisperer footage 2024 brings! 🦁❤
Another fantastic video. Very informative/entertaining. Happy New Year to you and your animals Kevin!
WOW.. That was insane - it all happened so fast, and right in front of you!
WOW that was wild. Right time at the right moment love your content
I was just thinking how I would love to see them have an opportunity to hunt and it came True!!!...I just LOVE to see them at their INSTINCTS ❤❤❤🦁🦁🦁
And YES! They definitely can catch their own food. A nice little baby warthog snack that they definitely herded into a trap.
Wow, that was something to witness! Great that you caught that in film 🤗💞
I love seeing that natural instincts haven’t been lost even in your company. You are one very privileged man to be accepted into all their prides. Love your video brother 👊👍👌🥰
Thank you 🙏🏼
The Lions 🦁👏🙌💙😍❤️ are so beautiful!! ❤😊❤😊
Its such a reminder of how amazing and fierce these creatures are and how privileged (well earned) a position Kevin has to walk among them and how lucky we are as viewers to have him share this scene with us.
I think it’s amazing to see them in action using their God given instincts.
They are incredible..they are quick and agile. What an amazing pride of cats ❤😊❤
Amazing in deed ! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Impressed with how quiet and calm you were during the madness. They trust you for sure. Amazing footage.
Thanks. There’s a lot of trust going on from both sides.
I do find the lions and you therapeutic. I’m 79 yo but got to feed an abandoned baby Cougar when I was in my 30s. I’m part of the cat clan. ❤