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Posted on: February 29, 2008 7:55 PM, by Coturnix
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I quite believe it, but a note from painful personal experience: even a hand-raised lion trying to be friendly can leave scars without meaning to. I don't mean little things, but deep nasty wounds leaving puckered scars and I'm lucky no nerve or tendon damage.
Lions are freaking strong, and have sharp claws.
Posted by: Feliphile | February 29, 2008 9:08 PM
Even our little Felix Sylvestrus can leave scars. The scale might be smaller but they still have all the attitude of the big cats.
Posted by: Tony P | February 29, 2008 11:56 PM
AWW!! Nothing like crying at 8 am :)
Posted by: ERV | March 1, 2008 9:03 AM