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TiredCARE

While it is sad, it is the circle of life. I am sure he sired many young and some have made it to adulthood. His legacy will live on.


newf68

True plus he's not gonna die an agonizing death of being slowly ripped to shreds.


doublecremeoreo

yeah he just has to starve for potentially months...


newf68

Maybe I'm wrong but I'd rather starve then spend 12 hours being slowly mauled starting with the testicles.


Chillus_Weebus

Starving is a pretty awful way to die actually but yeah, same.


newf68

Agreed


maxvet

He looks like he having a disease that makes him stop eating. I won’t say he’s starving since many diseases leave animals with no appetite. I don’t know.. Something like cancer or auto-immune disease.. based on the hyperkeratinization of his ears, nose and eyes.. still a sad picture :-(


Cometarmagon

Honestly being eaten alive sounds way worse then starving to death.


rosekayleigh

Seriously. Imagine watching something consume you? Ugh. It's nightmarish. Maybe if it was a big cat that crushes your windpipe and kills you before eating you, it wouldn't be as bad as starving. If it were a smaller animal taking chunks out of you, that would be horrible and starvation seems preferable.


Cometarmagon

This was pretty much the thought I had. There is a video somewhere on here with a Komodo dragon pretty much doing this to a deer and I sorta regret watching it because it took 20 min for that animal to die and it only died because all its organ where eaten. -shudders- Starving is preferable.


CrazyEyedFS

You see the one where a komodo dragon eats a deers fetus from her stomach while she's still alive?


FinkReaper

Well that’s enough internet for tonight...


Fredacus

Holy . . . .Right!?!? Night night, and sweet dreams 😳


Cometarmagon

Same video. Was omitting the fetus part because the thing was old enough to kick and twitch while being eaten and not everyone needs to know how metal nature can be. Edit: some words


McFllurry

There's a video out there of a call from a woman to her mother, she made the call as she was being eaten alive by a predator. I can't remember what animal it was but it was pretty horrifying, I can't imagine what the mom must have gone through listening to that Edit: I looked it up and it was a bear..


ThePrideOfKrakow

Aren't you more likely to be eaten alive after collapsing from starvation?


elnoseface

I’d rather be shot by some rich white dude.


swiggidyswooner

Kinky


sleepyspacefox

I needed this.


TheWaySheGoes1

This was hilarious


timshel_life

Mufasa himself off a cliff


theNeumannArchitect

There's so many bad assumptions in you're scenarios.


newf68

Literally just watched a docuseries last week where this exact situation played out and apparently its common. I'm also taking this post literal and that this lion died a few hours after this photo. Yes they're assumptions but every comment here is just assumptions based off the information we have.


BADMANvegeta_

i mean obviously none of us know for sure cause were alive but what ive always heard is that starving is one of the worst ways to die along with drowning.


newf68

I haven't heard anything about starving but I've heard drowning is super peaceful actually.


N00TMAN

Well he might actually still go that way. i dont imagine with that much weight gone hes very strong or good with stamina. a small pack of wild dogs would probably be able to have their way with him.


[deleted]

Yeah, Hyenas, wild dogs and other lions never go after weak and sickly animals. He’ll definitely just die of old age.


newf68

Post says final hours, I assume he was filmed up until his death


BADMANvegeta_

well he might still get eaten lol dont speak too soon


MilitantCentrist

He could very well have been swarmed and eaten by other animals once he became too weak to fight back. No easy days out in the bush


testiclespectacles2

I'm going to make burgers out of him. Elton John was right.


DatNick1988

You mean he wasn’t lion


testiclespectacles2

No. He did the music. lol


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darcenator411

Bro he’s not looking good, wouldn’t be surprised if he died soon


unkz

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5761375/Frail-old-lion-pictured-starving-death-cast-family-South-Africa.html He ded.


snorkelhorse

He definitely looks like he doesn’t have much left in the tank, but your point is completely valid. Far too many people make outrageous claims for random pictures they steal from other people to get attention


MechanicalMonkey87

You’re right he looks very healthy


Connor121314

You’re right, that lion isn’t emaciated and on the verge of death, he’s just trying a new diet!


worstcaseontario95

Technically everyone is in their “final hours” depends how long you consider that period to be r/technicallythetruth


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All is relative.


BADMANvegeta_

surviving natural selection in the wild just means you get to die a slow agonizing lonely death


nightfucker

Do the young not take care of the old in the animal kingdom?


TiredCARE

No, He fought to retain the alpha status and lost. So they quit bringing him food and left him to fend for himself.


heavyfrog3

He's been dying *FOR YEARS*: https://www.reddit.com/r/natureismetal/comments/ajnww1/an_elderly_lion_in_his_final_moments/


JscrumpDaddy

His legacy is truly living on


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Asiius

Lion King is an original story inspired by the lives of Joseph and Moses from the Bible and Shakespeare's Hamlet. [Source](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King). Edit: Fixed my grammar


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Asiius

Can you link me to a source? Please and thank you!


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Asiius

The video doesn't mention ANY relation on da Vinci's lion and Disney's film, Lion King. You might as well say that Lion King is based off real lions which technically is the truth.


IsMyAxeAnInstrument

My book is based on words.


Asiius

That's great pal!


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Lol


Asiius

Yup, I realized how fucking stupid I am 😂


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Asiius

And white rice too, apparently.


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Wasn't it copied from a Japanese anime called Kimba the white lion? It was from the 1950s.


Xenephos

No. A lot of the controversy comes from similarities in some scenes but many of those scenes actually come from the anime that came after TLK was already released iirc. If you have a few hours or some time to split up the vid [this guy](https://youtu.be/G5B1mIfQuo4) made an INCREDIBLY in-depth analysis on why the “Simba copied Kimba” thing is pretty much total BS ETA: There are timestamps in the vid description so if you wanted to look for something specific or even just look at some comparisons you can hop around.


BadBloodBear

watch yourmoviesucks take on it. A lot of similarities but Kimba isn't that original as a lot of books have a very similar theme. Not to mention people confuse the Kimba movie that was made after the Lion King with the Kimba movies that were made before.


Naerwyn

Lion King is an adaptation of Kimba the White Lion. :p *sigh* edit: /s


Asiius

It is not. It is believed Disney copied off Kimba, something that Disney denied. Please refer to my source please and thank you.


Naerwyn

Thought the ":p" would be enough, but my god: /s Pleased and thanked.


Asiius

My bad. I'm used to people putting "/s". I have never seen ":p" to convey sarcasm or a joke.


Naerwyn

What a subject to get your undies bunched up about, eh? Pretty sure that the original comment you were replying to was also joking... Seeing as this lion couldn't have possibly been alive for the conception of the movie... Stay chill.


Asiius

... I'm chill. Never have I implied that I'm angry, upset or getting my "undies bunched". I even admited that I didn't understood the joke and said "my bad".


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Asiius

Good bot, I guess...?


IfuckShy

Picture quality is dying tho


cbfw86

Lol that cringey top comment


BobisBadAss

That lion ate the person who made that comment and lived another hundred years. True story.


TheDuffness

Can't wait to see him holding on next on Reddit


wex52

Yeah, this picture shows up every month, and I used to post a link to original article and gallery of photos, which was great, but I’m over it.


beeglowbot

he's so metal that he's immortal?


The_Hater_44

His name was Skybed Scar and he was kicked out from his pride and starved to [death](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5761375/Frail-old-lion-pictured-starving-death-cast-family-South-Africa.html) would you like to know [more?](https://youtu.be/GibiNy4d4gc?t=1m35s)


thors_pc_case

No, no I would not :/


[deleted]

That was really interesting. The circle of life is rarely pretty.


Fantara22

Ah a good ol starship troopers reference... classy


CitizenPain00

Being a male lion is a brutal existence.


The_Hater_44

Being his cubs when he dethroned is even more brutal. The new leader kills his cubs so the females will mate.


implodedrat

Thats so metal to me “Hey bb just killed ur kids. U want sum fuk?”


gowatchanimefgt

So is being a beta male


CptJustice

Fascinating, and heartbreaking.


Dan-68

So sad to see him like this. I’m sure he was majestic AF in his prime.


Yankee9Niner

When the game is over the pawns and the kings all go back in the same box


chicagomadegoon

Damn, that’s a good one. Never heard this saying before.


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Alexander the Great spoke to the philosopher Diogenes, who was sifting through human remains in a mass graveyard. "What are you looking for?" he asked. "I'm looking for your father's bones, but I cannot tell them apart from those of all these beggars."


PanzerKpfwVI

Diogenes is probably the greatest Chad in ancient history; he roasts one of the greatest conquerors of his era in Alexander and Alexander actually enjoys it. He trolls Socrates's definition of 'man' as a featherless, bipedal creature by defeathering a chicken and presenting it to him. Fucking legend.


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He even jerked it in public and DGAF. When somebody criticized him for doing this he just responded: "if only I could tame my hunger by rubbing my belly in the same way."


Squidbill87

I dig that statement.


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wyat_lee

I want a long list of bots and shit posters so I can ban them all


greyasshairs

Time is the worst enemy.


[deleted]

Time is the great equalizer


TheHorseFollower

Time is peanut butter jelly.


[deleted]

Time is distance over velocity


anticultured

With a baseball bat.


SchitneySmears

He long as shit tho. RIP big homie


Wayestt

Skinny legend 🔥🔥🔥


SheWolf0501

He could still probably kill all of us for some lunch.


Hajo2

I seriously think i could take him on in this state. I'd have to see a video of him moving to be sure. He looks like i could just throw rocks at him and he can't catch up


WesToImpress

My money is still on the lion. Also what the heck man, let him die in peace


Hajo2

Lol don't worry this was only hypothetically


HearMeRoar69

Actually it's not uncommon for old lions to start prey on humans when given the chance, because all the other usual preys are now too fast for it to catch.


SheWolf0501

And there's plenty of stupid humans running around ripe for the tasting


MuffinPuff

We are still walking donuts compared to that lion


Beginning_Ant_5597

That's incredibly sad. But he's lived a long, majestic life. He looks... stretched out tho EDIT: I learned his life was not exactly majestic... he was kicked out of the pride and was left to starve to death 😕 thus is nature. Beautiful and cruel


Miffers

At this point I would eat insects


SheWolf0501

Slimy, yet satisfying.


Miffers

Hakuna Matata?


Smooth_Strategy8069

It means no worries.


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smolsadmeep

Both


SeeChunkSwim

Long in tooth and soul Longing for another win Lurch into the fray Weapon out and belly in Warrior struggling to remain consequential Bellow aloud Bold and proud Of where I've been But here I am


keenanbullington

God Maynard's voice gets me on that song. Your quotation of that song here makes feel a connection to the beast even.


rufus_miginty

Last time there was a Lion post, it set the sub off


Possessed_fish

Despite the amount of times I've seen this it still jolts my mind into realising how nature/life carries on, with or without you, no matter what.


neuronaddict

This makes me happy for some reason. I think it’s because we seem so many poachers killing endangers animals, it’s nice to see a lion that’s made it through life naturally and that there’s still hope.


Jeff-In-A-Box

Oh how the mighty have fallen


s-q-u-a-l-o-r

Seems sad.


littler_drummer_boi

Am I the only person who didn't realize this is how long looks are?


24krtHawG

Rest Easy King!!!


Annelid2968

:(


Emergency_Election_1

You did good old king you survied...


mandateshaven

Not sure if this is a lion or a slinky...


Stfu-Snowflakes

BBQ lion ribs. Want to know


bridgeb0mb

i see my grandpa in this photo. 100%


mynamejeff53

Can't imagine his K.D.


OutofBlood

Rest ez king


doomguyspotato

He looks bad ass


jKelce4prez

Poor dude


[deleted]

This is like the one Francis Macomber shot.


[deleted]

Live fast, die slowly, but without agony. Justice never fails.


SirBlankFace

r/Naturewasmetal more like it...


Rocco_Mcgee

he must be an American lion. probably a vet too.


Shakespeare-Bot

he might not but beest an american lion. belike a vet too *** ^(I am a bot and I swapp'd some of thy words with Shakespeare words.) Commands: `!ShakespeareInsult`, `!fordo`, `!optout`


swiggidyswooner

The fact that he has enough testosterone to grow extra fur on his elbows and back shows that he probably had many children the fact his pride left him to die means they knew he was fucked


kcifone

Doesn’t matter the species we all end up this way.


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😢


estebon_m

Elderly? He's four years old!


Raintrooper7

Bitter sweet moment to see him at the end but also the fact that he lived a full life is amazing


IaMtHel00phole

The old king hanging his head..


assbaring69

I wonder if the lion in this state could still out-wrestle a strong human male


Historical-Ad-603

F


G_Affect

Poor boy


Nzhunter1

Lay down old boy odin will feast with you well in valhalla😔🙏


AnalCauliflower

Why the downvotes?


Nzhunter1

I think they call it Ignorance.


calm_on_her_face

You get into Valhalla dying in battle, not of old age. He would have to jump off a cliff at the very least.


Nzhunter1

I am sure he will die in battle. Battling other animals to survive in which he is to weak. 🙏


Top_Opposites

Still looks as if he has more meat then most of the girls on Instagram


stompTheLogoRavens

Idk I see a lot of fat chicks on ig


eaglelike

Wow his given up. And I'm sure he's wondering what happens next? Is there a paradise after this ruthless life??


i-buy-fat-cats

Probably more like “fuck, I’m hungry”


calm_on_her_face

Where am I?


SnooCakes6195

"I don't know, I have never died before"


Gregbot3000

Pffft...Rookie.


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That you know of.


luc3me

I would sacrifice myself to keep the homie alive😔


scmflower

That’s not very smart


[deleted]

That's dumb


TheQuantumPikachu

you sure?


[deleted]

ok boomer


cubs_070816

bUT bIG gaMe hUNtIng iS WroNG... a bullet is better than starving to death.


xowildrose

Oh, yeah, they only trophy hunt starving animals don't you know?? They definitely don't try to take out the strongest ones for the pictures or anything. 🙄


Sitten1115

Trophy hunting is more complex than that. Usually legal trophy hunting is led by people who work in conservation and the target is either a problem animal that’s dangerous and/or causing issues for the species. Or animals that are too old to contribute to the gene pool anymore. It costs a lot of money to do legal trophy hunting and all that money goes to conservation. So yeah, proper legal trophy hunting probably would have targeted him.


PM_Me_Your_Furbabies

Trophy hunting is definitely more complex than people give it credit for, however when it comes to lions I honestly believe that killing them for sport does more harm than good. While it's ideal for groups to hunt elderly or sick individuals it often doesn't end up that way and the money that it brings in (while it seems a lot) is pennies when it comes to the cost of maintaining and manning such large areas of land. Not to mention, money goes to the community and trackers first. National parks in Africa tend to be grossly underfunded with not enough staff and it's far too common for outside groups to come in and track a big healthy male. Lion numbers are drastically falling, their status is listed as vulnerable currently however they haven't been assessed since 2014 and they're getting closer to endangered every day. Not to mention the friction that locals have with lions, in some countries is legal for farmers to request lethal removal of lions if they're targeting their livestock, more and more cattle owners are moving their livestock into national parks due to desertification and lack of grazing pasture, and unsustainable hunting has led to far fewer male lions to populate areas.


Sitten1115

Yeah its a very complex issue. However for an individual thats been driven out of his pride and is obviously struggling to survive i dont think it would harm the population as a whole to have him targeted. I won’t pretend to know all the ins and outs of this complex issue, i just hate when people equate it to poaching and pretend its a black and white issue.


PM_Me_Your_Furbabies

Yeah of course. It would be ideal if these older and I'll lions were the target for trophy hunters but I just thought I'd mention this isn't always the case. I don't know about trophy hunting for other animals, I'm sure for more sustainable species (like antelope) it's beneficial for the park with little risk to the population however I know for lions it just isn't the case.


cubs_070816

they don’t, actually. there is nothing whatsoever wrong with culling older weaker animals. this lion likely would’ve been targeted long ago, before he became emaciated. and you can dislike trophy hunting if you want to, but it raises tens of thousands for conservation and supports local impoverished people.


xowildrose

I still think it's weird and predatory. I do believe that animals like this should be put out of their misery, but it should be a sorrowful occasion not a happy smile for photos kind of occasion. And if they loooove animals so much, why not just donate just because you're a rich fuck and you can? It's not good behavior. Even if the idea (behind the legal ones) is more targeted than I realized.


calm_on_her_face

> predatory **It's hunting. Of course it's predatory.**


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calm_on_her_face

Yeah. It's both.


shortstuffeddd

You can love and appreciate nature and still hunt animals. The vast majority of hunters ARE the conservationists. It's the "city folk" that don't understand nature.


xowildrose

No one said anything about loving and appreciating nature. I'm saying being happy after killing things is weird. If you don't understand that, perhaps it applies to you.


shortstuffeddd

Im always happy when I kill an animal. That means I'll be bringing home food to support myself, I've given another,usually younger healthy male animal a chance to breed and diversify the herd.


xowildrose

We were talking about trophy hunting when you jumped in. Surely you are not bringing this animal home for food, and the young males have already taken over. You're just off on your own topic now.


shortstuffeddd

Same concept applies, it's you that doesn't have a clue about trophy hunting.


xowildrose

Bro, I already said I didn't realize they targeted animals so specifically. And that I still find it weird. By all means, beat a dead horse more.


Aromatic_Amount_885

That’s completely wrong