Telegraph journalist gets mauled by Lion

[tozstyle]

charlie starmer-smith, what a dick head !

[photosandstuff]

that'll learn ya

[BumbleBeat21]

See, lions and tigers are like cats on steroids. If they can kill you, you don't want to be near them. These geniuses thought its just a big cat.

[ThePshyco99]

i love how the reporter is hitting him as if it will stop its a lion its in there nature

[86MrTom]

You can never trust a Lion , It`s a born killer,

[MorganLeFay9580]

Bloody idiot, he should have killed you damn it (but unfortunally, the lion would bekilled than too :( )

[eamonnch]

He was banging Abbie for sure.

[christocrous69]

Are these guys stupid or what?!! could've seen the lion isn't in the right frame of mind from the start.. bloody idjits!!

[Musicisliberation]

If that lion were really determined to kill him, it would have...

[viksam009]

I bet this asshole will never step into a lion's cage again. He was acting like a hero when he stepped in. He would have shat his pants when the lion was all over him. LOL

[MegaScooby72]

Total moron! Go into a LIONS TERRITORY, come out if you're lucky!

He doesn't seem to realise how lucky he actually was...'how cool is that' at the end, oh please! Drop the hard guy act, you were shitting your pants!!!!!

Like they say, you can take an animal out of the wild, but you can't take the wild out of the animal!

[FlyingPig1902]

The dude got laid after getting the stitches

[TigerMeadows]

"Scratch a lion's belly" Well...how about tomorrow?

[kblikesgh]

AY CARAMBA!!

[endoftheworldman]

HAHAHAHA

[apiter68]

these people are idoits. that guy should have gotten out of there the first time the lion didnt listen

[TDogg186]

If it wasn't for the attack I can't see why anyone would watch this video, so really it was a pointless way to risk your life.

[whoisthatguy10001]

The Travel Channel sent me here.

[majesticmaniac]

Look..Its a fact of life...Men will keep on imprisoning animals..just like powerful nations will keep on invading countries with less power...its aint right, but it is how it is....props to him for being calm, or as calm as could be in there...i would never have done that, but if i would have, id have jumped my ass over the cage half thru that...and so would half of u..

[972xman]

When the lion saw Chuck Norris he went into the cage closed the door on his own

[midn135]

lion seemed agitated from the start

[Cydgr8]

Nice chest. I want him in my bed.

[mikeallan69]

what a GENIUS

[Supertiger9999]

the lion is like..."come here you little fuck... report on this motherfucker and set me free. Asshole." One can tell that the reporter was shitty himself..... stupid fucking cunt its a wild animal and you are short" fucking white bastard 

[rickythompsonfilms]

Wouldn't a rational person get out after the first or at least the second time the LION got a bit frisky?

[Drastyyy]

You are laughing noob but you saw your death in front of the face. You now could have been 4 metres under ground.....silly humans....

[slavegrind]

It would never happen anything to me...

I'd never get into a fucking jail with a godamn lion in.

[VideoVerifying]

I would freak the hell out respect for staying calm i bet i was death in that case cause i would clim the damn cage

[pulaat]

he is just playing? No it wasn't!!! Tried to kill him

[RyanRami14]

that lion looked pretty testy before the guy even walked in

[MRCOSMO20B]

just leave it alone you idiot

[theperv01]

Look at the biggo kitty

[Mad9977]

Lions aren't Pets, let him in peace dumbos

[MrBess240]

loooool is brutal here 3:15 

[drmanuelarun]

what an idiot.

[gretschjazzer]

This is two complete idiots in action. Two utter morons. Yeah, let's just cage up a tiger and then swat him on the nose when he doesn't "behave". Both of these shit-for-brains idiots are lucky to be alive, merely because the lion decided not to kill them that day. Had he wanted to, he could have shredded them to pieces in less than 10 seconds. To me, that would have been preferable. You want to cage and enslave wild animals, you deserve to pay the ultimate price.

[TheBenji456]

@gretschjazzer are you a vegetarian? coz if you are then i couldnt agree more if not then you are just as bad! (hope you are veggy) lol

[Bpro2204]

@gretschjazzer it was a lion. and animals remain wild as long as we(the humans) please. plus the lion is stupid he dont know that he is stronger then the care taker.

[abefar12]

@gretschjazzer

umad?

[RahMystique]

@gretschjazzer u mean lion.

[maltisfortunatament]

@gretschjazzer make up your mind dude... is it a tiger or a lion? hahaha >:P

[BumbleBeat21]

@gretschjazzer *lion.

[uzmynem]

whoa! He has a story to tell his kids... lion was stressing and he was calm and cool

[wz1997]

stop hitting the lion XD its his own fold lol

[Metathiax]

dude that guy as the best story to tell chicks.

[avantegt]

Lesson learnt : Always remain calm, even when a lion want's you for breakfast! Hats off to you Charlie boy...

[UnholyOneToo]

what an idiot

[TeoZMuff313]

pity the lion didnt rip his arm off

[LesPaul2006]

He's playing. Thing is, they play hard.

[ImTheAsianChick13]

ARE YOU STUPID PEOPLE STUPID?!!?!? Lol. Anyways, I'd laugh my ass off when one day you keepers make a wrong move and that lion act on INSTINCT.

[ChetzNation]

It wasn't playing it marked it's dominance to the newcomer.

[victoracuarius]

LMAO! This guy is a fucking retard! I bet he actually shit on his pants. : P

[ellytakahashi]

this has to be the greatest thing i've ever seen. HAHAHA

[utsawin09]

i couldnt help but rofl at some parts of this video.........

[Molhedim]

Stupid motherfuker ....to abd that lion didnt had a snack.

[rfmerrill]

The lion was just playing with him. If he intended to kill the guy he would have succeeded.

[raulcobainh]

huauhauahuh vai trouxa

[S24995]

I don't want to be within 50 yards of any animal that can rip or bite my nuts off in 2 seconds.

[maximum411]

I kind of feel bad for the guy who was handling the lion. I KNOW, I KNOW, I should feel bad for the reporter (and the lion), but the handler must have felt so bad and so ashamed.

[blowfly42]

i would have liked to have seen the lion make cat food out of this idiot......

ME OW

[LIJBeach]

And at the end of the video the lion is in the background watching him intently.

[gertrude13131313]

@blammo7100 like you said, this man was an idiot for getting in the cage with this animal... ITS THE HUMANS FAULT! not the animals.. he got what he deserved.. oh well... he is not getting any sympathy from me.. stop acting like a jerk! if a man tries to rob a convience store the the clerk shoots him dead.. oh well.. HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.!!!!! stop messing with these WILD animals...and yes i do have more respect and concern for most animals than humans..

[blammo7100]

@gertrude13131313 I wasn't disputing whose fault it was. You call this animal abuse. Well obviously it's not physical abuse, as i think the Lion can defend itself. However maybe it's more psychological abuse, as they are in a way tormenting the lion. My point was..you seem to think that the lion is more important than people when you said 'it should have killed them both'. It's just as well that lions are put in cages otherwise poachers would probably kill them all off anyway

[gertrude13131313]

@blammo7100 like you said, this man was an idiot for getting in the cage with this animal... ITS THE HUMANS FAULT! not the animals.. he got what he deserved.. oh well... he is not getting any sympathy from me.. stop acting like a jerk! if a man tries to rob a convience store the the clerk shoots him dead.. oh well.. HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.!!!!! stop messing with these WILD animals...and yes i do have more respect and concern for most animals than humans..

[nahkarsi]

this guy would be dead meat had not the trainer been in there to save his behind!

[handal1973]

he things him self a supper hero!! why he didnt go inside alone so?

[TheDoomsday2011]

No es cosa de risa, casi te mata imbecil!

[punking12341]

This "journalist" is stupid not brave. Thumpz up if you agree...

[sinanasci1]

he is just playing" this is the biggest lie in the world:D

[PEB979]

WHAT MORE HAS TO HAPPEN ? GET OUT !

[scorpgul]

try this with a fully grown alpha male lion dumbass. This is a yound skinny lion

[Vogeltje84]

What a idiot!

[florenciocontreras4]

nobody fucks with a lion" grandmas boy (movie)

[bnolangmail]

That dude has balls of steel. :D

[CocaCola36]

"He's just playing"

[aleajactaest62]

Je ne vois pas l'intérêt d'aller ennuyer ce pauvre lion. Il l'a bien mérité !

[intoximacated]

@aleajactaest62 Oh mais quand même je dirais que le lion avait l'air de s'amuser un peu, non? Et puis ils l'ont tellement carressé sur le ventre...

[aleajactaest62]

@intoximacated Mouais.. Je n'en suis pas certaine.

[Paiste402]

What a boss



[jimmyPain2121]

If you don't want to be mauled by a lion you probably shouldn't go fuck round with a lion

[Rattmuff93]

5:03 he could kill that lion

[tezropunkel]

Survived... That kitty would have made a sausage of that boy if wanted.

[Beowulf2k6]

Shit. The first minute alone scared me enough. A lion biting my body? Naaaaaaah

[lolfapfap]

hes in good shape

[TobiasKroeyer]

Fuck me that'd be some great scars to have.

[123123123cowmoo]

Bad lion! Bad! *smack*

[Tom2610]

The lion obviously reads The Guardian.

[whatevil]

New ambition in life: get bitten by a lion. It might hurt a bit, but I would love being able to say "Oh that scar? Yeah I just got bitten by a lion, no big deal."

[IgWannA2]

so they bait a lion to attack them, then hit the lion in the face repeatedly? i don't understand the logic

[fusionz06]

You're an idiot for getting in that cage...

[TheXeeman]

Is it me, or is Abbie flirting with him at the beginning?

[ZombieKingKong]

I love animals, but that didn't seem fun at all

[maderfakero]

Just playing my ass, he was about to go for the jugular

[BokoNOM]

@maderfakero If he wasn't playing, the journalist would have been dead long before that. The lion wasn't even using his claws to his full potential.. my cat does more damage than that while playing.

[maderfakero]

@BokoNOM Do you have a cheetah for a pet? It totally fucked up his leg, he has scars and scratches all over his body, the lion clearly went for his neck at around 3 minutes and 16 seconds... Had the other dude not have been there, the reporter would have been eaten alive...

[BokoNOM]

@maderfakero I have a lion. RARRR

[smowkmylungs]

It plays exactly like my cat does. I'd run a mile if my cat was as large as that lion.

[00101101011000110001]

You mean lions are violent ?

[THarrisson]

u'd think he would've gotten it the first time lol 

[halolamer]

mauled?

[paulalexanderbell]

just a baby to

[Snowyjoe66]

lol it's like my dog

[Caeseur]

He's just playing..lol

[Galliao]

Lion is just chilling behind him. 'Come play with me Telegraph! I finished playing with my food. Now I want to play with you.'

[frostytheaussie]

Charlie shouldn't have borrowed "Sex Panther" from Brian Fantana before entering the cage

[cat1982]

ffs!! when the lion first gets off and he says "dont run?" and then gets attacked again...yeah thats where i would have run....

[4162426129]

That guy is getting totally laid after that.

[hhuang991]

this guy has massive gonads.

[musikislyphe]

*clap, clap, clap*

Way to keep your composure.

[jadeiceman]

C'mon, just one more bite, I promise.

[TeamRussia420]

Props to the journalist for staying a chill motherfucker

[IIZillionII]

Only patient bitten by a lion, usually when they come in with lion wounds they are dead. I once "played" with a lion myself. Fucking painful. My god are they strong as fuck

[gilgtc]

he did well

[tonybeir]

how stupid do you have to be to play with a lion? what the fuck?

[mattisprettycool]

my pants would have been filled with shit

[Mojuggernaut]

The lion was just doing what he (and everyone else) wanted.

[makusu5000]

I did not knew lions were dangerous...

Behind from that, sign at beggining say: DO NOT TOUCH THE ANIMALS!

[EVERFOREMINEM]

1 to 0 for the lion xd

[brendanodolan123]

young flash journalist, if i were you mate stick to the Gym, your just a flash poser, you nearly got eaten,i can tell by looking at you, your just a big head loser, serves you right haha

[Whatever3114]

It's just second nature anyone big strong even the strongest man in the world would get mauled easy. Why, because its called ANIMAL pure power imagine a cat that takes a swipe at you with its paw and that hurts now imagine something 50x as strong and fast too! You go white like Charlie did with fear

[Whatever3114]

Charlie must be the son of Nigel Starmer- Smith from the 1970's Early 80's rugby special tv programe his father hosted... He has the strenght to stay up and not collapse on the ground. He also remained cool even though he was freaking out! Respect and yes you have earned a few scars from a Lion, cool...

[xavierspade666]

He's just wanting to play with your BLOOD all over his face and your guts strewn all around the place!!!

[gertrude13131313]

this is animal abuse. i wish the lion ate them both!

[Salderanaa]

@gertrude13131313 yeah the poor lion look what they did to him!

[thrupinholestars]

@Salderanaa Are you shitting me? That lion wouldn't have been remotely hurt in that altercation. Are you serious? I mean I don't like the fact any animal is in such small spacial conditions in captivity - but there is no way that lion was hurt in any way there.

[blammo7100]

@gertrude13131313 People like you make me laugh! Okay...the guy was utterly idiotic to get in there with a lion and yes trainers probably irritate the animals they look after, plus it's not ideal for the animal to be kept in cages. But seriously, you seem to care for the lion more than them. I'm sorry but i'm an aniaml lover but i'd have no problem putting a bullet in an animals head if it was trying to kill me or anyone else. We are more important than they are dispite our sporadic stupidity.

[scouseladlfc]

What a nobhead, shame the lion didnt rip his neck off the idiot!

[scarfish12]

Terrored.

[blammo7100]

That could easily have gone horribly wrong.....what a foolish thing to do.

[KpMissPanda]

rofl. i like how the one dude hits the lion. HES HITTING A FUCKIN LION.

[FLoYdInPink]

@Spandex08 I see where your coming from, and I'm not interested in getting into a verbal with you, but you can hardly call that a fight. The lion was toying with him. The only thing more intense & exciting than 1000 orgasms is 1001 orgasms, or a nite with that chick... you could hear HEAVY BREATHING, ADRENELIN KICKS IN, INSTINCTS GUIDE US. Ive forgotten about the lion already...

[Spandex08]

Lion fight over chick ? DEFINATELY YES.

[Spandex08]

I WOULD GIVE 1000 000 million dollars if I HAD AND I WOULD GIVE PUT MY GIRLFRIEND PROSTITUTING JUST TO GET THE MONEY TO BE PUT IN A FIGHT WITH A LION!!!!!!

[FLoYdInPink]

After that chick at the start, I really don't give a damn about the so-called lion "mauling" after the first 20secs. You be the judge, but that lion was just messing around(I'm not saying it probably didn't hurt though)....But that chick is smoking hot!!!

[Spandex08]

@FLoYdInPink HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT THAT CHICK THERE AND NOT AT THIS GUY's fight with the lion - i mean imagine the feeling of being there - being grabbed like that by the lion ? WHAT WILL YOU DO? ADRENALINE KICKS IN - that will be more intense and exciting than a thousand orgasms - LIONNNNNNNNNNNN. At one point in the video you can hear his heavy BREATHING - ovious fear - adrenaline starts to kick in - AND THEN INSTINCTS GUIDE YOU - try thinking about that chick then.

[boscoesarmy]

The Lion wouldn't have attacked Chuck Norris !

[Obzy666]

lol thatd be fun... not really.... well kinda..... maybe.... sorta

[zbriu]

Now he's getting all the girls... you can't beat a lion scar

[Oldskoolmercs]

He's Only playing....

He's Only playing....

You can go back in there now!!

[joostgezicht]

he's just playing, he's just playing, the reporter shitted his pants thats for sure lol

[royalsteven]

2.08 'Fuck that, let me eat him'. The lion probably either didn't like short people or black colour.

[saywow2002]

@MrNaryal Might be his wife, he has a ring on..and she looks pretty damn good looking...

[saywow2002]

Mind you he is not fully grown...fully grown would be scary as hell...

[DaKillera]

slapping a lion lmfao!!!! how many ppl can say they've done that an lived~ both still fuck wits!

[flynner87]

wanker

[United326]

Say what you like but the guy was quite brave to have gone in and stayed as long as he did! Good for you an experience of a life time!

[saywow2002]

@United326 Totally agree, he didn't panic and stood there....brave man...

[sirminibeast]

Everything goes wrong when the trainer backs up from the lion... that showed the lion that it was in control and attacked... like at 2:05

[sirminibeast]

every

[jhamelaa]

All these very clever people reminded me of what Albert Einstein said – "Only two things are infinite -- the universe and human stupidity and I am not sure about the former" …..

[sexykatie90]

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[yakoob86]

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[yakoob86]

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[topsnipa]

lolz the lions telling him get the fuck off me and he still touches the lion

[maxinpains]

LOL.



[wishpackers]

@3:37 I like how that guy takes his sweet time opening the gate.

[JabberCT]

5:09 the lion looks very proud of his work lol.

[junkmanu2]

put one's head in the lion's den !!

[Llaammiill]

That's what you get for playing with fire.

[HecklerBoy7]

Why would you go inside with a freaking lion, why?!

[Cybrus07]

That's incredibly dumb.

[jooobsie]

The Lion clearly hates Tories.

[EpicDJC]

haha bet the adrenaline rush was immense you can see how pumped he was when he comes out of the cage

[headoner]

he should have been eaten alive, dumb fuck

[MexicanKola]

i might step into a lions cage just for a report one day lol

[dasian93]

wtf is wrong with him

[stephaaax]

the lion likes how your jacket tastes