Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Life lessons from big cats

http://www.ted.com Beverly + Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. With stunning footage (some never before seen), they discuss their personal relationships with these majestic animals -- and their quest to save the big cats from human threats.

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[DemonicSymphonic]

Save the big cats. Kill the hunters

[ferociousfeet0]

This was moving, but throughout the talk I could not get over how each of the speakers' look like felines of some kind.

[andreeaweed]

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.

[SEDLady]

The elephant made me cry; it's one of those images that will stick. What really amazes me is the leopard and the baby baboon. There is love where we least expect it. If those two species could bond -- why do humans still hate each other?

[craezee247]

i'm ashamed of being human. yes we are predators too, yes we kill animals for food, yes we evolved this way. but if we dont consume the thing we kill then that kill it's not justified. a mane on a wall it's not a trophy, it's a mark of shame. all the animals and plants in our ecosyatem should be protected by our wits and intelligence, not the other way around. i hope we'll wake up before it's too late :(

[Wingxuangel]

I watched the documantary about the elephant scene, that is Africa dry season so animals migrate to find water. Lions dun attack elephants usually but they re too hungry at that period, anyway I love Dereck Joubert very much, wonder who can post the video of they shooting Legadema(behind the scene) that s really sweet when Legadema close to them ^___^

[SEThatered]

@MariusDemocratius

Agree on that. And on top of that it is the elite, that goes safary-hunting there.

They don't give a fuck about extinction.

Some of them would even be very proud of a fact that they killed the last species

(like it was with tasmanian tiger and the fucker named Wilf Batty)

I guess they are overcompensating their seriously small penises.

[SSuperCuriouss]

Hunting sucks. Sure, get super fit, put on a pair of nike's take a big ass knife and THEN call yourself a hunter.

[meowkitty33]

@neeraj2608 They made a movie about her taking care of the baby baboon, it was not

playing with prey, she stayed by the baby baboons side for a long time

As you well pointed out, we are not the only species with emotions and the desire for life.

[meowkitty33]

@neeraj2608

 Thank you, so well said, hopefully their selfless dedication and

appreciation for these and all animals and nature will start an awakening in the all too

self consumed people.

It's time for everyone to wake up and stop killing this sacred animals and trees for tables

ashtrays, rugs, coats........!!! A bit neanderthal.

[NeroSNT]

this is what we'll do ... give 500k poacher to the lions to eat and then leave them alone

everyone happy