A trainer at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino is nursing a leg wound that required stitches, and probably still wondering what he did to provoke last week's sudden attack by a 400-pound male lion as he and another trainer stood inside the Lion Habitat exhibit.
The frightening episode was filmed by a honeymooning couple and posted Sunday on YouTube, where nearly 7,000 viewers have watched the maned lion lunge at its victim and bite his leg, then stalk him as he fled.
A second trainer helped distract the lion during the incident, and a female lion rushed in and seemed to be trying to calm the male lion.
Though the incident is under investigation it might be that that the lion was merely playing in a rough manner. Renowned wild animal expert Jack Hanna told "Good Morning America" on Wednesday: If that was an attack, it would've been over with in about five-tenths of a second."
The video is posted below:
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 11:00am PDT
Lion attack at Las Vegas hotel caught on video
By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com
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Posted by wildbill77 September 8, 2010 11:28pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
does it bite,, of course its a lion
Reply by jack coloma September 9, 2010 02:32am PDTReport Abuse
The lion just wanted to play!
Posted by john crumb September 9, 2010 07:20am PDTReply | Report Abuse
Shoot the C- - K S- -KER.
Posted by jim jenia September 9, 2010 08:02am PDTReply | Report Abuse
Obviously, the Lion was playing.
If that was an 'attack', the trainer would be dead.
Posted by txchk13 September 9, 2010 09:50am PDTReply | Report Abuse
I would play with my trainers the same way if I were a lion confined to anything smaller than...um...lets say....the wild!!! It has to get pretty damn boring in there for that cat no matter how many females you give him for companionship & no matter how many juicy steaks you feed him,he's still a wild animal with wild animal instincts! I'm surprised the female didn't pounce on the other trainer....you know....just for fun....idiots!
Posted by stefan szymkowiak September 10, 2010 11:35am PDTReply | Report Abuse
Here kitty kitty, I bet the rookie trainer locked eyes with the lion and maybe because of how tall the trainer was the lion felt like he was being challenged for the Alpha male spot. You get what im saying? the trainer looked down at the lion he should have been sitting and been at a lower point then the lions head.
I dunno, im not a lion expert but thats what i will do when i get locked into a cage of ,BIG but pretty ,vicious but nice kitty's. Unless someone who knows about lions advises me to do something different . Hopefully i will never have to experience a situation like that. Beautiful animals though, just gorgeous.
Stefan Szymkowiak,
Los Angeles CA
Posted by ehawk7 September 11, 2010 08:26pm PDTReply | Report Abuse
this is why you don't mess with GIANT WILD ANIMALS
Posted by rachelj87 September 20, 2010 09:54am PDTReply | Report Abuse
ummm.. did anyone notice that it's a fucking lion?? if you don't want to be gnawed on by something like a lion you shouldn't try to hang out with them.. idiot...
