Will a Lion chase a laser pointer?

tweakmonkey · 08-12-2008, 12:41 AM

Or are they smart enough to just eat the person holding the laser?

Who's close enough to lions to test this?

OcTaNe91 · 08-12-2008, 12:58 AM

i think the KC zoo has a lions pit behind glass...course with the mayors budget cuts they might have sold the lions

sims · 08-12-2008, 01:44 AM

interested to see results.

Torx · 08-12-2008, 02:41 AM

dan, just get sharky to buy one and you guys can test it

mistawiskas · 08-12-2008, 05:00 AM

It's illegal to own big cats as pets in california.....so of coarse there's going to be some around.

MSP · 08-12-2008, 08:07 AM

It would have to be a big / bright laser, but my guess is maybe. Depending on the time of day you tried, they might follow it around. In the heat of the mid-day don't hold your breath.

Lord Kain · 08-12-2008, 08:11 AM

Younglings would. But an adult lion? hmmmmmmm.... not sure.

namelessentity · 08-12-2008, 12:55 PM

Ask Jub, the Denver Zoo doesn't keep the lions behind glass, they just have a giant cliff seperating you from them. Maybe he can get a lion to commit suicide.

tweakmonkey · 08-12-2008, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by namelessentity

]Maybe he can get a lion to commit suicide.

Oh no what have I started...

log1c · 08-12-2008, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OcTaNe91

i think the KC zoo has a lions pit behind glass...course with the mayors budget cuts they might have sold the lions

KC could also take care of the hungry and cold during the winter by slaughtering them, and providing them tanned hides afterwards as coats. WIN/WIN - cuts the zoo budget down, and helps poverty.

Juballharshaw · 08-12-2008, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by namelessentity

Ask Jub, the Denver Zoo doesn't keep the lions behind glass, they just have a giant cliff seperating you from them. Maybe he can get a lion to commit suicide.

Hook me up with a green laser pointer and I'm all over it.

mistawiskas · 08-12-2008, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juballharshaw

Hook me up with a green laser pointer and I'm all over it.

Pleeeeze! vid! That would definately be a Youtube momment.

ninefivezero · 08-12-2008, 08:51 PM

One of Emilys friends works at the Bronx Zoo, she will try to get him to "do some research"

couturedharlot · 08-12-2008, 09:40 PM

well my friend will ask his friends that work in the lion part of the zoo test it out. he works with gorillas and lemurs. he did tell me though that the gorilla's will touch the laser beam and chase it around and sometimes try to lick it

tweakmonkey · 08-12-2008, 10:56 PM

Sweet, get a video!

We need evidence. Looking on Google I found nothing showing this in action...

Torx · 08-13-2008, 02:52 AM

me thinks dan has some money on this.

spit it out dan, how much has you betted against someone... lol

Bear · 08-13-2008, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by namelessentity

Ask Jub, the Denver Zoo doesn't keep the lions behind glass, they just have a giant cliff seperating you from them. Maybe he can get a lion to commit suicide.

Oh my god, I keep having a mental image of a lion falling in the gap and snapping its neck.

couturedharlot · 08-13-2008, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweakmonkey

Sweet, get a video!

We need evidence. Looking on Google I found nothing showing this in action...

sorry no videos allowed. it's zoo rules that anything (photos/videos) taken behind the scenes at the zoo can't be put into public knowledge. sorry

mistawiskas · 08-13-2008, 06:00 AM

You may just find out about soylent green?

Goofus Maximus · 08-13-2008, 06:52 AM

*gasp!* It's PEOPLE!

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