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Why lions want to eat your kids

Article by: FORREST WICKMAN , Slate
Updated: May 21, 2012 - 8:04 AM

A YouTube trend finds parents sharing videos of the zoo animals salivating over their children through glass enclosures.

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swschradMay. 21, 12 2:04 PM

silly people. lions want to eat your kids because they are a convenient snack-sized treat, nothing left to rot, and they squeak and squirm to make every meal a fun meal. like a baby zebra, except the skin's not as tough, and the meat is all on the surface. now, if you don't think of your kids as a Lunchable (tm), perhaps they should stay a pace away from the glass of the display.

wildfoxMay. 21, 12 4:59 PM

To capture and house wild animals in a zoo is inhumane. Zoo's/aquariums should only be able to take in animals that could not otherwise live in the wild due to an illness or inability to care for their selves. If you teach your children that visiting the zoo/aquarium is an acceptable outing you are part of the problem.

ratsenubirtMay. 22, 12 8:57 AM

wildfox- part of the problem is that some people think that most of the animals in zoo's/aquariums are captured animals when in fact the big majority of zoo and aquarium animals were either injured and rescued not captured or were born in the zoo/aquarium environment to begin with and no nothing else. Inhumane is not the word to describe zoo's/aquariums.

mnmaggiemnMay. 22, 12 5:32 PM

This article was so silly. Honestly I dont know what the point of it was but I didnt find it educational. Oh and wildfox, have you ever taken your kids or anyone to the zoo, do you enjoy the beauty of animal the ability to study and learn about them? The zoo is a wonderful opportunity for us to have.