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Coventina

(28,401 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 10:40 PM Thursday

Remember the "bear vs. man" debate? How about pride of lions vs. group of men?

(This is an old story, but I feel it bears repeating)

Remember how there was a controversy about a survey that found that women would rather take their chances with a bear than a strange man in the woods?

How about a group of men vs. a pride of lions?

A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.

The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, about 350 miles southwest of Addis Ababa.

She was beaten repeatedly before she was found June 9 by police and relatives on the outskirts of Bita Genet, Wondimu said. She had been guarded by the lions for about half a day, he said.

“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Wondimu said.
“If the lions had not come to her rescue, then it could have been much worse. Often these young girls are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept the marriage,” he said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8305836

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Me? I'll take my chances with the other species every single time.
We are the most violent species on earth. Men in packs are even more dangerous than one strange one.

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Remember the "bear vs. man" debate? How about pride of lions vs. group of men? (Original Post) Coventina Thursday OP
Me too. Children, especially seem readily able to trigger a protective response by wild animals... hlthe2b Thursday #1
"more than 70 percent of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction" Danascot Friday #2

hlthe2b

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1. Me too. Children, especially seem readily able to trigger a protective response by wild animals...
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 10:50 PM
Thursday

and, of course, domestic dogs and cats. But adult women, especially, can as well by expressing calm energy. Ask any female veterinarian or vet tech about the animals that gravitate to females but express significant discomfort, fear, or aggression toward men--even if they've not been mistreated. Calm energy... (not by all, mind you)

Obviously, I'm not suggesting testing the premise and putting oneself at risk, but boy, I'd take my chances that there might be innate protective instincts or at least a calm, nonthreatening response still present within these wild lions-- any time-- versus adult men who have already shown a penchant for violence.

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