Saturday, September 18, 2010

The Office Pet

4 comments:

  1. Reminds me of reading a book that detailed the real life of the real "Born Free" couple and their Lion Elsa. Worth a read if you can find it.
    The both of them met grizzly fates and I think their lion died in the same manner. One of many strange stories of Lions and people.

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  2. Sounds very interesting.I had no idea (based on the movie version) that the couple's demise was in such a manner. I will surely check it out, and thanks for the recommendation.

    Wait were they (and Elsa) killed by hunters? Other lions?... don't tell me, I'll find out when I read it.

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  3. the movie and real life were about as far apart as you can get...there were some interesting anecdotes in the book regarding the movie , the actors almost died on several occasions since they had to use a bunch of "Lion Actors" that were not all tame..LOL. one jumped up on the side of the female lead and broke her leg like a toothpick for example, she did half the movie in a cast that was hidden by her khaki jungle pants

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  4. I figured the movie differed from the true story but never imagined it steered so far from what actually happened.

    Interesting anecdotes are always great - "Lion actors" - lol !

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