How men get along with the king of animals | SLICE
In Sub-Saharan Africa, Masaï live along the borders of Kenya and Tanzania. But these nomadic shepherds share their land with the lion, and confrontations are inevitable between man and beast. Big cats continue to fascinate us today. Some people in the West, evoking the initiatory rites of an earlier era, pit themselves against the felines, risking their lives. Mike Penman who dedicated his life to wildlife studying, embarks us in his risky experience with a lion in South Africa.
Extract from the documentary: “Tribal animals - Big cats”
Direction: Jérôme Ségur
Production: ZED, France France Télévisions & RAI
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This is the craziest shyt I have ever seen. Mike is absolutely nuts
It's funny how the lion along with pretty much every other species on that continent didn't become endangered until Europeans showed up.
I said exactly the same thing in a comment above! In as much as I don't like the idea of lions being speared, the Maasai are not their biggest problem.
@@kim1570 true, they can never coexist with animals that's why they are extinct in Europe, and they are the same people who come to Africa to apparently teach us wildlife conservation
@@de-sh109 LMAO 😂
Wow. U r so white I mean rite.
And now... Watch out ...here comes the Chinese
Man how many times you can hear a small boy survived from lion attack, he seriously deserve respect and medal of honor.
He survived not bc the lion couldn't kill him man,,yall stop it
@rby Those kids beyond a certain age carry knives to defend themselves. The lion didn't go unscathed.
He survived because he was lucky @@neo4reo
@@99alp99filaYes, but unless he was ambushed unawares, the lion would not have left unscathed, can't say the same for an adult over here in theWest. It usually takes just a few seconds for a lion to quickly dispatch an adult human with a neckbite even one in their prime...for the kid to have survived, he put up a struggle.
They said a lot of people think Mike won't last long if he keeps this up and I strongly AGREE lol.😂
He barely survived and it's mix of bravery stupidity and confidence And it's not a good mix
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Mike is an expert on a lion’s body language but even he wouldn’t try that at night when lions are in a hunting frame of mind. The toilet paper idea is smart because the lion doesn’t know what it is, but looks like something that can be thrown at it. I saw another video with Mike (I think the longer version of this) where he had to throw the toilet paper because the lion started charging towards him and missed but it did the job.
@@MrZZsharka can u pls share a link to that video?
He's not longer on the earth 😐 It didn't work last time he tried it!
"I didn't have the time to be scared" Can someone give that boy a medal 🏅🥇
yeah give them futur animal killers a medal ; that's what we want. no more lions on earth. futur killers in the making. great
@@KoVJames Bro I'm African , and I'm a Kenyan by the way, so I've lived with these guys for two months in the Maasai Mara and trust me you'll do anything to protect your livestock because it's your source of livelihood, and I'm in no way supporting this because at least the government is fencing the park but life out here ain't that easy, I know you are writing this comment while sipping hot coffee in your warm and ventilated room while I wash my hands with lions blood in the Savannah so please cut me some slack. I know that those lions play a very vital role in the ecosystem by balancing the food chain but a man still has got to eat.
@@bingecommunity4509 just because these guys choose not to medernize their lifestyle and not loosing their culture lions get to be endangered. the last country they can be found is africa and those peop's that you perfectly know don t eat lions, they usually hunt other animals and can easily survive without lion meats , gave themselves the right to unfairly hunt these innocent beasts " to honor their manlyhood" WTF.
@@KoVJames Let Africans tell their own stories, you sound like an Ostrich offering flight lessons to an eagle.
@@bingecommunity4509 guess it's a way for you to comfort yourself in the insanity of the situation cause you're kenyan. this boy is no hero at all. he's just a futur self centered masai considering a man can kill for fun because his ancesters did. period.
Even the lion was caught off guard how brave Mike was.
The lion knows very well that SOME humans are extremely dangerous. It doesn't really know whether Mike is one of them, or if he could kill it within a momen't notice. In fact, neither did we. There very well might have been a couple of riflemen directly behind the camera, pointing their rifles at the lion at all times. In the end, the lion didn't have a reason to call Mike's bluff. He was not acting agressively towards the lion, not trying to take its food or mates and was not a lot of food himself. Even if there was only a 1% chance that he had some way (unknown to the lion) to really defend himself, attacking him would not be worth the risk. Also, Mike's body language supported his bluff (if indeed he was bluffing). By appearing defensive but not still prepared to defend himself, he was not acting like prey, but rather as an opponent that thought it had a way to defend itself.
@@haakoflo stop anthropomorphising animals
Brave?! I would say an idiotic suburbanite trying to get a selfie (yes, I understand, that he had no camera). What is bravery is the child fending off a mauling lion, and saying he had no time for fear; fearless! As most of us would have been crying for mumy and ....our trousers
Dude, lions have no idea what riffles are, stop your bullshiting ego logic
I was caught off guard too!
The best part is that Mike is showing this courage when the Lions are with full stomach!
You is 1%of the little 8 Year old cowards
@@Masterofyouslave nope, need a heart of a Tiger 🐅!
Lions still kill even when they are not hungry. They kill for territorial reasons. They do it all the time with hyenas. And they usually don't eat them
@sab, that team was fully experienced
Facing lion like this need so much courage 😂
My love and respect to the young boy and the Maasai tribe and to everyone in this video!
Am a nomad son,we don't kill lion for fun everyone is entitled for self defense and survival,they are sacred to our culture and we can't imagine our lives without them more love to our wild life ♥️
Thank you. Killing lions for fun is wrong. Dead Wrong.
@@MeetTheSmythes no one kills just for fun
@@shocker8034 those from outside Africa kill for the prize 🏆
@SallonSolomon do you know what the cultural song at 5:41 is in that footage of the elder hunters who killed the lion?
@@shocker8034 European kill animals for fun even to date. Fox hunting ? Bull Fighting. Even Bulldogs tearing each apart is entertaining in Western worlds.
“His colleagues don’t think he’ll last long in the business if he keeps this up” 😂😂😂😂
Lolz 😁😁😂😂😂
@@defcon1africa676 😂😂😂
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I agree with his colleagues 😂😂😂
@@Santosho5 😂😂😂
i believe the lions were fed well before by park attendants. they look healthy , beautiful and relaxed.
I Love my people!! Such strength and unmatched endurance! 💪🏾
Me too we respect you and like you Your bro from Somalia
@@abdirisaqjacda9305and then people's in other countries try to tell them what they are not allowed to do. it's their own country
💪 strong Kenya 🇰🇪 all the way from Nigeria 🇳🇬
Even lions ain’t got time for Mike’s shenanigans 🤣🤣
I didn’t know lions were scared of toilet paper. Need to try it 😂
My cat just swats at it. :/
I'm proud Nomad Son of Northern Kenya and pastoralism is our economic livelihood,nonetheless we peacefully coexist with the wild life. We respect wild animals and even go to greater length of protecting and preserving them. The little conflict that arises is just due to stiff competition for survival. We are instilled from a very tender age the value and spirit of respecting the ecosystem and the mother nature as it has in plenty and abundance for all human beings and wild animals. We love and protect wild animals no wonder most of these wild lives are still thriving and growing amongst the areas inhabited by pastoralist or nomadic communities.
Kenya is doing an amazing job preserving those amazing beasts
Well said ndugu.
The lion doesn't kill him because he knows there's a camera.
Kkkkkk at the end its prank!😯
LOL.
Yes. As a proof of murder 🤣🤣🤣
@@devphotography1238 camera man is Immortal though.
It's a prank 😂
“I didn’t have time to be scared”, you here that my people, fear is only a state of mind.
Hear not HERE. YOU don't know the difference between, hear and here. Must not know da difference between there, their and they're huh
@@BhloodBhlood it’s about understanding not about grammar mistake .
1) I think there's a huge difference in not feeling fear in a surprise attack scenario vs the fear that comes from impending doom. 2) Technically EVERYTHING is just a state of mind, anger, depression, anxiety, hate, fear, disappointment etc
Maasai kids stay guard at night watching cattle,so he expected a lion. This community lives inside the maasai Mara game park
@@j9live989 like the guy said fear is a state of mind.The Lion is king of the jungle not because he is the biggest nor the fastest but the toughest.
The lion was too struck by his idiocy to do anything else lol
Really
A cousin of mine who grew up in the nomadic lifestyle in Kenya was picked up by a lion at young age. He survived by poking the nose of the lion with his stick while being carried in the lion’s mouth.
Ohh my God , i hope your cousin now is safe and healthy
The bravest part is the fact he wore white pants for the encounter 😂
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😂😂they must be tight for sure🤢
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Big Mike is crazy 🤣🤣🤣
Imagine if he shit himself them white pants would've turned brown
Mike approached the lion with a toilet paper just in case he shat his pants
I thought the same🤣🤣🤣
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It would've been a mess with that big bloody arse.
Hahahahahaha brilliant 👏 🤣
@@lewis885 🤣🤣🤣
It's disgusting how colonizers invade these people's cultures and then try to judge and villainize them. LEAVE THEM ALONE! It's common sense that if they have livestock, the lions will still be a threat to them.
I am from one of those places, but we go to them the lions don't come
Oh come on! You could be from there, but common sense states that you possibly can't be taking your livestock for them to feed in the bushes. They must be drawn to the livestock and subsequently come for them in your settlements
@@powerentertainment719 I'm Kenyan and that's CAP.
I always find it interesting how poaching is justified when it's a non-white group doing it for paganism, no matter how it affects the population numbers of the animals. That is what should be disgusting.
@@kakaireandrew5075 Common sense states that once you start killing off all the most human aggressive animals, the gene pool starts favoring those who fear humans to increase the population's survival rate, which is likely the reason why only the hippo shows blatant human aggression (because it's been quite difficult for us to kill them throughout history).
Moral of the story, while confronting a lion, dont forget the toilet paper 😅
The lion just looked at Mike and be like ehhm he ain't worth the time 😂
Mike’s home life must really be bad.
That 8-year-old kid fought off a lion. My own 8 year old is scared of spiders.
The transition at 1:23 from Lion to Africa was smooth af
Meanwhile grown ass men out here are afraid of German shepherds😂😂
They are afraid of unnecessary pointless injuries. And it’s not really cool to come home with your entire face scarred up with a dead dog on your shoulders. Just looks dumb.
@@alexandercrush q
pure bred G S are very intelligent my dog goes everywhere w/ no leash.
Of rats and mice
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I wish I had half the bravery of the awesome Masai boy. Amazing.
Come to maasai land nature itself will teach you to be brave. We begin by sleeping outside and you hear hyenas laughing somwhere in the bush.
@Gore Dimov you can't intimidate us we will chase you away we got a lion bravery. We want take away your girls you guys fear lions and also the heat of the Africa sun. we don't girls love brave men.
If the lion was hungry...or if the lion was Mr. T
The lion is such a gentleman making this video a success.
"He won't last long in the business" 😂😂😂😂😅
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unfortunately the lion will be killed also
when the lion fires him he will also be fired from life.
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“ it is true, I did not have time to be scared” brave young one
U7y
I hope that lion give big mike a big fat hug next time! How cute!
Lol mike took some of that ritual oil for himself 😂
I am literally holding a toilet paper inside the bathroom while watching this. Well done Slice!
No water there..??
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Lol
Mike doesn’t have a gun, but his camera man does! The Masai remains the natural “Lion Tamer’s”! Do your thing young “Lion Warrior King’s”! 🤴🏾❤️🤴🏾❤️
Really appreciate his courage and perseverance to face not one but two wild lions without any assault weapon.
mike is a mental case at best! not brave no courage just plain stupidity!
you mean stupidity. all lions react differently to threats. its just a matter of time
His stupidity, you mean
The ball diameter was quite impressive.
That dude was an IDIOT. He can't leave the lions alone can he. If the lions tear him to shreds they will be shot dead bringing an endangered and magnificent cat closer to extinction. What was this dude trying to prove.....that he's an idiot? He's proved that already....now he should leave the lions alone to live in peace.
Mike's story is among the reasons men don't live long 😂
You can see the savage in this kids eyes he's a OG
not as savage as mike though
This channel is pure gold. I recommend getting really baked before you hit play for the first minute alone. Lastly, I need to get my hands on some of that hunter's potion.
Been there done that. Sobriety is so much better
Lmao!!!!!😆
Hell ya.
@@jamfamily4287 I mean.. its not like the potion contains heroin or meth cmon now lol
Mike is amazing. The Maasai, too.
Always proud of our Maasai people and its warriors. The little boy has become famous compared to Mike who simply is looking for fame
Mike pulled that shunt with two juvenile lions let’s see him take on veteran lion protecting His territory with harem of females lionesses
Meanwhile I’m afraid of chihuahuas 😩😩and Mike is crazy as hell😂😂😂😂
майк играет с огнём/ крошка афроамериканка 😁☻
Lmao.
Chihuahuas are so unpredictable tho I get that
Hi desire
@@yureituesday but if they attack you can kick them to space
the only reason mike survived is because the lions thought it was a trap. They couldn't believe a person or any animal would be that stupid, and they probably correlate humans with poaching, and see them as something not to trust anyways. Thats why the lion was looking around.
Is Mike still alive?
yes still
I'm sure there was a team of sharpshooters behind the camera man just in case...
Probably otherwise he was ready to die
Obviously he still faced the lion down. Sharpshooter or not! Duh
How do you know? The only thing you can be sure about is Mike is brave. The rest is all imagination. Whith all respect.
There are brave crazy men still in the world...what's the problem with that? Why bringin in the sharp shooters. He just made sure the lions had eaten and were so full digesting they are almost lethargic....that's the only trick and reason Mike is alive
@@nategannon7751 And if the lion attacked and the sharpshooter shot it, a lion would have lost it's life for the sake of this man's oversized ego.
Lions rest after they have eaten. Mike just had the right timing. Let him do that during hunger time or mating season. Come to Maara for actual intense lion closeups.
True
It also depends if they tasted human flesh before. Once they put you in the same category as the gazelle, you have a little chance of survival.
he cant tho
Lets say u r given the same conditions as mike can u confront the lions If no then shit the f.. up
Just type in this in French and watch 3 Masai men walk straight to 15 lions violently eating their kill and cut off their part and just walk away! “Ils volent les repas des lions” by Zapping Nomade right here on KZhead!
The last part is unbelievable, of that guy he nkow what the weakness of the Lion
Mike is insane. Lucky once but lions are usually not afraid of anything
My wild animal of choice to spend a lifetime with is the Macaw. All of us 'wild men' will choose the companions we resonate with most. Great video my friend, thank you for sharing!
Yes..! i knew if it's not Kenya🇰🇪 then it's Tanzania🇹🇿 masai tribe 💕💕
❤
Damn you beautiful 😍🙌🏾
How did you know?
@@Techbill247 because maasai is a tribe thats only in kenya and tanzania
@@Tmaria-wn3hc Ok cool
5:05 And here we see a perfect example of how humans set the ground to build civilization and conquer the planet.
Mike must have nerves of steel, that took real courage and a real pair !!
The fear of unknown applies to Lions too. The lions could not figure out what that man is with a jeep nearby, a toilet roll and the camera. It wasn't like any other prey the Lions knew. Nevertheless Mike has considrable balls to even attempt this.
Folly sometimes appears as courage but in fact it is just folly.
I thought he went too near to the lion. That must have been uncomfortable for the lion.
i m sure behind him was at least a cameraman and a ranger with a rifle. Lions are not stupid.
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@@Levo_D_Angelo Yep there must be someone with a tranquilizer rifle just in case the lion attacks
I can only say this Lion was much more sensible and understanding than Mike as it depends on mood control 😂
So not true. Missed the whole point, as usual.
It's a tamed lion if it was wild lion Mike wouldn't have seen the next morning
their wildlife is amazing.
I think that toilet paper might have come in handy once the cameras were turned off.
Mike is lucky that those two male lions are still fresh from being cubs and are learning to be independent from the bride.Things would have been different if a lioness was around.
I doubt that
Nobody should marry such man, he has a very short life span.
The cats werent hungry. Plus they are young adults figuring out their world. And im pretty sure the guys recording had armed escort. Just incase Tissue Mike got jumped!
He should never do that especially to the northern Kenya lions.
humans have go against bigger predators in the past those cats are now extinct
You’ll only be considered as brave “WITHOUT” those guys with riffles behind you!
LMFAOPMP....NEVER A TRUER WORD HAS BEEN SPOKEN......
No, he's brave still. Otherwise you try it with guys behind you with rifles and let's see.
People like u are good at talking . You're all talk,just talk. You criticize alot. But you, yourself despite being a man would never even try to do what he did.
We not like u lazy forks, I don't think you know it mean to be an African 💪✊
“His wounds are proof of his bravery” 👊🏻
What a brave man!
Omg,ITS really Fascinating How The King Stood Up To fight All of them Even Outnumbered 😱🦁
Mike your days are numbered by God as the lions wait for the permition from Angle Gabriel("I'm watching from Africa in Kenya")
😂😂😂😂😂 you mention mike's name like a colleague of yours
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@Raymond Wallace What about "people with, Riffle Guns" behind him? ;)
@@africanmind9961 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I joined his colleagues in thinking that Mike won't last long in the business if he keeps this up.
Mike is one brave hombre!
Lion teasing. He deserves what he gets.
So disappointed that the last two lions were deprived of a voluntary meal!
Completly justified! Just protecting themselves that way the lion respects the boundaries
Yes funny that lions and Africans live to along each other for millions of yrs and became endangered species only when European colonizers came And now they putting the blame on us
This guy must sure know that right language with the beast. The way Lion retreated says it all.
This man is trying to gain the same amount of respect or popularity as the Masai tribe. The tribe stands up to the lions to protect their lives and lively hood. This man, well for fame. Some people are so "famous" happy, just can't live contented and got to be herald as heroes or else their lives are lived in vain.
protect the lions' lives - and sometimes kill them as a sport and to wear their mane as hat. but yea, mike totally is the immoral one here.
@@Flugs0 yes he is the immoral one here stupid. They kill to protect themselves and their tribe. As to not let the animal go to waste, they utilize the body parts.
@@Flugs0 that’s they culture
@@Flugs0 their land , their animals, no one's judging yall for hunting wolves
That dude is risking his life , knowing a bit of lions behaviour in the wild is not good enough, next time could be his last confrontation. Stop it while u can.
He wasn't worried, because I'm sure they had an armed team there behind the camera making sure nothing happened to him.
@@libhopper ..exactly and this people come here to lie to us telling as the way he was not armed...only with toilet paper
,zxxxxxxx
@@libhopper Yeah. And the only tragedy after the dust settles is that the lion is killed by the insanity of this pretentious man. Stop the show mike.
With your western mindset you'd never understand the African way
Lots of respect for her ❤
*"I'm gonna ask these guys a very important question one day...."* - Matt Walsh
Great footage. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing documentary!!
Mike is either brave or insane?. He put his life in line like the lady author of the book born free who lives with the lions studying them but sadly was killed by lions she loves!!!
I think they found she was killed by an employee she sacked in the end... but I agree ..these people do have some nerve!
A lion never hurt either Joy or George Adamson. She was murdered by a vicious human being.
9:30 “Mike doesn’t have any weapon as he faces the king of beast” yea right 😂 like there isn’t a sniper behind him
Those lions are breathtaking. They need to be left alone in peace. People have caused enough destruction to our earth.
Yes true 👍👍
They live there. What do you want them to do?
@@judahmourneth1466 umm, maybe stop trying to fuck with the lions and mind their own business?
There's absolutely no point in Mike's little party trick. His death will be unnecessary and completely avoidable. People like him are the reason why foreigners are often disliked in remote places, too many of them don't know how to behave themselves as a guest in someone else's home. And he's a guide, putting the other visitors lives in danger. How selfish of him.
he wants to be another Steve Irwin hero who was killed by a stingray.
you must be fun to have in parties
Africa Was White Man's Hunting Ground! They killed thousands of elephants 🐘 lions & other animals. Teach locals conservation .This is wealth of 🌍Africa . God's Gift to Mankind. Africa can make millions of dollars by way of Tourism.!!
Timothy Treadwell.
Plus, if that lions whoops his @$$, they will put it down.
I think, I had watched this video about Mike and the lions many years ago. The one & only, Mike 👍💪
Mike is such a brave man
When the memes you remember “At this time Mike knew he fucked up”keeps running through your mind while watching this😂😂
my kenyan people this people are vicious and brave like navy seals.
No matter how strong lion is, ultimately have to surrender under human
The lion went from running away thinking they're playing tag with it, to saying " wait a minute" why do y'all have spears😂
For those who live in this grasslands and scrub...the lions that Mike Challenged were tame and seemed to know him! While the ones The Maasai were hunting were totally wild! Mike should try a Wild Lion!
You right
wtf
will u fight a wild lion
I also think the lions were tame, otherwise, they would tear him into pieces.
They are semi tame. the parks shoot the ones that attack the jeep. that is the only reason they can use open jeeps.
They totally should put mike name in as the definition of foolhardy. The best example of it I've ever seen for sure.
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8:33 his colleague’s aint wrong lmao😂😂
The togetherness is making them defeat the lion easily same to life watching from🇿🇲 zambia
they did it solo during initiation rituals. they go on lion group hunts if lions have attacked their livestock
Yea... I'm taking the Africans approach over Mike's 99% of the time on any Day
Why don't you just respect animals and such as lions. and let them live in peace. now you just want to turn to violence and destruction. ONLY KILL WHAT YOU NEED. not as a decoration of bravery...
BUT, Don't be so stupid like Mike.
@@lodewyksteyn1335 Sir I am Not in this Video
@@jlover2769 I know you are not in this video. nothing personal. maybe I misunderstood your comment. my apologies.
@@jlover2769 Hahahaha man said not in the video
Son of king David. A shepherd who cares for his herd and flock.
What beautiful people! Look at their skin!
Wat a brave child God saved im so cute lokin
He's lucky the other lion was just watching from afar.
Maasai Men. I spent my time here during my school life
The only thing that a lion is afraid is a maasai❤ Proudly masaai
The herders and the lion.Survival in the wilderness with wild Animals.