Why are lions scared of chairs?

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Fallout

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I'm not asking because I don't know the answer...

But do you know the reason a lion will back away if the ringleader holds a chair up to it?

I know a few people in the know...
 

grover

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hahaha ive always wondered why :D
also , when there is a knock at the door , why do dogs think it's for them :D

is the chair thing something which goes all the way back to their cubhood?
the trainers beat them up with a chair or something :confused: :D
 

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ste huxley said:
Its cos they dont like sittin on chairs they prefer big comfy sofas to do fk all on and get their lioness bitches to bring em fresh zebra n gazelle burgers, while chief lion smokes a fat cone:S


Sounds good... But...

Nope!
 

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JohnnyPink said:
Wonder if they are scared of anything you sit on?? Imagine threatening a lion with a bean bag. Got be one brave mo fo to do that. :ba:

Nope!

If you're going into the ring - I suggest you take a chair. I assure you, the beanbag will not work, and you'd be like that Siegfried and Roy bod! Well, except it was a tiger that did him in!
 

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grover said:
do the trainers say to them..... "if you don't behave , i'll make you into one of these"!!! :mad: :D
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Whoa! This could you if you go into the ring without a chair!

Come on - you must have some idea?

I don't think it's time to let the cat out of the bag - or cage if you prefer, just yet...
 

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JohnnyPink said:
Do they think it's some sort of giraffe and are scared of it????

Are lions scared of giraffes???

Nope, sorry. Although you'd be correct about the amount of legs both of them have - as both a Giraffe and a chair have four legs.

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Yaaah!
 

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cam said:
he he he ;)

I know this one :p


Yeah, you know you do! How mad was that one?
Sorry if you got your head cackled mate!

As you could probably tell, I was a bit monstered!

Oh, by the way, how high is a Chinaman :D :D
 

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Why are Lions not scared of boats?

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And this time I don't know the answer...

Unless, of course, these happen to be sea lions? :|
 

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Fallout said:
Yeah, you know you do! How mad was that one?
Sorry if you got your head cackled mate!

As you could probably tell, I was a bit monstered!

Oh, by the way, how high is a Chinaman :D :D

lol no worries it was great talking to ya mate, my head was ok, but as soon as you found out how high is a chinaman, it took me a few seconds to forget it lol

remembered it again later though :)
 

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Lol that was the highlight of the weekend!!! lol........dunno the answer to the lion question tho :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Come Iv put us outta our misery lol...u bloody nutcase! :p
 

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Northern Star said:
Lol that was the highlight of the weekend!!! lol........dunno the answer to the lion question tho :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Come Iv put us outta our misery lol...u bloody nutcase! :p


OK, there is a simple answer, it's not a trick or a joke - there is an explaination.
A human has the ability to focus on more than one point at a time - where as to a Lion more than one point of focus equals a situation of total confusion.
If you hold up thumb and first three fingers towards your eyes (therefore using them to emulate the legs of a chair) you can look straight through them - whereas the same scenario to a lion would leave it looking from one 'chair leg' to the next and back again and over to the one at the bottom and back again - it simply can't help itself.

This is a quote from a Lion Tamer called Dave Hoover. He goes into a cage with animals whose nature it is to eat him. He outsmarts them. He explains why animal trainers use chairs: not to hold off a savage beast, but to confuse it. ``Lions are very single-minded,'' he says. ``When you point the four legs of a chair at them, they get confused. They don't know where to look, and they lose their train of thought.''

So there we go - now you all know why Lions are scared of chairs.