Watch a lion refrain from eating his best friends

6/23/2012

Bringing the term "delicate relationship" to new levels, this video shows an adorable lion cub named Simba playing with his best friends: a dog named Monty and Thumper the bunny. (Disney seems to be looming large when it comes to naming the animals here.) The best part of the video comes when Simba wrestles with Monty and then contemplates the bunny with a look in its eyes somewhere between "best friend" and "delicious snack." Simba, who's 13 weeks old, has been home-raised by his keeper after he became ill last year, and even snuggles with the resident humans in bed.

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