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The men were on a recent Today show in the USA and said that a year after the reunion in 1973, they went back to see the lion again. His "pride" had lots of cubs and females. Christian had grown twice the size since the year before in 1972(the first reunion). The next year in 1974, the men went back again but Christian and his group had moved on and the people running the animal park had stated that they had not seen the group. So Christian the lion went back to the wild for good which is what they had hoped he would be able to do some day.
Christian wasn't a cub anymore so the wild had brought out his full natural instincts. He didn't depend on people anymore. He will have gone on to mate and have his own cubs and live a normal lion life.
Unfortunately Christian will be dead now but he will have gone on to live for another 10 good years until about 1985.
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What is the strongest lion that ever lived?
African Lion
What happened to Christian the lion's owner?
Firstly, he was a ''who'' not a ''what.'' In 1969 to men called John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke had recently moved to London from Australia and they were Christmas shopping in ''Harrods,'' which still exists today. They saw in the Animal Department, 2 lion cub siblings, one male and one female. (Nowadays, adopting lions from shops isn't allowed, and ''Harrods'' wouldn't sell them anyway.) They were born in Ilfracombe zoo, in Devon, which no longer exists, 3 girls and one boy, and the male and one female were taken to be sold in ''Harrods.'' John and Ace decided to buy the male and since ''Harrods'' was decorated for Christmas, named him Christian. He lived with them in a shop called ''Sophisticat'' on The Kings Road, Chelsea, London. One day, Virginia Mckenna and Bill Travers , stars of the film Born Free about a lion, Elsa, (search for her story because it will take forever to write about that), came to buy some furniture, not even knowing a lion lived there! Christian was growing fast, and was becoming far to big to live in the basement of a shop, even if it did have a lot of rooms. John and Ace ended up in a caravan at the back of their garden, and Christian roamed free and celebrated his first Birthday there. Now, Virginia and Bill knew George Adamson, who, with his wife, raised Elsa, the real story of the film that Virginia and Bill starred in. George lived and Kenya, and was planning to make a pride of lions. Christian was released in 1970 in Kenya, and a year later, John and Ace went to visit him. George warned that he might not remember them, but they both stayed positive and went to Kenya anyway. George was wrong! Christian remembered them and ran to them giving lion versions of hugs to them as they embraced him. The reunion is available to see on YouTube and, I must say, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. By 1964, Christian had his own cubs, but something sad had happend. John and Ace had seen him for the last time. Newspaper articles say that the final reunion was 1964, but George Adamson had said it was 1963. Christian was never seen again. Well, never seen by George, Ace or John anyway. There are books about him, ''Christian the lion,'' ''A lion called Christian and'' ''Christian the lion: My scrapbook.'' There are also films and other stuff, films like ''Christian: the lion at the worlds end'' and a documentary called ''The lion cub from Harrods.'' Phew, that took a long time to write. :)
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no
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How is the lion born?
Well when a male lion meets a female lion and they like each other they perform the reproduction act, therefore impregnating the female, and how ever long it takes a lion to produce offspring, ba-bam the little lion is born. Also known as a cub.
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What is the strongest lion that ever lived?
African Lion
Will there ever be a Talking heads reunion?
David Byrne is strongly against the idea.
Did anyone ever have a lion as a pet?
no
What happened to Christian the lion's owner?
Firstly, he was a ''who'' not a ''what.'' In 1969 to men called John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke had recently moved to London from Australia and they were Christmas shopping in ''Harrods,'' which still exists today. They saw in the Animal Department, 2 lion cub siblings, one male and one female. (Nowadays, adopting lions from shops isn't allowed, and ''Harrods'' wouldn't sell them anyway.) They were born in Ilfracombe zoo, in Devon, which no longer exists, 3 girls and one boy, and the male and one female were taken to be sold in ''Harrods.'' John and Ace decided to buy the male and since ''Harrods'' was decorated for Christmas, named him Christian. He lived with them in a shop called ''Sophisticat'' on The Kings Road, Chelsea, London. One day, Virginia Mckenna and Bill Travers , stars of the film Born Free about a lion, Elsa, (search for her story because it will take forever to write about that), came to buy some furniture, not even knowing a lion lived there! Christian was growing fast, and was becoming far to big to live in the basement of a shop, even if it did have a lot of rooms. John and Ace ended up in a caravan at the back of their garden, and Christian roamed free and celebrated his first Birthday there. Now, Virginia and Bill knew George Adamson, who, with his wife, raised Elsa, the real story of the film that Virginia and Bill starred in. George lived and Kenya, and was planning to make a pride of lions. Christian was released in 1970 in Kenya, and a year later, John and Ace went to visit him. George warned that he might not remember them, but they both stayed positive and went to Kenya anyway. George was wrong! Christian remembered them and ran to them giving lion versions of hugs to them as they embraced him. The reunion is available to see on YouTube and, I must say, the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. By 1964, Christian had his own cubs, but something sad had happend. John and Ace had seen him for the last time. Newspaper articles say that the final reunion was 1964, but George Adamson had said it was 1963. Christian was never seen again. Well, never seen by George, Ace or John anyway. There are books about him, ''Christian the lion,'' ''A lion called Christian and'' ''Christian the lion: My scrapbook.'' There are also films and other stuff, films like ''Christian: the lion at the worlds end'' and a documentary called ''The lion cub from Harrods.'' Phew, that took a long time to write. :)
Is there a guns n roses reunion?
no they have split up for ever (although it would be amazing)
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She's doing well and living in Nashville, Tn. Search for her on Facebook, she's easy to find.
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No.
When does a lion attack?
it attacks just for fun or because you make it mad. it might possibly attack you if it sees your eyes staring at it. so dont ever ever ever stare directly at a lion
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