Learn or die: How the roar of a lioness became a shocking wake-up call

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It ist day three (of our bush walk in South Africa), around 9 am.

A lioness appears in our range of vision. She’s like 25 metres away.

Slowly she turns her head towards us.

And then she’s doing something I will never forget in my life: She roars!

She roars so loudly I almost soiled my pants.

My heart starts pounding. I hear the heartbeat in my ears.

I am so afraid, because she could be here in four seconds.

But then she turns her head away, walks on … and disappears.

That was one of the scariest moments of my life.

Why?

Because I had a complete misconception of the situation.

I knew … nothing!

I did not know that the lioness is not on a hunt.

I did not know that she is just checking the terrain

I did not know that the lion pride follows like 300, 400 metres behind.

Not knowing fuels fear.

I also did not know what to do in case of a lion charge.

Then I learned: in case a lion attacks you, you do not run away! Never!

When you run away, you show yourself as a flight animal, and then the lion knows, “Ah, this is yummy lunch.”

You have to stay on the spot – shit your pants if needed – claim your space. Shout at the lion. Allow space for him to turn away.

And I understood: Learn or die!

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