Preventing Lion Attacks

African Lions should never be messed with, though your safari vehicle [including elephants back] is 100% safe. Step out of your Land Rover, however, for a close-up picture of an apparently lazy pride of lions and find out how fast and deadly they are. Two Japanese confirmed this not long ago in Kenya's Masai Mara. They went home in a box.
Tented camps are fine if you observe the safety rules. Here are somethings you should know if you are going to be in areas that have lions: stare them in the eyes and don't look away. Shout, it can confuse them and break their concentration. Do not bend, crouch or crawl, cats like small targets. Do not run, it's a kind of attack trigger, and they can run much faster than humans. Throw sticks and rocks and shout abuse. They hate that.

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