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From the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4155674.stm

<font color=yellow>Small cars driving through a safari park in Merseyside have been chased by confused lions who think they are prey.

Staff at Knowsley Safari Park are monitoring smaller vehicles, including Smart cars and Mini Coopers, after the lions started paying special interest.

David Ross, park manager, told the BBC News website that a group of lionesses chased after one Smart car after being confused by its compact appearance.

He said staff were stationed near the enclosure to keep visitors safe.

'Raise an eyebrow'

Unusual features on cars can also spark interest by the 12 lions at the park, which are more used to seeing larger saloon cars. All vehicles are monitored by park staff on the way in.

Mr Ross said: "The lions will take an interest in peculiarities on cars and we always keep a close eye on the cars coming in.

"With Smart cars and sometimes Mini Coopers the lions definitely raise an eyebrow. It sparks their interest because of their size.

"We had an incident of two ladies in a car being chased by lionesses.

"It must have been quite frightening for them, but we always have staff in a vehicle by the lion enclosure to deal with any problems."
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Man, I would pay good money to watch the video of a bunch of lions ripping the fabric lid off one of those Mini Convertibles and eating the two (undoubtably gay) male hairdessers driving it...

You're born, you keep your head down and you die. If you're lucky...

Edited by - 44hollowpoint on Aug 16 2005 09:17 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Man, I would pay good money to watch the video of a bunch of lions ripped the fabric lid off one of those Mini Convertibles and eating the two (undoubtably gay) male hairdessers driving it...

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Oooh Hollowpoint, not PC..not PC at all..LOL

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LOL!

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Snipers...and targets.</b>
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<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> i sure wish that link was a video instead of the news story. I would have loved to see that! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

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How long do you think this would last..?

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You're born, you keep your head down and you die. If you're lucky...

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>larger saloon cars <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>They have saloons in cars over there!?

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Ah one of the ellusive Zebra cars (gag...boy its ugly!!!) nice 44, I would guess a bit cruchy and not quite nutritionally balanced for the lions, but i don't see it putting up to much of a fight! [lol}

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I can just see that thing flipped over on it's back, wheels spinning like crazy! <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I had a standoff out in Oklahoma vs a buffalo while in a ford pinto once.

The thing must've had 5-600lbs on the pinto.

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Snipers...and targets.</b>
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And 10mph, unless it was the V-6!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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it had to be a rented car right Snipe? I just can't see you ever driving a Ford Pinto. <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I didn't say it was mine...just that i was in it.

It belonged to one of the guys in my squad, a fellow by the name of McKay, whom we all called McDud.

The buffalo was blocking the road(entirely), so the moron mcdud pulls up to it and starts honking at it. The thing looked at us like he would just as soon charge us as move, so we all started screaming at mcdud to knock it the fuck off.

LOL, it stood there staring at us for about 15 minutes, then slowly sauntered away.

<b>There are two kinds of soldiers.
Snipers...and targets.</b>
<img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0>

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>I can just see that thing flipped over on it's back, wheels spinning like crazy! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

LMFAO... Man, I can't stop laughing at that image...

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>The buffalo was blocking the road(entirely), <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

LOL, I think you got away with that one, I've seen plenty pictures of Landrovers that have been stamped flat by water buffalo. One of them was half way up a tree.

Those beef mountains are blind once something is more than six inches away from the end of thier noses.

Anything moving that they can't clearly identify get labelled a Bogey and then get's stamped on.

A mates Dad used to hunt Water Buffalo and he never used anything less that a .458 Magnum

Me thinks your Pinto might not have made it <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>...

You're born, you keep your head down and you die. If you're lucky...

It wasn't my pinto dammit.

I wouldn't own a pinto... <img src=newicons/madani.gif border=0 align=middle>

LOL

<b>There are two kinds of soldiers.
Snipers...and targets.</b>
<img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0>

You know what they say, "Keep saying it long enough and it'll become true" <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>...

You're born, you keep your head down and you die. If you're lucky...

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I didn't say it was mine...just that i was in it.

It belonged to one of the guys in my squad, a fellow by the name of McKay, whom we all called McDud.

The buffalo was blocking the road(entirely), so the moron mcdud pulls up to it and starts honking at it. The thing looked at us like he would just as soon charge us as move, so we all started screaming at mcdud to knock it the fuck off.

LOL, it stood there staring at us for about 15 minutes, then slowly sauntered away.

<b>There are two kinds of soldiers.
Snipers...and targets.</b>
<img src="http://www.creedmoorsports.com/images/SA9121-M21.JPG" border=0>
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After seeing a vid of an American Buffalo flicking a nosy, snapshot happy tourist into a tree, I imagine that "your" pinto could of been flung end-over-end at least once if that Bison hooked the fender with his horns and lifted his head up.

And maybe, just maybe, if there is any dirt road or African grassland suitable enough...someone could test those Lionesses to see if they'd try to run down a Porsche. Or just because it'd be a more interesting race...a cheetah.

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