Wow This is Impressive

[Su-Yin]

amazing..
...scary in a way, when its unexplainable...even if her whimpering may have made the lions think she was a cub...its doesnt explain why they left the minute her rescuers came.

Kidnapping young girls has long been part of the marriage custom in Ethiopia. The
United Nations estimates that more than 70 percent of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction, practiced in rural areas where most of the country's 71 million people live.

This is just so sad. A marriage should never be forced


edit:

Unfortunately for those enamored by the tale, the latter opinion was shared by a decidedly skeptical animal expert and seasoned hunter who placed little credence in lions' supposed altruism.

Colonel Lemma Legesse, a professional big game hunter with experience in Bita Genet, said the lions, having chased off the larger humans, were likely getting ready to devour the helpless girl when they were interrupted by intruders.

"They have been attacking children and small animals like goats, so unless this was truly a miracle, it was merely a coincidence or luck," Lemma said.

Ketma Amberber, the head of the Zoological and Natural History museum at Addis Ababa University, echoed that sentiment but offered an alternative theory.

"This was just pure luck, it was not a question of guarding the girl or keeping her safe," he said. "Either the lions had already eaten and were full or the police arrived as they were deciding whether to eat her or attack.

"Otherwise, as they are wild naturally, it is more likely they would have killed the girl," Ketma said.

explained..

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-t...321792930.html