By Matthew Roscoe • Published: 11 Jul 2022 • 16:55
WATCH: Heartwarming video shows a pair of lions reunited with woman who raised them. Image: Anna50/Shutterstock.com
The viral video shared by Tansu Yegen, which has been liked by 71k people so far and retweeted by over 10.7k times, shows two lions running over to the woman that raised them and giving her ‘kisses’.
“In Switzerland, a woman raised a pair of lions. The authorities confiscated them for a zoo. 7 years later the woman came to visit the zoo,” he wrote.
The video shows the two lions bound up to the woman, dressed in a white jumper with a lion printed on the back.
She appears to struggle under the sheer weight of the animals who are seen licking her and trying to nibble at her hair.
The blonde woman hugs them both and tries to stop them from taking a bite, although she does not appear to be worried that they will.
https://twitter.com/tansuyegen/status/1546389003389247489?s=21&t=pAw4h9cIsIx1guXEc9tnkA
Twitter users commented on the wonderful video.
One user wrote: “Animals truly know what “unconditional love” means.
“Humans are the worst creatures on this planet.”
Animals truly know what "unconditional love" means. Humans are the worst creatures on this planet. — Vitamin Protein 🥸 (@LovyouIndia) July 11, 2022
Animals truly know what "unconditional love" means.
Humans are the worst creatures on this planet.
— Vitamin Protein 🥸 (@LovyouIndia) July 11, 2022
“They remember. We often fail to give credit to animals for their cognitive abilities,” one Twitter user said.
They remember. We often fail to give credit to animals for their cognitive abilities. https://t.co/NcexGb3UWD — Mark Rubinstein (@mrubinsteinCT) July 11, 2022
They remember. We often fail to give credit to animals for their cognitive abilities. https://t.co/NcexGb3UWD
— Mark Rubinstein (@mrubinsteinCT) July 11, 2022
Another wrote: “I have seen other video’s of lions and their foster parent meeting again. It is the same thing! Amazing, heart warming, how can you not love this!!.”
I have seen other video's of lions and their foster parent meeting again. It is the same thing! Amazing, heart warming, how can you not love this!! — fairies in flight in the moonlight (@fairiesinfligh1) July 11, 2022
I have seen other video's of lions and their foster parent meeting again. It is the same thing! Amazing, heart warming, how can you not love this!!
— fairies in flight in the moonlight (@fairiesinfligh1) July 11, 2022
“Love has no boundaries!” another person said.
Love has no boundaries! https://t.co/51il9I7wcA — ASHWANI MAHAJAN (@ashwani_mahajan) July 11, 2022
Love has no boundaries! https://t.co/51il9I7wcA
— ASHWANI MAHAJAN (@ashwani_mahajan) July 11, 2022
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