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A long-awaited enrichment walk with Meg and Icarus turns into a moving look at two aging lions still full of personality, jumps, roars, and affection. Kevin Richardson takes the pride out on a cool morning, and the bond between the two “golden oldies” is impossible to miss as they walk together, playfully crowding the camera and greeting him like old friends.

Alongside the wildlife walk, Kevin opens up about artificial intelligence and the flood of AI animal videos circulating on social media. He reflects on why so much of this content feels fake, why people are becoming more skeptical, and how viewers may need to approach online media with more discernment. The conversation stays grounded in real-life observation, animal care, and the changing world of wildlife content.

There are also practical updates on Meg’s flat-footed gait, Icarus being off anti-inflammatories, and how colder weather affects stiffness, mobility, and quality of life in older lions. It is part wildlife documentary, part commentary, and part intimate sanctuary walk with two remarkable cats.

Perfect for viewers searching for lion walk footage, wildlife sanctuary content, big cat commentary, Kevin Richardson, animal behavior, aging lions, and AI discussion in wildlife media. This wildlife documentary-style walk also suits fans of calm animal footage, conservation content, and real-world commentary on artificial intelligence and social media.

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00:00Oh you look so pretty my girl. You're going to try and get my camera?
00:05I'm probably going to get a little jump on now, okay? Put that there.
00:16Everyone's up in arms.
00:23All right good morning, good morning, good morning guys. We're going to be taking Icarus and Meg
00:27out for an enrichment walk, long overdue. The two golden oldies, the two lovebirds and then I'm going
00:34to be talking a little bit about AI, so artificial intelligence, especially AGI and all of these
00:45animal videos that we've been seeing lately all over social media. Sure I've been sent a few of
00:53them by friends of mine asking me if this is real and what's going on here etc etc. So I
00:59just want
00:59to delve into that because you know I've read a few articles and I've seen a few posts of people
01:06about people from people saying that we are entering into dark times, we are sailing in uncharted waters
01:16and people are really freaked out. So if you want to learn more about my thinking towards the future
01:24of AI then stick around today's video is going to be interesting. Oh and guys I am sporting one of
01:32the
01:33winning t-shirt designs from our Art of the Pride t-shirt competition that was running on my store.
01:43So this is available now. I think it's quite a cool design. So yeah so go and check it out.
01:49I'm
01:51showing you it before it gets filthy dirty from the lions.
02:00Look at the excited lions. Hello guys! Yes let's go! Let's go let's go! Hello my girl!
02:14Hello! Hello boy! Nice cool day to go for a walk. Three, two, one!
02:39Okay! Alright so that's a wonderful sign.
02:49That they are both excited about walking. I'm probably going to get a little jump on now. Okay with that
02:58there.
03:01My girl! Hello my sweetie pie!
03:15It's a thank you Kev. Thank you for taking me walking.
03:25Oh my goodness she's still got it in her. This crazy cat.
03:34At almost 23 guys she's still can knock me flat on the ground. That girl she's incredible.
03:47Hello boy! Yo hello boy! Look at you!
03:51Alright guys so I'll talk about Icarus in a sec. Let's just get going on another walk.
03:59Granny and grandpa.
04:04So cool to see.
04:12Just look at you. Just look at you. They love walking together now.
04:35Got a new rig that I'm trying out uh specifically to walk with Meg because uh she's quite rough on
04:46the
04:46cameras.
04:51Oh!
04:53Oh! I can see she's in one of those moods today.
05:02Icky!
05:07Keep the two together.
05:13I want you to notice guys look at her flat-footed hind limb walking.
05:21Very reminiscent of Bongani in his older stages of life. So yeah Meg is uh unfortunately starting to walk
05:34with that flat-footed gait which means it's only a matter of time before she loses the condition
05:43um on her hind quarters which we can see she's already starting to lose muscle mass there especially in the
05:49hamstring area.
05:58Okay so Icarus on the other hand we have taken him off meds so he's on joint supplements and he's
06:11on
06:11liver and um kidney support which is just something we do uh with the older lions especially when they're
06:20a little bit compromised um and but he's off the the meds the anti-inflammatories um
06:29um and the painkillers and we know or at least we've seen over the weeks
06:38that he's not in pain and the way he's walking is is become a bit of a mechanical issue
06:45so the the stiffening up and the the spondylosis that he has um obviously
06:54prevents him mechanically from being able to move in a certain way so he has to
07:00compensate for that and he does a remarkable job but from a pain perspective when we actually
07:06look at his and measure or try and measure his pain we've we've ascertained that Icarus actually
07:14isn't um feeling pain for now so that's a good thing and we've had him off meds for
07:21it's probably about three to four weeks now to dodge the spiderweb um and we keep keeping a close eye
07:28on
07:28him and this this walk today is very important for me because uh I get to actually see how
07:38pain-free he is and how mobile he actually is and this is this is a score of of of
07:45quality of life so
07:47and so far so good so I'll say that I am super super happy with how these two uh old
07:54golden oldies
07:55are doing uh incredible hey Miggy so happy
08:04normally this colder weather guys I must just tell you um creates havoc you know
08:11um that you know the colder weather uh just just exacerbates uh joint stiffness and muscles take a
08:19lot longer to warm up and that joint capsule you know that fluid in the joint capsule you know it
08:25just doesn't um lubricate as well and yeah it's like a cold engine it takes or cold warming up a
08:32uh engine in a cold climate takes a lot longer um than in a warm climate so but once they
08:38get moving
08:39yo they get moving and today there was no such problems uh they were both rearing to go
08:45I was a little bit concerned but both uh are yeah super excited about going on their walk
08:51and uh walking together which is absolutely fantastic these two
08:56have clicked so well so super happy you can see the way Meg she's really my girl you're just such
09:05a
09:05trooper but you can see the way she's you know ambling along there it's not painful
09:10it's just for her probably not as um comfortable as it used to be but nevertheless this lioness
09:19still looks amazing for her age be like Meg what's that be like George no be like Meg if there's
09:32any
09:33lion you want to be like I think it's Meg so yeah
09:40all right so on to today's topic AR artificial intelligence boy has it arrived and boy is it here to
09:53stay
09:55AGR artificial general intelligence uh everyone's super scared of that um and for good reason I think
10:05um it can be quite scary and you know I think people have every reason to be uh slightly fearful
10:16and cautious because um if what we've seen lately is anything to go by it's only going to get better
10:24and better oh it's just so pretty here at the moment with all the rain guys just take a moment
10:30before
10:32I talk about that Meg's trying to figure out how she's going to go around here
10:37I'm also trying to figure out how I'm going to go around here
10:44how did he get through here
10:47yes he's making light work of everything okay a little too bad
11:13I've had a few people few comments lately on my Instagram um of people that have recently um come
11:20across my page and they've just said it's AI so so that's that's in a sense wonderful
11:28because they think it's AI um and and the reason I say that guys is because
11:35on the flip side of the worry is that there is this over saturation of this kind of content
11:43and I'm not sure if you guys would have recalled a few months back and this is how quickly things
11:48are
11:48moving guys there was all those videos going about of the um the Sasquatch a Bigfoot
11:57and his gorilla friend and his baboon friend and you know they were doing all these things and it was
12:04when this this all popped on the internet and they were getting millions of views
12:08and they were doing all these funny things and it was quite funny the first time I saw it you
12:13know
12:14but after a while guess what it got boring uh you know peed on and stinks and and that was
12:20that
12:20no one really watches those videos anymore so personally I think it's just a phase guys
12:28the saving grace I think is that people are going to get bored so and people are also cognized of
12:36what's
12:37going on they're not stupid so especially people who are consuming this kind of stuff are going to be
12:42looking at it going oh come on guys it's not real read the commentary some people might think it's real
12:48then about overwhelmingly 90% say it's fake it's AI and then guess what the people go like oh shoot
12:56I was hoodwinked I will never get caught again so what it actually does is it starts to
13:04sensitize people to sensitize people to this kind of stuff and then I would go further to say we need
13:11to then start treating social media which we probably should be like fictional entertainment movies
13:22series that we watch on television we know that these movies are not real we know that people aren't
13:29blown up we know that Tom Cruise doesn't kill a hundred thousand men and and and not get shot
13:36once it's a movie it's make-believe and so so is this no different it's make-believe it's people making
13:43up little short films in their heads and uh you know if we watched a movie called Roar and a
13:50lion went
13:50around you know savaging people jumping in and out of buildings killing people we would go like oh wow
13:55that's funny entertainment but the moment we see it on social media guys we somehow assume that this is
14:03real and so on that note and sorry for waffling on on that note I think what you need to
14:10do
14:11as a consumer is you need to be more discerning the the onus um falls onus of responsibility falls
14:19squarely on your shoulders you should be looking at pages and following people that you can trust
14:26just like my page hold it there Icarus is giving the six a go got vayetzi
15:01oh sorry muggle that's how gave her a fright sorry my sweetie oh you look so pretty muggle
15:11you're gonna try and get my camera yeah not this camera oh let's put the one there oh my connection
15:20to
15:36that how interesting is that they've walked up to this section which we call the south
15:42and now they are tired look Icarus is literally flat cat and Meg is tired too the levels of energy
15:52are not quite what they used to be hey all right so just ending off on AI um I don't
16:00think it is um
16:03going to be the end of the world as we know it I think humans have uh come across these
16:08kinds of
16:09things uh throughout mankind's history and um you know there's always been this concern when things
16:16new inventions or new technology comes about think about cell phones I mean everyone thought this was
16:22the end of privacy and now everyone could be contactable when wherever they are and this is true
16:28but we've learned to live with them um the internet I remember when the internet first came about it was
16:35this is this is just crazy this is this is from from the devil um because think about what what
16:43access
16:43you have and think about the the crazy abilities that people have due to the internet um but we seem
16:51to
16:51to navigate that and yeah she's going to come and give me another uh another crazy let me just put
16:59this
16:59away I don't want that broken hello my girl oh you got disturbed hello sweetie pie hello my sweetie pie
17:16Meggie I really miss these moments you know that I do you're such a gorgeous girl gorgeous girl
17:25oh and you've got a gorgeous gorgeous boyfriend yes you do
17:49and that is why a white t-shirt does not stay white around the lines for very long
18:01yeah well you're lying on my leg my girl no wonder you are not very comfortable
18:09what do you think about AR? Meg's worried I'll tell you what Meg's worry is
18:16Meg's worried that AR is going to take
18:23oh one leg oh one leg oh thank you
18:29whoa everyone's up in arms
18:57they're a real team these two
19:00it's really loving today guys I'm really honored
19:14wait wait wait wait
19:19wait
19:22wait a bit of fun there hmm
19:31bit of funnily hmm
19:32Licks.
19:42Full away.
19:45Are you okay?
20:02Full away.
20:05Full away.
20:13Come.
20:16Come.
20:34Smart boy.
20:58What a boy
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