00:02oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa let's go and see Bobcat and Gabby and yeah ready as I drive
00:11up
00:11hello boy whoa you're looking look look look hey hello my boy listen whoa yeah where's Gabs
00:22where's Gabs? hello my boy mind the fence here please mind the fence oh oh oh oh
00:34alright so I just need to get in here scusa
00:52hello my boy oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa oh my boy
01:12Bobcat, I love it.
01:16Listen to those sounds.
01:41He's on my boy. He's on my boy.
01:47So guys.
01:49He's on my boy.
01:54So it's not very difficult.
01:58It's not very difficult.
02:01Hey Bobcat.
02:03To see whether Bobcat is in a bad mood or not.
02:10In fact it's pretty easy.
02:12You just walk up to the fence.
02:14You call Bobcat.
02:15Yeah boy.
02:16Oh, oh, oh.
02:18And?
02:20And you get that.
02:27Alright, now Gabby's coming finally.
02:29Now watch what he does to her.
02:33And her reaction to me.
02:37Oh.
02:39Gabs, oh.
02:42Look at her.
02:43She's all what we call pussyfooting around him.
02:46So let me go to her.
02:47Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gabs.
02:50Hello my girl.
02:52Oh.
02:53Hello my...
02:55Hello my sweetie pa.
02:57Oh, don't be a bully.
03:00Don't be a bully to her.
03:04Don't be a bully to her my boy.
03:08So what Bobcat likes to do is he likes to bully her out the way because he wants all of
03:18the attention for himself.
03:21You can't always have all the attention to yourself.
03:24Okay, oh, thank you.
03:25No, don't worry.
03:26It's Gabby's turn.
03:28Gabby.
03:29Hello my sweetie pa.
03:30Hello my sweetie pa.
03:36Oh.
03:38Gabs.
03:41Oh.
03:42Gabs.
03:43Oh.
03:44She's not talking today.
03:48Why aren't you talking?
03:50So Gabby's also a very talkative cat.
03:55So it's very interesting that she hasn't said anything today.
04:01She hasn't even said hello.
04:03Thanks Gabs.
04:04And I think she's a little bit, a little bit put out by Monster Munch.
04:12And she knows that if, she knows that if she puts a paw out of place, he's going to want
04:20to probably
04:23give her a smack.
04:36Oh God, Bobcat, you're such a, you're such a cool cat.
04:40Both of you.
04:41Gabs, you are very calm today.
04:43I think this is the calmest I have ever seen you.
04:46And I think it's probably a gain because I said to people that Gabby is talkative.
04:57Hey Gabs, are you talkative?
04:59You're normally talkative.
05:00I'll put some flycream on your ears now.
05:02Okay.
05:03Alright.
05:06I'll put some flycream.
05:08Let me first do that quickly.
05:11Let me first do that quickly.
05:39Let me try.
05:44Let me芽.
06:14Who's roaring like that?
06:16It would be nice if you would roar, will you roar for us?
06:28So you're all roared out, okay so very talkative lion and then he's quiet, so that's how it
06:42goes, there's the euphoric greeting where he's so happy to see me and then it settles
06:52down pretty quickly and then if I leave and I come back I'm going to get the same
06:58kind of greeting with Bobcat every single time, it's so talkative, it's for his entire
07:04life and he's what now coming on 14, you know I can't believe how old you guys are, so
07:1114 years of age and they generally both come up and say hello with a very very happy greeting
07:22and so there's nothing quite like it, a lot of people out there would argue that Bobcat
07:30and Gabs are two of my favourite lions, you know I don't have favourites but guys it's
07:38hard not to love an animal that loves you back so much and the feeling is obviously very very
07:47mutual, I love these two so much and so that's a lion greeting, so how will I greet Bobcat?
07:58I greet him the same way he greets me, it's basically
08:03even if I start talking
08:10you see, you see, you my boy
08:16yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
08:34so yeah, that greeting, now why you being like that to her?
08:41so there, that's exactly what I was talking about earlier, is the flare, so he'll come in here
08:47he's all very friendly to me and then he'll go
08:51to her to tell her to move away, in this case he's getting up to go for a drink
08:57which gives Gabby and Daddy a bit of time together
09:01and again guys I'll use a higher pitch to talk to Bobcat and Gabby as well as all the other
09:11lions
09:12because they respond better to the higher pitch
09:18look at my girlie, yes, look at the ears, the ears, I prefer the higher pitch
09:25but if I just talk normally then there's no reaction whatsoever
09:29so it's more to get the attention, it's that higher pitch
09:33and they know that higher pitch as being me and friendly
09:37and so that's the greeting, you know, I'll talk
09:41any of the lions that I come to see, I will use that greeting
09:44it's a
09:45oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
09:50and that is also the same greeting that a mother
09:53or a lioness would use to call her cubs
09:57and I think there is memory of that
10:00in the adult lions that remember that
10:03wow
10:06as Gabby hasn't ever had cubs
10:08but I think she, you know, primarily, instinctively
10:13recognises that sound as something
10:14as a friendly, you know, a friendly tone
10:18there's nothing to be scared of
10:22versus if I shout at Gabby
10:24so if you talk about the language, I mean, I can also use the English language
10:28and I can say to her no
10:30and if I say no, her ears go back
10:34and you, you know, you very soon realise
10:36she understands the inference of no
10:39she might not understand the word no
10:40but she knows no is, you know, no is no
10:45yeah, comes big boy back
10:46he's probably just going to lie in my lap
10:49come here big boy
10:51come here big boy
10:53hello my boy
10:55hey
11:00you're going to break my
11:01in my lap
11:08in my lap
11:10maybe I can get a roar
11:12roar
11:14that would be amazing
11:17it would be such a stroke of luck
11:20ooh
11:21good boy
11:44nothing
11:57it's so interesting
11:59as to what triggers the roaring
12:04for my entire career
12:05I've tried to figure it out
12:07and
12:07yeah
12:09we all know that roaring
12:11symbolises
12:12or marks
12:13territory
12:14a lion is
12:16vocalising
12:17this is my turf
12:20you know
12:20so we all know that
12:23bobcat
12:25we know that
12:26but then
12:26what I want to know
12:28bobcat
12:29is what
12:30what makes you roar
12:31like on some days
12:33if he hears
12:35a lion in the enclosures up there roaring
12:37some days
12:38some days
12:39he's going to
12:40he's going to reciprocate
12:42ah
12:43you're killing my leg
12:44my boy
12:54yo
12:54my foot
12:56he weighs a ton
12:57anyway
12:58so what I was saying
12:59is I'm trying to figure out
13:06what exactly
13:07what triggers that roar
13:08because some days
13:10I'm sitting here
13:10and a lion
13:11in the enclosure next door
13:12roars
13:13and that sets him off
13:14he starts roaring
13:15and now
13:16today
13:18I mean
13:18I'm sitting here
13:19and I'm thinking
13:20that should warrant a roar
13:22and he just sits here looking
13:25hey boy
13:26oh
13:32so
13:33what
13:36what causes you to roar
13:38what causes you to roar
13:41Gabs
13:42Gab is really not
13:45up to it today
13:46she's not herself
13:48she's not feeling well
13:49oh you're not feeling well
13:50my boy precious
13:51she doesn't
13:53she doesn't look herself
13:57okay
13:57bobcat
13:58you have demonstrated
14:00very well
14:02very very well
14:03he has demonstrated
14:04extremely well
14:06what it means to be
14:08a talkative lion
14:09eh
14:10by the same token
14:12I must just tell you
14:12that when bobcat
14:13like he tells you
14:15when he's happy
14:16he also tells you
14:17when he's angry
14:18so
14:19bobcat's one of the
14:20the lions at the sanctuary
14:21that if
14:22somebody on the outside
14:23one of the
14:25one of the game rangers
14:26one of the guides
14:27gets too close
14:28to his personal space
14:30bobcat
14:31feels
14:31feathers
14:32to tell them off
14:33he's just
14:34and charges the fence
14:35and
14:36and add food to that
14:39crikey
14:39got a lion's line
14:41so
14:42his vocalization
14:43doesn't just stop
14:46with greetings
14:47it's the whole
14:48spectrum
14:49from
14:50being a nice lion
14:51to an angry lion
14:53and
14:54yeah
14:55lions can also hiss
14:56they can also growl
14:58you've heard them
14:59especially when they're scared
15:02when they're scared
15:03or when they're angry
15:03so
15:04a lion's going to growl
15:05when it's trying to protect something
15:08think about a lioness in cubs
15:09think about a lioness in food
15:11think about a male lion
15:13who is
15:14he's heard something
15:15his
15:16posture's changed
15:17but think about a male lion
15:18who's
15:19mating
15:20and
15:20protecting
15:21this is definitely something
15:24that they've heard there
15:27in the bush
15:29she's going to go and check it out
15:33incredible
15:35like a bird or a lizard or something
15:37she's going to stalk it
15:39Gabi's
15:40very
15:42he's
15:43also
15:43look
15:43look
15:44look
16:06pup cat
16:08hey
16:10pup cat
16:16It would be fantastic if you gave her a roll, that's not going to happen.
16:52What is she doing, eh?
17:05Bobcat, you naughty thing.
17:07No, don't chew my shoes, everyone wants to eat my new shoes.
17:16No, not my new shoes.
17:23New shoes, yeah.
17:26New shoes, boy.
17:27You noticed.
17:28Thanks for noticing, you like them.
17:47So that's an example of a growl and a bit of a spit.
17:55And he heeded the warning.
18:00Did you heed the warning, eh?
18:06He's going to go back for round two.
18:09Or not, my boy.
18:12Probably not the smartest thing in the world.
18:15It's probably not the smartest thing in the world to do, my boy.
18:20Because she's grumpy as it is.
18:22She's grumpy.
18:23She's grumpy as it is, my boy.
18:27Grumpy.
18:29Grumpy Gabby.
18:31Grumpy Gabby.
18:35Glumpy Gabby.
18:35Clumpy Gabby.
18:52It's a powerful, baby.
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