Meet the Characters_ Thor's Pride with Kevin Richardson _ The Lion Whisperer.

Wait! Okay, let's go. So today we're going to be moving Thor's group around. We're going to be taking them to the camp next to the walking camp. It's their turn. But it's going to be a move with a twist because today I'm going to be starting, back by popular demand, Meet the Characters mini-series. So Meet the Characters was a series I did a couple of years back, just introducing you guys to all the characters here at the sanctuary. It was a massive success and many of you have been asking for an update. Yeah, so immediately they know that vehicle means something good is about to happen. Mr. Charles, what do you say, big boy? Are you ready to move? Eh? In the way led by the big boss lion. Sorry, Juby. Okay, I'm gonna lock Thor in here. Just for now, just for now. Wait. Hey! Alright, peace and quiet. Charlie. Thorie. Alright. I have to get a few lines away from here. We've got grumpyness today. Okay! Alright. So, let's... Yeah. Yeah, Charlie. And Neji. Neji. Neji. Yeah, here. Okay, you're gonna get in now. Come, Jabari. Yeah. We'll call you there, yeah. Yes, sir. There we go, jub jub, jub jub. Okay, now we're cooking with gas. In you get, in you get. Go, I don't have, in you get. Show him some meat there. I don't have. Just give him there now. Show him, show him, show him. There we go, there we go. There we go. Okay, now we're cooking with gas. All right. Hello boy. Charles, Lola and Indy. And inside is Nej, Jabari. And obviously Thor. Those three. Let's talk about the three. Thor. What a lion. He is just full of confidence. Super intelligent. There's a lot going on in that head. And that's what I love about Thor. Assertive, dominant. I will say he's dominant. He can get aggressive with the group at times. He puts the girls in their place a lot of the time. He doesn't tolerate any nonsense and so yeah he is a lion's lion. Jabari is just a lioness that just exudes lioness. She's confident. She is the dominant lioness in the group. Her looks are just to die for. Guys she is gorgeous. I'm sorry if I offend all the other lionesses out there. Jabari just is a gorgeous lioness. She's a supermodel, super good-looking, athletic, strong, attentive, does not miss a trick. Don't get on the wrong side of Jabari. She will absolutely annihilate you. And the boys have super duper respect for Jabari. And then lastly, but not least, is Nej. Nej is a funny character because when she was younger she was very, very, very dominant and So none of the lionesses would ever come near her when she was eating or, you know, when Nege wanted something. So she was very, very determined, old Nege. And then as she got older, I don't know what happened, but there was a bit of a ganging up and they picked on her a bit and she lost a bit of her confidence. And it's taken her a while to get that back. So, yeah, we're slightly worried about Nezha at one stage. And even to the extent where I thought maybe, maybe, just maybe we might have to consider moving Nezha out of there. Absolutely. But everything seems fine now. You know, she lost the tip of her tail due to a fight with these lionesses. And so... Yeah, we had to keep an eye on Nej. But Nej, in terms of a character, she has a very, very loving and affectionate character. Okay, let's go. Come. Come, Joep. Joep, Joep. Yeah, all right. So just before the next group arrives, it's just prudent to put this group in the smaller camp. So all these little interleaving The gates lead to these little camps so we can isolate lines from each other. Makes just life that much easier. All right, let's talk about Lola, Indy and Charlie. Starting with Lola and Indy, they are sisters. Jabari is not related to them, obviously. Well, not obviously, but Nej isn't either. Nej is the youngest of the group and then it's Lola and Indy. And then it is Charlie, I think, then Jabari, then Thor. Lola and Indy, Lola has a very reserved personality. She's not as cocky. She's a little bit submissive. So she's in between all the others. Yes, it does. She's clever in the sense that she plays her cards right. She's always schmoozing. The boys and she likes to schmooze me but I will say this she has a little bit of a bitchy streak where when she doesn't get what she wants then she's very quick to snap and growl. Indy is very similar but a more outgoing Lola so she's got a lot more confidence and she will you know explore and explore and seek out quicker less less snappy more affectionate in some ways they both are not the most affectionate lionesses it's interesting when they were growing up they used to be the ones that jumped on me a lot and normally the ones that jump on you are they turn out to be much more affectionate lions Think Megan Aimee. Megan Aimee without fail. Think Gabby. All these lines used to, you know, jump on me without fail and so did Indy and Lola. Then that stopped and it generally does stop when the lines hit the age of about 8, 9, 10. The jumping is less prevalent and less often, but they do jump from time to time, especially when they are excited. So it's nothing to worry about, but yeah. They're not, they just, they're more reserved cats, if I can say that, and that's, yeah, is just their personality trait. When I talk about Indy being a very inquisitive lion, think sticking your face in a puff adder's face and coming out second best. Indy was the lioness, she got bitten twice by a puff adder, she killed it. Okay, she's good at that, so as adept at taking down prey, she doesn't care, she's like Jabari in that sense, so Indy's very good at that. Charles, yeah, yeah, Charlie, there you go, there you go, yeah, yeah, yeah, there you go, like that, she's in, in a second, yeah. And now we just wait for Charlie, yeah, Charlie Brown, shouldn't be a problem, yeah. There's a good boy. Yeah. Wait. Okay. Wait. Kind of crawling in there. Okay. He's in, but we have a nice big butt in the door. Okay. And for being such a good boy, Charlie. There we go. Good boy. All right let's talk about Charlie. So Charlie wow Charlie I need 10 minutes to talk about because Charlie really was the problem child when he was um cute as can be when he was a cub he's always been big he's a big cat white lion um you know problem with white lions uh this is why breeding lions in captivity makes no sense but breeding white lions in captivity makes even less sense. So because white lions were kind of the thing in the day they were like the new black and many of these land parks wanted to have this color variation so the problem with white lions is that they are severely inbred and with severe inbreeding comes a whole whack of physiological and So Charlie, yeah, he unfortunately inherited the worst of all, they tend to be excessively big, so they invariably have trouble when they're older. with their their joints and their hips and their their spine specifically yeah charlie had a had a big problem with aggression in the pride um we actually had to put charlie on a a um it's almost like an anti-anxiolytic um tablet course and then we when we got the desired effect of him calming down because he was really tucking into everyone and just super irritated and super grumpy with Once we got him to a desired level of behavior and kind of reset the brain, which is what happens, and then that behavior goes away, then you can taper him down to where he's actually just on a negligible amount that maintains the behavior, the desired behavior. And we've seen a dramatic change in Charlie from cub to teenager to early adult to midlife. I'd say midlife now 10. Much better cat. He's a little bit more submissive to Thor, so Thor and him would tuck into each other in the early years. Now, not so much. Charlie would rather take a back seat. I like that. It's a better, it's a happier pride. You'll see. Charlie, I've got a lot more trust in him, whereas Charlie was always the line that I'd have to keep an eye on, because not because he was deliberately going to do something, it was just he would blow up. So now, yeah, the Charlie that you see now today, what a nice cat, much, much better animal. All right, guys, that's it from me for today's video. Most of you will notice I'm wearing my sup main top from T-Mill. It's on the Lion Whisperer T-Mill store. It has been a massive seller. So thank you guys for supporting this range. Go and check it out. Who says you can't wear white? Whilst working with the lions, I kept it pretty clean today, I think. And then yeah guys, a massive thank you for watching. If you did like today's video, please do like and share. It helps a lot. And yeah, the other thing that you can do, I think you know what you can do. You can hit that subscribe button. It really does help the channel in more ways than I can describe. It's a YouTube algorithm thing. All that's left for me to say is thanks for watching. First installment of the Meet the Character series, starting from youngest to oldest. So please do stay tuned for more. And until next time from me, Kevin, bye.