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Lion wants to eat baby boy
Boy was wearing a shirt that resembled a zebra
A lion at a zoo in Portland apparently thought a little boy would make a delicious treat.
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A little boy looks more like a tasty zebra to a lion at the Oregon Zoo - the video you've got to see is coming up next.
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A lion hungry for a baby boy, a llama gets a new leg, and a litter of kittens taken in by a K-9 - the video that will have you talking is coming up now in Take a Look at This!
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!
A LION AT PORTLAND'S OREGON ZOO APPARENTLY THOUGHT THIS LITTLE BOY WOULD MAKE A DELICIOUS TREAT...MAYBE IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED OUTFIT.
We didn't even notice he looked like a zebra until someone told us that on Facebook, he looked like a tasty baby zebra.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE LION PAWED OR LUNGED AT THE LITTLE GUY, THICK PROTECTIVE GLASS KEPT HIM SAFE, AND MOM SAYS HE NEVER WAS FRIGHTENED.
A PROSTHETIC LIMB IS GIVING THIS LLAMA A SECOND CHANGE.
12-YEAR-OLD BELLA SEVERELY INJURED HER LEG IN A GOPHER HOLE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. EVENTUALLY IT HAD TO BE AMPUTATED.
AFTER THAT, SHE JUST STOPPED MOVING AND HER HEAlTH DETERIORATED.
BUT WITH A CUSTOM-BUILT PROSTHETIC, BELLA IS BACK ON THE MOVE AND VETS SAY HER PROGNOSIS IS GOOD.
SYDNEY IS A NEW MOM...TO A LITTER OF KITTENS.
THE PUP'S OWNERS TOOK IN THE LITTLE ONES AFTER THEY WERE ABANDONED AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
THE DOG ALREADY HAD RAISED THREE LITTERS OF HER OWN, SO HER MOTHERING INSTINCTS KICKED IN RIGHT AWAY.
SHE FEEDS, BATHES AND EVEN NURSES THE KITTENS.
ONCE THEY'RE WEANED, IN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, SYDNEY'S OWNERS PLAN TO FIND THEM NEW HOMES.
FOR TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, I'M JIM RIBBLE.
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