Made in England Lion Riding a Horse

26 th Feb 2008

Lion Riding a Horse

lion riding a horse

(19 comments)

Deuce
Said, on February 29th, 2008 at 8:41 pm :

I wonder what the horse is thinking.
boo
Said, on March 19th, 2008 at 7:00 pm :

He’s terrified!! Where did you got this pic?
cookie
Said, on March 19th, 2008 at 8:09 pm :

no idea… just one of those things sent round work
anonymous
Said, on August 18th, 2008 at 9:38 pm :

it looks photoshopped to me… the lion looks a bit too big in comparison to the horse…
anonymous
Said, on July 28th, 2009 at 2:06 am :

aww that horse looks horrible… and scared
Lisa
Said, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:12 pm :

Have any of you people ever seen a “terrified” horse? The horse in the picture is not terrified. If this pic is genuine, the horse was probably trained for it. Most likely this picture is totally BS though.
anonymous
Said, on September 19th, 2009 at 10:33 pm :

No, it’s real. They do it in China. The lion is de-clawed and de-fanged. The horse is probably trained for it but still you can’t untrain eons of instinct. But of all the things they do to animals in China (and other places) it’s probably a lesser of evils sadly.
woo
Said, on October 29th, 2009 at 2:44 am :

this is stupid and sad the lion is way to big for the horse to carry all of that weight and the horse would be freaking out more than that it also looks totally photo-shopped
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truth
Said, on December 7th, 2009 at 12:52 am :

photoshoped .it doesnt matter how trained the horse is its natural instinct mould not let a predator on its back
Bobby Harris
Said, on December 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am :

It’s not photoshopped. It’s real. There’s a recent documentary series on the BBC at the moment about Berlin (called ‘Berlin’). Part of the programme was about the people who ran a circus there during the cold war, in the East. They showed old footage of a ring of horses riding round with lions on their backs. I couldn’t believe my eyes (which is probably the reaction that causes stuff like this to happen).
ka
Said, on February 8th, 2010 at 12:09 am :

thats so cool
KT
Said, on February 22nd, 2010 at 9:47 pm :

LOL, I always find it amusing that when people see a picture that they don’t like, they always immediately shout ‘Photoshop!’.

Apart from that, this horse doesn’t look scared. It’s just doing what it has been trained to do. Horses can carry a lot more weight than some people give them credit for.

I’m sure though that there must be instances where either animal’s instincts get the better of them and accidents happen. It really shouldn’t be done, but sadly some places in the world, people just don’t care about what’s kindest for the animals as long as it brings them entertainment.
tandberg
Said, on February 23rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm :

?????????
seafoodpunch
Said, on May 5th, 2010 at 7:15 pm :

haha. It always irritates me that today’s society is so overexposed to CGI and photoshop that the first thing they think when they see a bizarre photo is “photoshop”. Research is key damnit! and nobody is a better person for yelling “photoshop”
Anna Who
Said, on May 26th, 2010 at 10:17 pm :

this is stupid. horses should not be required of this stuff! lions are their natural enemies .. Horses may be ridden only because they learned to trust people but of course no horse would like to have a heavy lion that they have a reflex to try and roll death …
Fishy
Said, on August 10th, 2010 at 11:24 am :

That horse isn’t terrified. It would be bucking and rearing up if it was. But no, it just keeps going. Oh come on that is so dumb! That lion isn’t on the horse! Totally photoshop, my dad is a photographer, so yeah I can tell.
Jo
Said, on August 18th, 2010 at 11:43 pm :

The horse is scared, you dont buck and rear when you are scared you run for your life.
You buck and rear when things hurt!
If you cant tell, that is wrong, you shouldnt be around horses x
Inona
Said, on September 5th, 2010 at 6:09 am :

I don’t think it has been photoshopped, it’s a PONY, ITS SMALL. Its probably about 12 hh (which is pretty small)