Man Comforts A Nervous Lion With The Help Of Gentle Pets And A Slipper (Video)

Some relationships between animals and people will forever surprise us. Like the story of the heartwarming 37-year friendship between a man and the swan he rescued. Or the incredible video of the wild bear who brought her cubs to visit her lifelong human friends. Nothing about these interspecies friendships really makes sense, let's be real. We're so different than these animals. Still, even with how amazing and unexpected these friendships are, nothing managed to surprise us more than humans befriending big cats. Seeing it makes us… jealous. Yes. And we're not ashamed to admit it. 

When we watched the reunion between Dean Schneider and his lion pride, we kind of shed a tear - not just because it was amazing to watch, but also because- jealous. Same goes when after 2.5 years apart, a man reunited with the cheetah he helped raise. The jealousy was overwhelming. And today, watching this man actually comfort a nervous lion… yeah, our life goal is to pet a lion, quit judging us.