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"3 wrestlers vs. 1 lioness = lioness doesn't even break a sweat."
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This was not just any game of tug of war. This was a tug of war game between three professional WWE wrestlers and a beautiful lioness called Axelle, and unsurprisingly, she beat all three of them.
"You've got these three huge men and they're barely budging, they're barely able to pull on this," San Antonio Zoo Director of Public Relations Chuck Cureau told MYSA. "It just demonstrates the power these wild animals have. They may be trained but they're certainly not tamed, and people underestimate the power of these animals."
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"We try to simulate what they would do out in the natural environment. It is tough, they have to forage for food, compete for food, to through long periods of time without food," Cureau continued. "Fortunately in a zoo, they're going to get that food every single day, but we try to vary it up so they don't get bored."
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There is no set schedule to these games. If the lions are interested, they will tug on the rope. If not, no one makes them. And clearly, when this lioness saw the three men setting up to play with her, she wanted to show off a little. "She's not moving," one of the wrestlers said as he dropped the ropes.
"These wrestlers are incredible physical specimens, they are indeed athletes. I (saw) these grown muscular men pick up other grown muscular men and throw them down," Cureau said.
Scroll down a little further to watch the full video.
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