In honor of World Lion Day, a list of their top 30 complaints
A lion cubs explores its enclosure at Monarto Zoo on July 8, 2013 in Adelaide, Australia.
Back in the day, lions had it made. They roamed freely across the Mediterranean, the Americas, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. They were the top of the food chain, the King of Beasts. They were in the Bible.
You could say it's been relatively downhill since then.
There are two kinds of lions, African lions and Asiatic lions. In 1975 there was an estimated 250,000 lions in Africa. Today there are only about 30,000. Meanwhile, the Asiatic lion population stands at just 411.
As many as 600 lions are killed every year by trophy hunters in Africa. Which hits especially hard when one of those hunters is a perky blonde cheerleader from Texas.
And that's to say nothing about threats to lions posed by poaching, disease and habitat loss. It's extremely sad. Enough to make you want to stay in bed all day.
Enough to make you a real grouch.
Enough to make it so you just can't even hear one more PSA.
In honor of today being World Lion Day, here's a list of the King of Beasts' biggest beef:
1) I am exhausted
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2) My paws are cold
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3) I don't have opposable thumbs
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4) I said "rump kind!" I want the rump kind!
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5) I am a Jew.
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6) I said Jew!
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7) What happened to parting this thing in my time of need?
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8) I can't see
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9) Yeah, well my field of vision is severely restricted
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10) Yeah, well some kid is literally sticking their finger in my mouth
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11) I wish I had that problem
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12) I wish I had either of your problems.
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13) I have this part down but how do you do that twerking bit?
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14) I feel like a fraud
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15) I feel like I walk and walk to stay in the same place
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16) I just don't know like what I want to DO, or how I want to LIVE, y'know? There's like SO many decisions and I just want to BE.
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17) Ah! It's me! You're me!
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18) I want my mommy
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19) OK, this one seems pretty valid
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20) I just want one precious minute without one of your little mouths pulling on my tail, rubbing up against my belly, jumping on my back, asking me questions.
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21) Dude, what was in those brownies?
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22) I don't know but I want another.
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23) What is even the point?
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24) The point of what?
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25) …
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26) ?
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27) …
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28) …
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29) I've still got it! I've still got it!
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30) Whatever you say, dear
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