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When scientists changed how zoo lions eat, their wild side came out
Researchers altered the feeding method for captive lions, prompting more natural behaviors to emerge; turns out routine was keeping them domesticated.

Footage: Abujoy · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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- First reported by Vet Practice Magazine: “When scientists changed how zoo lions eat, their wild side came out”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 12:56 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman; aired 2 times.
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- Vet Practice MagazineWhen scientists changed how zoo lions eat, their wild side came out
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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVet Practice Magazine reports that when scientists changed how zoo lions eat, their wild side came out.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSame lions, new lunch plan, and suddenly they're acting like lions again.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the buffet was what made them tame. I find that deeply believable.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is file footage, not the actual zoo, just lions doing their thing in a grassy pen.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at this one walking through, total confidence.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHardly riveting. He's strolling.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this. He goes right to the wooden post and sniffs it. That's research. He's reading the post like a group chat.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the others just lie there watching. That's a jury, that is.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRun it back, the post sniff again. That's a ten-second masterclass.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorViral Score, seven out of ten.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne point off because the lion didn't finish his post, and I'm eating a desk salad, so who am I to talk.
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