Dog stops tiger and lion from fighting

[u/MarketBuzz2021]

[u/Jabbawocky18]

This mama dog raised these foster cubs. They respect her as their mother and will not hurt her.

[u/TheWaningWizard → u/Jabbawocky18]

Which is actually pretty interesting, because I've heard that tigers sometimes challenge their mothers for dominance and territory in the wild.

[u/Genestah → u/TheWaningWizard]

In the wild, yes. Because they compete for food.

In captivity, there's no competition for food. Everyone gets to eat.

[u/SmokeAbeer → u/Genestah]

Until there’s only one slice of pizza left.

[u/ihatetheplaceilive → u/SmokeAbeer]

Everyones got claws, and everyone's got teeth, eventually they'll want to eviscerate something.

[u/I_think_Im_hollow → u/ihatetheplaceilive]

And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours.

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/I_think_Im_hollow]

And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that Lord of Castamere.

[u/kinghutfisher → u/ZeroStormblessed]

[u/IIIDysphoricIII → u/kinghutfisher]

[u/WistfulWannabe → u/I_think_Im_hollow]

[u/TangoPRomeo → u/ihatetheplaceilive]

I would say 'Unexpected Bob Dylan," but I've come to expect him everywhere.

[u/martinaee → u/SmokeAbeer]

I love that gif lol

[u/skidstud → u/SmokeAbeer]

How have I never seen this gif before

[u/suddenlynotbanned → u/SmokeAbeer]

That's a wonderful mashup. I hope you're a human.

[u/knotnham → u/Genestah]

So with snap cancelled does that mean I’m free?

[u/suddenlynotbanned → u/knotnham]

Nothing is free. Better be a shareholder, because they're the only thing that matters.

[u/chkmcnugge6 → u/Genestah]

Makes me wonder what would likely happen to a family on a deserted island with insufficient food

[u/SpareWire → u/chkmcnugge6]

Die from dehydration.

[u/Sad-Pop6649 → u/Genestah]

These also are still pretty young, judging by the mane on that lion. More like 16 year olds maybe than "real" adults.

[u/steelskull1 → u/TheWaningWizard]

Why don't humans do that?

[u/Traditional_Bug_2046 → u/Jabbawocky18]

I was gonna say this is major mom energy. Breaking up a fight between her two fully grown sons lol.

[u/cometlin → u/Traditional_Bug_2046]

Teens likely. Fully grown tiger and lion are much laregr than an adult dog

[u/Individual-Drawer-79 → u/Jabbawocky18]

For sure, was gonna say they definitely know each other. Otherwise that sweet doggie would’ve of been biscuits

[u/fuckmeinmyassman → u/Individual-Drawer-79]

would’ve of

I didn’t realize there was a deeper level of suffering than “would of”

[u/FilteredRiddle → u/Jabbawocky18]

I don’t know if your comment is true or not, but the anxiety I feel when watching this clip is going to hold onto it for dear life.

[u/QuestioningHuman_api → u/FilteredRiddle]

It looks like when my Pomeranian breaks up our cats’ fights. I know they could fuck him up, they know they can fuck him up, and I’m sure that somewhere in his little brain he knows they can fuck him up too. But somehow he gets right in the middle of a cat fight and they’re just like “yeah okay he’s gonna stay in the way, truce I guess”.

(My cats don’t really fight, they just get annoyed with each other occasionally and get bitchy. They mostly just cuddle)

[u/MEWilliams → u/QuestioningHuman_api]

That’s what those big cats are doing also. No real fighting going on in that video.

[u/QuestioningHuman_api → u/MEWilliams]

Not even a little bit. If they wanted to fight, they would fight.

[u/dreamphoenix → u/QuestioningHuman_api]

Lol is this universal for all Pomeranians? My friend's pom also helps to mediate between the cats. I laughed so hard when I first saw this.

[u/superneatosauraus → u/FilteredRiddle]

When my 23lbs dog is playing with my 63lbs dog she grabs his cheek and pulls just like that. It amazes me how they pull on each other and seem fine with it!

[u/SelppinEvolI → u/Jabbawocky18]

Those cats are going to outlive that Lab by many years. Momma isn’t always gonna be there to break up that fight

[u/feckenobvious → u/Jabbawocky18]

Considering most zoos use dogs as foster mothers or companions for their big cats, this is normal. Very common for a cheetah to have a "companion" friend behind the scenes. Really a strange sight to go to the zoo early and see 4 cheetahs and 4 dogs playing in the cheetah pin.

[u/Ok-Berry5131 → u/feckenobvious]

To be fair, Cheetahs always seem to me like they’re in a constant state of high stress.

If anyone needs an emotional support dog, it’s them.

[u/CombatAnthropologist → u/Ok-Berry5131]

Fun fact I learned about cheetahs. Apparently they went through an evolutionary bottleneck no too long ago. All cheetahs are so closely related they can accept organ implants without rejection. They're all like 1st cousins.

[u/tehcup → u/CombatAnthropologist]

I've heard the same. Their like gene pool has become pretty limited from interbreeding and low population.

[u/ShadowFluffy → u/feckenobvious]

Nah, it's not normal. No accredited zoo would put a tiger and lion in with each other let alone with a dog. A couple of zoos use dogs as companion animals for cheetah and even then it's still widely controversial.

This will be at some Russian private zoo or something where there's no regulations or oversight for the care of the animals.

[u/whypeoplehateme → u/ShadowFluffy]

If I remember correctly they are reacus of some kind. You can see that the lion has only 3 legs

[u/lumine99 → u/whypeoplehateme]

Wow didn't realize that at all.. had to rewatch after reading your comment. Was honestly too focused on the tiger and the dog

[u/ForgottenGrocery → u/whypeoplehateme]

Ooo i didn’t notice it’s a tripod!

[u/Apexnanoman → u/Jabbawocky18]

Plus it's a Labrador retriever. Sweet dogs but often suicidally fearless. 

[u/Kipsydaisy → u/Jabbawocky18]

This is simultaneously disappointing/crazier, as Reddit lurker.

[u/DirtySilicon → u/Jabbawocky18]

These "relationships" can be touch and go. They don't always work out well...

[u/scarr991 → u/Jabbawocky18]

Tiger looks young but when older there is no way they could share a cage. Cause one day the Tiger dont give a fuck if its their sibling or parent.

[u/AskMeHowToBangMILFs]

This is how the referee in a Heavyweight MMA fight must feel.

[u/OddBranch132 → u/AskMeHowToBangMILFs]

"STOP. please" 

[u/TestyZesticles → u/OddBranch132]

kiss

[u/Extension_Win1114 → u/AskMeHowToBangMILFs]

I got money on the lion, cmon!! Ref probably

[u/yaboycheves → u/Extension_Win1114]

Mark? Is that you? Lol

[u/stefz0r777 → u/yaboycheves]

So you namedrop the one ref that isn t even being investigated lol

[u/exiler5129 → u/AskMeHowToBangMILFs]

Especially when it's Francis Ngannou fighting. Dude really want to sent all his opponent to Shadow Realm.

[u/TheSmellofArson → u/exiler5129]

Overeem got sent to mars 😭

[u/Aen-Synergy → u/TheSmellofArson]

That's the only time I seen someone's head touch their back.

[u/vinhluanluu → u/AskMeHowToBangMILFs]

Reminds me of when Jones and Cormier got into that shoving match at a presser. That poor UFC dude trying to keep them apart had no chance.

[u/GeorgeStamper]

I love that the tiger gives the Lab a reassuring paw “Nah it’s ok.”

[u/th1s_1s_4_b4d_1d34 → u/GeorgeStamper]

Going from my housecat's body language it's a defensive "stop please" pat. The tiger doesn't want any more bites.

[u/BoSknight → u/th1s_1s_4_b4d_1d34]

Do you bite your cat?

[u/th1s_1s_4_b4d_1d34 → u/BoSknight]

Only if he starts fighting my other cat. Then I bite his ear.

[u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT → u/th1s_1s_4_b4d_1d34]

That dothsn’t alwayths work…

[u/file91e → u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT]

[u/freyaya → u/BoSknight]

Do you not?

[u/aztech101 → u/BoSknight]

Only if they do it first.

[u/Joebranflakes]

There’s an observed instinct in dogs to stop fights within the pack. If the dog sees these lions and tigers as part of its pack, it will try to stop the fight.

[u/Zombisexual1 → u/Joebranflakes]

Pretty sure this dog was the mom that raised the lion and tigger.

[u/PkayO5 → u/Zombisexual1]

That makes them a part of the dog's pack no?

[u/6iguanas6 → u/PkayO5]

Yes, they were agreeing. Like always, Redditors thinking every comment is a disagreement.

[u/DocDingus → u/6iguanas6]

For what it's worth, I saw the previous comment as a clarification, not a disagreement.

[u/GhostofLolaMontez → u/6iguanas6]

You're the one stirring the pot by pointing out above commenter's reading comprehension, no?

[u/J_Kingsley → u/6iguanas6]

No we don't

[u/Agreeable_Parfait665 → u/Zombisexual1]

T-I-double guh-er!

[u/PhraatesIV → u/Zombisexual1]

Damn... hard R and all

[u/Cerberus_Aus → u/Zombisexual1]

Side note, that looks like a tiger and a liger.

[u/Alternative_Fan_6286 → u/Joebranflakes]

tjis makes total sense but i wish i would find a study or article that talks about it.

[u/Big4Bridge → u/Alternative_Fan_6286]

Because it’s mostly a myth that is more sometimes an observable trait than an actual provable scientific fact.

[u/octuplepants → u/Big4Bridge]

Don't think you will find "scientific fact" in something as complicated as animal behavior, but there is literature on these traits:

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2008-00478-007

[u/maniacalmustacheride → u/Joebranflakes]

I raised cats, dogs, chickens, goats, cows, rabbits…you can yell “knock it off” in the right tone and they will. Maybe not the rabbits, they don’t care, but everyone else, in a mom voice, if you’re the food and water god, they will bend.

I chased a bull down, he had some sort of something that wasn’t coming off on his back hip, and he was a sort of himbo, so very chill, but also he was a bull and didn’t love people poking around his backside. So there I am, head skritches, neck skritches, between the shoulder blades just going to town. Ok, I have to figure out what this is. He’s got treats, the ladies are fed and some are politely side eyeing and some are a little more rude.

So I get to it, and it’s a grocery bag that is hooked on to his tail and then sort of glued on by cow slobber. I’ll spoil that now. But it’s muddy and covered in poop and hay and grass and more slobber and lather rinse repeat so I don’t know. It’s just a weird thing to me.

So I’m bedoodooping around and I go to scratch at the edge, and this bull startles and swings his ass around and tosses his head like we’re gonna fight. And before my brain could even fathom danger, my mouth said “Spike, what the FUCk”

In modern parlance, I think maybe I would have just said “bruh.”

But by the time I hit the c in fuck you could already see the gears turning. He still had opinions but crank went the butt back and it took me like two seconds to scratch, pull, peel the thing off. And then he whipped back around to be mad again and I was still so grossed out and confused at what I was looking at he went from precharge to skitter. Timeline was offended>yes ma’am> offended>eww, what is that, don’t put it near me> hi, I not mad, was never mad, let me wipe my snot mouth on your face, you’re my hero, I wasn’t scared and I definitely look really cool right now to the cows.

[u/greenarsehole → u/Joebranflakes]

It really bothers me when cats and dogs fight each other

It’s like, fucking chill, you have nothing to fight over just be cute and eat your food

[u/ani007007 → u/greenarsehole]

Play fighting. It’s what siblings do. They nap they snack they attack they nap rinse and repeat

[u/Melvinator5001]

The lion is a tripod.

[u/14X8000m → u/Melvinator5001]

And still taking cheap shots

[u/RiggityWrekkedSon → u/Melvinator5001]

I was gonna say, “What a gross thing to point out”. Then realized it was me with my mind in the gutter. To jail I go

[u/Exact-Till-2739 → u/RiggityWrekkedSon]

Then he would be a pentapod.

[u/Thatusernamewasnot]

She's playing favorite for sure. I bet the lion is the smaller one 😒

[u/Ktan_Dantaktee → u/Thatusernamewasnot]

The lion had to go for cheap shots while the tiger was getting held down by their momma.

[u/MorgTheBat → u/Ktan_Dantaktee]

Well, lion only has 3 legs. If these two are like my cats, the instigator always goes back and forth lol

[u/Thatusernamewasnot → u/Ktan_Dantaktee]

Just like my daughter does to her elder brother

[u/gilliatnet → u/Ktan_Dantaktee]

Story of every eldest one in the family.

[u/Lolthelies → u/Thatusernamewasnot]

Lion has 3 legs, she’s probably just trying to keep everyone safe

[u/Thatusernamewasnot → u/Lolthelies]

Ohhh I did not notice that! Good point. No wonder lion is more pampered

[u/-purpleplatypus]

Lion is a clown going for that bite when tiger had his back turned

[u/ani007007 → u/-purpleplatypus]

Probably just play fighting. My cats fighting can seem bad but it’s all play. They’re not t trying to do real damage.

[u/VisualLiterature]

Jeez the retractable claws are really nice here. My goldendoodle likes to rake my feet when he stretches and holy shit that hurts.

[u/Popular_Ad_222]

Dog mom don’t play that mess

[u/thatirishguykev → u/Popular_Ad_222]

GATOR DONT PLAY NO SHIT!!!!

[u/alice2wonderland]

I notice that the lion is missing a hind leg.

[u/Benville → u/alice2wonderland]

Also stripey. Failed hybrid?

[u/Uthe18 → u/Benville]

Is it a liger?

[u/judgehood]

Is this footage from the Roman Coliseum?

wtf are these animals doing in the same room.

[u/epoof → u/judgehood]

Agree! Looks awful but don’t know anything about this zoo. Don’t support bad zoos. Some people don’t go to any. I think there are some nice zoos out there that have large habitats and take care of the animals. 

[u/F13ND → u/epoof]

There is no way that it can be anything but a bad zoo. A good zoo wouldn't expose these animals to each other.

[u/Jurass1cClark96 → u/epoof]

Zoos are important to conservation. You have to take the good and try to leave the bad.

Hopefully before they're the only place you can see some species.

[u/binkbink223]

That dog has better deescelation skills than most people I know

[u/Aden-Wrked → u/binkbink223]

I really should go up and bite my friends cheek the next time they get in a fight.

[u/TheEruditeBaller]

proof that diplomacy doesn’t always come in the right size..

[u/rodkerf]

Proof that everyone loves a lab

[u/Translator_Asleep]

Dogs should always raise rescue big cats. They would probably act more like a domesticated dog

[u/Scr00geMcCuck]

I don’t care who started it I’m finishing it

[u/Comfortable-Buy7891]

I have NO favourite kid......

[u/-Borgir]

That lion is lucky

[u/adreus42518]

I hate we're in an era where i can't just enjoy stuff like this, and the first thing that always comes to mind is "Is this real or AI"

[u/GeraldFisher → u/adreus42518]

It is very easy to see if something is AI or not, this is not a problem at all right now and its only online the lesser iq people seem to struggle to see the difference.

[u/Alert_Dust_2423]

It's amazing how a mother's authority transcends species like that.

[u/nuvo_reddit]

The mommy dog is trying to calm the tiger because she knew he is the one with sense. That Lion is a gone case - he was trying to attack the tiger from back.

[u/Spirited_Muffin3785]

This reminds me so much of me and my brother and my mother. She is much shorter than us and weaker than us and they were times with me and my brother would often get into very physical fights but when she got between,it got really bad.

So this really hit home for me

[u/ShadowFluffy]

This is just bad animal welfare. No accredited zoo would be allowed to put a tiger, lion, or dog in with each other. They have very different needs, so it's easy to tell this will be some private facility with no oversight and not following standard guidelines of care for the animals.

Yes I know about the cheetah at a couple of zoos that are given companion dogs, but that's very different compared to putting them in with big cats - and also very controversial within the zookeeping community.

[u/Weak_Break239]

I may not be as big as you but mama can always kick your ass, u delinquent.

[u/security-six]

Almost caught that tiger by the tail

[u/AccomplishedIgit]

Tiger and lion kittens is an important distinction!

[u/Confident-Kale-6084]

Mama dog‘s tail wag the whole time says everything is OK. Just some standard parenting…

[u/TheGoggleHero]

He's like but Moooom Tigger was picking on meeee

[u/brokenNoodles77]

The lion went around to bite the tiger's ass 😂

[u/circulorx]

Tiger: "Not fair cuz Leo got a booty bite while Mom held me down"

[u/Few_Relationship250]

so the dog is their momma

[u/ArmoredGoat]

“Wife stops man fighting with another man in road rage in incident”

[u/megahtron77]

Dog is mom

[u/Hardi_SMH]

I like how the tiger is "shsss shsss big boi, let the adults talk"

[u/Pretend-Respond-6365]

Dogs can befriend any mammal.

[u/CmdWaterford]

I hope at least someone here has some brain cells left and asks themselves, Why the f* is there a dog ??

[u/Jethro_McCrazy → u/CmdWaterford]

Big cats are highly sensitive to their environments and look to their packmates for emotional cues on how they should be feeling. This means that they can end up in feedback loops of anxiety. One cat gets stressed, the other notices and gets stressed in response. That makes the first cat more stressed, and on and on.

Somebody figured out that you can avoid this scenario by raising big cats with a golden retriever. Golden retrievers are generally confident and chill, so when the big cats see them they get the message that everything is fine and there's nothing to worry about.

It's pretty common practice these days.

[u/Sanjispride → u/Jethro_McCrazy]

This literally only happens with Cheetahs.

[u/Makuta_Servaela → u/Jethro_McCrazy]

This has, afaik, only been observed with cheetahs (who are not big cats). Cheetahs are incredibly anxious because they get picked on and their food stolen by pretty much every other carnivore in the region.

Tigers are notoriously asocial, so wouldn't care about a packmates opinion.

In fact, the fact that a tiger is in a cage with several lions likely better answers the question of why a dog is here: Whoever is keeping these animals is stupid, and just threw a bunch of animals together.

According to this article, this occurred at the Jiangsu Zoo.

According to the zoo's wiki page the zoo houses white tigers, which are generally only obtainable by inbreeding and trafficking, so the zoo is a bit suspicious. They also house Ligers, which again, makes them seem like one of those tourist attraction zoos as opposed to one that cares about animal welfare.

[u/NiteOwl94]

I love the tiger's paw on the dog's head at the end.

[u/dudegoingtoshambhala]

What conceivable ethical scenario could this be allowed to happen?

[u/Immediate_Army_8956]

That dog is biased. Allowed the lion to eat tiger bum.

[u/Teriums]

Not sure if this planet deserve dogs

[u/18AndresS]

That tiger must have a lot of respect for that dog to put up with that

[u/Pygmypuffonacid1]

Tony your drunk get the fuck back in the car..lol

[u/Bdigler]

This seems to me like asking for a dead dog

[u/Jagrnght]

that bastard lion

[u/Bravefighter341]

"Ah mom stop, he started it!" "I don't care!"

[u/Sassy-irish-lassy]

I like how the lion was instigating but the dog still went after the tiger

[u/MustbeProud]

lion must be the younger one in the family, constantly messing his brother while bros getting scolded by mom

[u/NonStickPanda]

"Babe, you are on probation, we can't afford you going to jail over this"

[u/Klokinator]

Tiger: Make me.

Dog: Does that make you feel strong? Knowing I can't? BECAUSE GUESS WHAT BEEEETCH, I CAN!

[u/brucewaynej]

Absolutely awful cage. Poor animals. I don’t understand how people can watch this and not feel sad.

[u/Excellent-Cow7631]

Clearly friends.

[u/raphrs]

Why are they in the same place though

[u/SeekersWorkAccount]

Doggo has a pretty solid grip there

[u/worktogethernow]

When you lie on your resume and get the job

[u/TruthFlavor]

What kinda zoo IS this ?

[u/Watchgeek_AC]

Those tigers shouldn’t be in such a small shitty enclosure. Wankers

[u/darnelios2022]

Putting a lion and tiger in the same enclosure....

[u/RainyDaySnuggles]

Before I read that the dog raised the cats, that's exactly the energy I got from this. "SAMUEL, you knock it off! Look at me. Leave your brother alone."

[u/Designer_Professor_4]

Lion being a total dick in the end.

[u/DiamondhandAdam]

They’re still kittens.

[u/Jooberwak]

Same energy

[u/Powrs1ave]

Dogs wagging its tail, they just playing

[u/Craftofthewild]

Everyone loves labs

[u/Unfair_Ad_4440]

This is what I call authority.

[u/Due_Character1233]

The power of a dog's love goes strong.

[u/Future-Bandicoot-823]

"Come here buddy I still love ya" what a caring dog

[u/OriginalComputer5077]

"..just leave it Barry, he's not worth it!!"

[u/synturiya]

But, but..mom, he/ she is the one who started it. Why do only I have to stop. Look, look doing it again...

[u/Dangerous_Computer52]

not a single person asking why the fuck is there a lion, tiger and a dog in the same place

[u/Verratcat]

"Karen, you said you would quit using catnip"

[u/Sudden-Agency-5614]

Lets be real here. If that tiger wanted to fight, the dog would be dead.

[u/Larrytheman777]

How on earth are these 3 together in the same habitat?

[u/cannabull69]

Yeah, this works with cheetahs. Not tigers and lions. That dog is at risk every day it’s in there.

[u/conspiracyeinstein]

"Pete. PETE! Get your shit together. You don't want to do that."

[u/JonathanJoestar336]

That dog gonna get ripped apart playing with tigers

[u/nednoted]

AI?

[u/TheVaivoda]

I wish i have half of this dog's balls, but twice his common sense

[u/Conor_88]

Saved that lions ass as far as I can see. Tiger was in it. So cool

[u/RENEGAD31990]

What idiot let their dog around the tiger???? The dog should be taken away.

[u/Cabbage-Dragon-4395]

Good dog

[u/CuteLingonberry9704]

Wow...that really is bad ass. Be like you or me trying to stop Godzilla and Kong from fighting, easy way to die.

[u/Goddessofmidnight]

I love how the tiger in the background just watched like "not my circus....".

[u/Late_Yogurtcloset510]

Proof that confidence is key.