Animal Thinking...?

Question

If there's a hungry lion trapped between some wood, and you help the lion to get out by moving the wood and the lion is aware that you are helping him, when the lion gets out, will he eat you or be like "hmmm, he helped, I shouldn't eat him.." and leave, or what??

And uhm, I know that there's a survival of the fittest theory thing, but there are also many things that could prove it wrong and bla bla bla, so I don't want an answer based ONLY on that theory... xD

Answer 1

At what point is being within striking range of a lion considered safe?

Unless incapacitated, the lion would likely feel vulnerable and threatened, and may be extremely irritated from hunger and thirst -- it's in survival mode, but may not be thinking "Oh, yay! Food!"

The lion should be darted, released, treated for wounds, and you should observe from a safe position or leave the area.

I was in Zimbabwe in the Save Valley Conservancy some years ago which manages an endangered Black Rhino population. While there, we spotted a young male Black Rhino who had a poacher's snare around his front right ankle. Poachers set wire snares to catch game, but leave the snares when they leave the area. Large animals, such as rhinos, who step into the snares end up dragging the snare through the bush, which tightens the wire, cutting off circulation and cutting into the leg, eventually causing infection and rot.

We tracked the animal, darted it, removed the snare, applied a thick past of antibiotics, and climbed trees some distance away to observe.

The rhino got up, snorted and bluff charged several times -- rhinos have bad vision and, when they feel threatened, will charge just about anything in the area that moves. Bluff charges are intended to make any threat in the area move, so the rhino can see it and charge.

After some minutes, the rhino, having seen no threat, left the area. The rhino did not inspect its wound, and probably had no awareness at the time that the snare had been removed and the wound treated.

Any animal put in a defensive situation should be considered dangerous.

Answer 2

he would probly just leave cause hes scared of u or attack cause he thinks has no choice

Answer 3

It would depend on how you saved him.  I think if you made sure you didn't act like something that was going to eat him, and if you didn't corner him, he'd just run away.

I don't think he'd eat you, they do have personality and can remember.  just watch this (don't mind the corny music and "gayness" of the video)

Answer 4

that theory (which is much more than a guess or an idea) has volumes of evidence pointing to it's validity.. as of yet there is no fact that proves it wrong and it's on the fast track to becoming established fact and a law...

BTW if you DID know anything about that.. you'd know it has nothing to do with this question...

Answer 5

Be prepared for him to attack you.  He may not attack, but you have an equal probability that he will.  Animals lack the cognitive functions of humans to reason that you are trying to help him.  All other factors being equal, he could just as easily perceive that you are trying to attack him, in which case he would either attack you or run away.  I wouldn't take the chance.  It is unlikely that he would actually eat you, but he could easily kill or maim you.  

There is absolutely no evidence that has been brought forth so far that disproves the survival of the fittest model of evolution.