Full grown lion reunites with woman who rescued him as a cub; gives her a huge happy hug

[Amaryllis]

Guaranteed to make you smile and open your heart!

[Coventina]

1. Animals are better than people, in general.

[sheshe2]

16. +1000

[GallopingGhost]

2. I love lions.

Thanks for this video; it's really great!

[democratisphere]

3. How beautiful is THAT?

Cats are the best!

[Amaryllis]

4. Yeah, we need stuff to make us smile!

[smirkymonkey]

5. Oh! That is just beautiful!

How sweet!

[BobTheSubgenius]

6. Reminds me of the story of Christian The Lion.

Wonderful. Just wonderful!

[Amaryllis]

9. I don't know that story..

[WinkyDink]

10. A Lion Called Christian:

http://www.alioncalledchristian.com.au/

[Amaryllis]

11. THAnks. Just put it on hold at library.

[WinkyDink]

13. It's an amazing and heart-warming story.

[Amaryllis]

15. We need extra doses of heartwarming these days. :)

[dae]

7. K&R

[OhNo-Really]

8. thank you very heartwarming

[lpbk2713]

12. The zookeepers must have gotten palpitations.

If the lady didn't give them some background in advance.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Aww! Lions are more social than many cats, living in groups, so...

... I'm more surprised by naturally less social animals who act that way. It's still beautiful!