# Lions try a walkabout

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878 "2022-12-01T20:46:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878/1 "2022-12-01T20:46:38Z")

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[New footage reveals how 5 lions escaped their Sydney zoo enclosure | CNN Travel](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/lions-escape-sydney-zoo-intl-scli/index.html)

daddy lion and 4 cubs left their enclosure during a roar and snore sleep over at the zoo.

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### Author: ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878/2 "2022-12-01T23:18:32Z")

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I had thought this would be about the football team.

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### Author: ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878/3 "2022-12-02T20:43:38Z")

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[![](https://i0.wp.com/operandi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lions-making-a-kill.jpg?fit=235%2C274&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/operandi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lions-making-a-kill.jpg?fit=235%2C274&ssl=1)

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### Author: ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878/4 "2022-12-03T02:01:36Z")

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Wow. The San Diego Wild Animal Park has been doing roar-n-snore nights for decades now. Never heard of a “breakout” before.