Liontude

It has been a busy day at the opening of JimBob's Nature Reserve and Vegetarian Barbecue Cafe. People from all over the world, and, especially, in the Tri-state region, arrived with hopes of seeing at least one of the many animals there up close and personal. And, afterwards, everyone gets to refresh themselves with grilled veggie burgers, sweet potato fries, and organic orange-grape-apple-pineapple-kiwi-papaya-strawberry smoothie.

As with all tourists and visitors, there is a massive surplus of cameras everywhere. This may have been a pleasant experience for the owners of the reserve, but not such a pleasant one for the animals residing there. Kids were hanging onto giraffes' necks. Women were getting their pictures taken with snakes draped around their necks like some twisted fashion spread. So many people acted like Jane Goodall with the various simian species. And the one lone lion on the premises. He had been most tolerant all day but he was reaching his limit rather quickly. Who knows what will happen when the king of the jungle finally snaps.

Walking backwards, a photographer and a lion bump into each other. The startled photographer was pleased as he has a chance to take a close-up picture of the lion. The lion, on the other hand, is very annoyed. He has had his picture taken all day by pesky wildlife photographers. Enough is enough. This photographer wants a great shot. Well, he'll get one. The lion faced the photographer, stuck his tongue out and lifted his middle finger. This should make the cover of National Geographic.