The lion cubs were completely adorable. At eight to 10 weeks old, they didn’t seem to mind the human adults in their enclosure. They wrestled each other, wriggled when they were cuddled, and chewed our handbags. When they nipped us, we were told to tap them on the nose.
Later, we went walking on the reserve with the adult lions, who were only a year or so older. Luckily, they were well fed and showed no interest in eating humans for lunch, loping alongside us around the perimeter fence.
I posted a selfie of myself with a baby white lion. The year was 2015 and I was in South Africa, visiting a game reserve that told a good story about
