I see these vids of safaris where lions, cheetahs etc are out hunting and people are sitting in open roof cars. Is that not just a free meal waiting to happen for the lion?
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Lions and cheetahs live alongside large animals like the elephant and rhinoceros. When they see a car full of people, they generally see it as a large animal, and unless they feel threatened or are very, very hungry, they’ll leave it alone. If one of the people leaves the car, that person might be seen as a new kind of animal, but they’ll still be wary, because new animals can be predators, too.
The big problems happen when the person acts in a way that the lion thinks is aggressive (which includes most things people do, like approaching, smiling, and even eye contact.) Predators who meet in the wild will usually fight just a bit, to determine which one gets to stay in that area. People aren’t built to withstand that kind of thing with lions, and if the lion figures out that the human is prey, the game is over.
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