I'm the King of the Jungle

After three years in Bangalore I finally went to the Banerghatta National Park. Luckily for me a friend of mine had an especially good friend who was a vet with the lion and tiger rescue centre. So, being the privileged ones we got to play with tiger cubs! The most adorable, gorgeous tiger cubs I have ever set sight on. (Not like i've seen any before, but i'm sure even if I do I'll like these more)
Once they were let out of the cage and we were safely out of the mother's reach, we threw ourselves upon the striped creatures. They whimpered and scratched and expressed their absolute displeasure and sufferance to be in the hands of man about whom mother had warned them.
The nicest half an hour ever for us and pure torture for them.
Then we saw the mighty lions and tigers, each of them looking at us warily. We saw the catwalk of a magnificent, young, beautiful, royal, vain tigress who seemed to be showing herself off to us, for us to admire and adore. We saw a lioness in heat driving the lions around her crazy. (How typical of females!) We were just mute spectators marvelling at these predators, experiencing awe, fear and a kind of reverance even though they were not in the wild and we were safe. But how do you escape those piercing eyes!
And then this lion gives out the most ferocious roar I have ever heard. Seemed to me like he was saying, "I maybe in a cage but Im still the lion around here. If you dont watch out ill bite your head off".