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The video is real. but the true adventure of christian the lion was first told in a documentary that became the source of the viral video footage. the unlikely love story started in swinging london in 1969 when our two heroes, john rendal and ace burke went shopping far lion. >> there were two lions. a lioness and the cub that we subsequently called christian. and he was totally, totally irresistible. it was really a shock to see these beautiful creatures in such a tiny cage. >> we half wanted to rescue him from this situation, and we half thought it would be an adventure. >> anyone could see ...

Him over to a conservationist who would release him back into the wild. about a year later, john and ace went back to africa to look for christian and found that the magic was still there. >> he comes closer and closer and closer. and then you can just see that click of recognition. so we called him and that's when he took off. >> and he ran towards us with such excitement. the exuberance of it is what surprised everyone. the euphoria of that moment. in fact, we were all caught up in it. there was the most beautiful sort of connection between humans and animals. >> the moment we saw him, we kn...

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