Originally Posted by cogitate

I play poker at the MGM Grand and it was so great that the lion habitat was so close to the poker room. I loved to see the lions, especially when the trainers were playing ball with them. Of course most of the time the lions would be sleeping or resting, because that is what lions do most of the time. But one of my favorite memories is of a sleeping lion and a trainer lying by him in repose with his head on the lion, i.e. using the lion as a PILLOW! The lion didn't mind!