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5. Just so you know

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 09:19 AM

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I do speak to animals, True.

I saw Mufasa in 2016. I let a larger group of people get way ahead of me so that I could see him without others around. Mufasa was roaring very loudly before I reached him. This group left his enclosure went on ahead to visit with the other animals.

When I got up to Mufasa I got at his level and I squatted down. He then laid down. I gave him a bunch of slow blinks. By the time I stood back up, his eyes were closed and he was resting after I gave this handsome guy plenty of slow blinks! I literally put him to sleep just by communicating with my eyes!

He crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2018.

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