Simba, an African lion (Panthera leo) at Jungle Cat World Zoo, takes possession of my camera case and looks to be having quite a bit of fun with it.

The empty case is soft, squishy and durable so I decided to give it to the little guy to play with. He enjoyed digging his claws into it, biting it, and dragging it around to different places in his enclosure. Other cubs have had similar reactions to it with some getting very possessive.

Simba took such a liking to it that, in one instance, when finished playing with it he calmly used his teeth to grab it by the handle, walked over to his toy box and placed it neatly on top. It was one of the more adorable things I've seen at the zoo and made me feel like a bit of a grinch when I had to reclaim it.

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