The ‘lion’ that sparked the police search in Germany was probably a wild boar
Rainer Altenkamp, a wildlife expert and president of the environmental organization NABU Berlin, said he was sure the alleged lion video showed a wild boar."Even the short, drooping tail with a loose furry tassel about four inches long rules out a lioness," he said in a news release. "The other recognizable features, for example the round back and the elongated head, fit very well with a boar and speak against [it being] a predator."The burrowing behavior seen in the video is typical of wild boars, he added, and unlike a big cat, it showed no reaction to a bright light…
