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Video: Thanksgiving Holiday Exclusive! Lions Devour Formal Thanksgiving Feast at the Columbus ZooThanksgiving dinner came early for the lions at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium when Nat Geo WILD set up a formal table with all the trimmings during a Facebook (News - Alert) Live event on Tuesday, Nov. 21. As a special holiday-themed twist on the lions' daily enrichment activities, the pride was let loose in its habitat to gobble up a beautifully set meal that would make your grandmother proud. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171121006195/en/ 
Lions Feast on the Meal of a Lifetime in Celebration of Nat Geo WILD's Savage Kingdom: Uprising Series, Premiering Black Friday (News - Alert) (Photo: Business Wire) She wouldn't like that the lions climbed on the table, growled at each and made off with the plates, but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a little drama. Nat Geo WILD worked with the zoo's lion experts to create an engaging and educational event to help promote the return of the global miniseries event Savage Kingdom: Uprising, premiering on Friday, Nov. 24, at 9/8c on Nat Geo WILD. Viewers were encouraged to participate in real time through Facebook reactions using the like/love options and watched the votes tally up. Zoo lion experts were also on hand to provide real-time insight and reply to user comments and questions.
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HERE ABUT SAVAGE KINGDOM: Last season The Wall Street Journal called Savage Kingdom "nature television as Shakespearean drama." This season brings rebellion as the sins of the lion king are carried out by his sons. Nat Geo WILD's Savage Kingdom returns with Savage Kingdom: Uprising, a four-part global miniseries series event that tells an unvarnished tale of survival on the African plains. There is no better night to debut this competitive savagery than Black Friday. Savage Kingdom: Uprising premieres Friday, Nov. 24, 9/8c on Nat Geo WILD and globally in 140 countries and 37 languages. For more information, visit www.natgeowild.com or our press site www.natgeotvpressroom.com, or follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) using @NGC_PR. About National Geographic Partners LLC National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic's media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children's media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 129 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching over 730 million people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit natgeowild.com or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
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