Olympic gymnastics legend Simone Biles, along with her husband, NFL player Jonathan Owens, shared on social media of the pair having a wild time in South Africa, petting elephants on Safari and a close encounter with a lion.
Biles, who upped her tally of Olympic medals to 11 at the Paris Games last year, shared photos on Instagram of her and Owens on honeymoon, getting up close and personal with a pachyderm and other Big Five animals.
Aside from the elephant encounter, the pair also had a male lion coming alarmingly close to their safari vehicle on a night drive, when the big cats are most active, with Biles captioning it, ‘Not gonna lie, I almost s**t myself’.
The most decorated gymnast of all time also shared photos of a leopard lazing in a tree, as well as taking delight in zebras (whom she captioned ‘Marty’ from the film Madagascar) and a warthog (which she captioned ‘Pumba’ from the Lion King).
For his part, Chicago Bears safety Owens posted a number of clips of the safari experience, showing a wholesome childlike wonder at what he was seeing. Of the lion encounter, he wrote, “I had to stop recording, my heart was beating so fast!”
