Neeraj Chopra’s latest social media post, not geo-tagged to either a petting zoo nor a private ranch, brought mystery and mirth to kick off December. In two pictures posted by India’s greatest individual Olympian, Chopra is seen cagily lifting what looks like a lion cub, with the backdrop unidentified. The double Olympic medallist, trains in South Africa, where wildlife is more pervasive at nature parks and ranches and zoo, but the exact location could not be confirmed. What drew a lot of glowing warmth and some giggles were comments from his followers. While some predictably spoke of Lion King, Simba-Mafusa vibes, there was plenty of good-natured speculation over what the cub precisely was. Given ‘sher’ is widely bestowed upon Indian champions, many started out naturally captioning it a ‘tiger cub’, or baby sher with Sr sher. But the unstriped animal was obviously a lion cub, if not a seriously oversized tom-cat. Some snarked it was a stuffed toy, while others settled for lame-duck humour of saying that was a GOAT with a tiger (meaning lion). …