Julie Taymor revealed her alternate ending idea

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[quote="Squeely"][quote="Braveheart"]Huh, does it mean that humans exist in the lion king world now?[/quote]
I think they do, it's just that the Pridelands aren't visited by humans all that much. I just don't know where else Shenzi would have heard about club sandwiches, or Timon would have heard about beepers and potpourri, if they didn't hear those things from passing groups of humans.[/quote]

Fair point.

Plus, there was a human in the TV show Timon & Pumbaa.

But, let's be honest, the Lion King universe is just better without them.