What argument do you think I'm making exactly?
Yeah, I've also seen wildlife documentaries.
The lion in that show was a real lion, not some fictional creation, The lionman was a man who adopted lion cubs and raised them, bottle feeding them, building bonds with them so he could enter their enclosures at will even as adults.
The pack he was trying to integrate this lion into were also raised by humans and lived in the same set of inclosures as the other lions and tigers in his care, the only difference was that they were raised with other lions under slightly different circumstances.
It was meant as an example of how different environments/stimuli affect our perception and behavior.
Are you also arguing that no Hobbit could hold their own in an argument, that they are perpetually limited to being superficial stereotypes, that they would have none of their fathers qualities?
Remember the Hobbits in question were also raised among humans.