Holiday snap! Moment tourist almost gets savaged by angry lion after POKING him from window of safari Jeep while trying to take a photo
- Footage shows tourist stroking the lion in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
- Lion turns around and roars as the tourist scrambles to close the window
- The tourist manages to close the window and the lion hisses as they drive away
Shocking footage shows a tourist leaning out of a car window to stroke a lion sitting next to their car in a national park.
The lion is facing away from the car when the tourist leans over her fellow passenger to touch the lion in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Maasai Sightings said that touching the lion was a very dumb thing to do and the tourists could have easily got themselves killed and banned from the national park.
The tourists' car is pulled up right next to the lion and their window is open as the lion looks away from them
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In the footage shared by Maasai Sightings yesterday the lion turns around and both passengers squirm as they lean their bodies towards the back of the car and the man tries to close the window.
The lion continues looking at them and leans towards the window and roars as the tourist tries to close it.
The tourist manages to close the window most of the way and the lion hisses as the car drives away.
One tourist reaches her arm out of the open window and touches the lion on its back
The lion turns around and glares at the tourist through the open window of their vehicle
The Serengeti National Park advises drivers don't approach animals too closely and that a good rule is to stay at least 25 metres away.
They say that approaching too closely to animals such as lions may result in them altering their natural behaviour.
Another rule says tourists are not allowed to disturb the natural wildlife in any way and that loud noises, throwing objects, loud music and imitating animal noises are strictly forbidden.
The tourists move away from the window as the lion leans towards it and roars
They manage to get the window mostly closed and the lion hisses as they drive away
