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| There was a lot of buzz on the Internet on what the lion was up to - why had it targeted the boy (video below) |
June 6, 2016, NewsCrunch
A video from a zoo in Chiba , Japan
The boy in a bright yellow jacket had been caught in an eye-ball-eyeball stare with the lion, which had assumed a crouching position. As the boy turned away, the lion sprinted and pounced upon the boy, who was saved by a glass barrier.
There was a lot of buzz on the Internet on what the lion was up to - on what exactly had unleashed its instincts.
Daily Mail reports that the animal just wanted to play. It quotes the zoo officials saying it gets excited whenever it sees small children and tries to play with them.
A friendly leap of the 180-kg animal would have, nevertheless, made a mincemeat out of the boy.
The boy in a bright yellow jacket had been caught in an eye-ball-eyeball stare with the lion, which had assumed a crouching position. As the boy turned away, the lion sprinted and pounced upon the boy, who was saved by a glass barrier.
There was a lot of buzz on the Internet on what the lion was up to - on what exactly had unleashed its instincts.
Daily Mail reports that the animal just wanted to play. It quotes the zoo officials saying it gets excited whenever it sees small children and tries to play with them.
A friendly leap of the 180-kg animal would have, nevertheless, made a mincemeat out of the boy.