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This boy had a nerve-shredding encounter with a lion in a Tokyo Zoo

Published 08:13 6 Jun 2016 BST

Ellen Tannam
This boy had a nerve-shredding encounter with a lion in a Tokyo Zoo

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Lions are majestic, powerful creatures.

At home in the wild, the beautiful felines are free to roam, but can become very frustrated when in captivity. A video has emerged of the frustration of one such captive lion at Chiba Zoological Park in Japan of a little boy staring into the lion's enclosure. Then, when the kid turned his back to the glass, the lion suddenly pounces headfirst into the clear panelling of its enclosure. The startled boy seemed to feel a bump to the back of his head from the impact. CEO of Born Free USA, Adam M. Roberts told The Dodo:
"Lions are natural wild predators and the child in this video, especially when turning his back to the massive feline, becomes prey in the animal's eyes. The firm glass wall held the lion inside his enclosure, surely frustrating his innate instincts. But luckily for the family, if the barrier had not held the consequences could have been catastrophic."
  (video and Image via NTV News24 English)

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This boy had a nerve-shredding encounter with a lion in a Tokyo Zoo