Black woman survives leap into lion’s den at Bronx Zoo

A video clip went viral of an unidentified woman entering the lion's cage, and enticing him by waving her arms as if he were there to play patty cake.

A video clip went viral of an unidentified woman entering the lion's den at the Bronx Zoo, and enticing him by waving her arms as if he were there to play.

Oct 2, 2019
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Male African lion Luke (L) touches heads with one of the zoo's two female lions at the Great Cats exhibit in the Smithsonian National Zoological Park August 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Luke arrived at the zoo from a private reserve in South Africa in October 2006. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

One woman’s playful idea almost got her mauled after she jumped into the lion’s den at the Bronx Zoo.

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A video clip went viral of an unidentified woman entering the lion’s cage, and enticing him by waving her arms as if he were there to play patty cake.

Folks on social media quickly sized the woman up, The NY Post reports.

“I’m sorry, but that’s dumb,” Andrea Arndt said a comment on the video post.

“Why would you do this? What drug was she on to make her dance around a lion like that? It may be a zoo, but it’s still a wild animal.”

“Why would she want to do that? It’s dangerous,” said a mom Kelly Hawkins.

“Imagine something had happened and she’d been mauled in front of a bunch of little kids?”

Another woman, Andres Rivera, 22, said the woman clearly “was asking for it.”

“The fence is there for a reason,” Rivera said. “I don’t know if you’ve seen the new ‘Lion King’ remake, but, spoiler alert, one of the lions is killed by another lion.”

While the video appears to look like there was easy access to the lion, a 15-foot moat in fact separated the animal from the zoo attendees.

Another person commented making light of the situation.

“Lion is like“what the heck is that, i’m not interested in you lady. Can somebody pls take her out my wife is not going to like it.”

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Zoo personnel were upset about the incident.

“This action was a serious violation and unlawful trespass that could have resulted in serious injury or death,” zoo officials said in a statement Tuesday.

“Barriers and rules are in place to keep both visitors, staff and animals safe.

“We have a zero-tolerance policy on trespass and violation of barriers.”

Others on Twitter got some big laughs out of the woman’s crazy stunt.

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