They say that curiosity killed the cat, however, in this case curiosity could very well have killed the human being… Always keep your doors locked around these guys!
Captured on film by 36-year-old Bronwyn Hattingh, caught up with her to find out about this awesome encounter: “My husband and I were driving in convoy with friends (Anri and Ansie) who were travelling behind us. It was just after 5 am and we came across 6 lions lying on the side of the road.
They were yawning and waking up for the day.
We sat for about 15 minutes before the lionesses decided to get up and leave the road with 2 of the younger males following them. One young male decided to stay behind and on the side of the road. My husband decided to drive slowly past the young lion so that the other tourist could see the lionesses and other young males who walked off into the bush.
Our friends drove behind us and decided to get some photos of the lions.
As she stopped the young male become very interested in her yellow mirror covers, this is when I turned my camera on. He wanted to take the mirror covers off. So Anri drove slowly forward which caused him to get a fright and jump back, this however did not deter him.
He started to sniff around the car and then with his lower jaw tried to open Anri’s right passenger door. Twice you could hear the handle opening and closing. It was as if he had done it many times before.
Anri was enjoying the young male being so close to the car but Ansie who was in the back seat, not so much, as the lion was nearly as big as their car and she thought he would jump on their roof! You can see all Anri’s facial reactions. Thank goodness he did not open the car door as Anri had locked it quickly.
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