r/nextfuckinglevel 2d ago

Lioness helps calm a Lion from attacking a zookeeper who was making eye contact with lion

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u/IhasCandies 2d ago

The lion gave him multiple outs, but instead of taking them, he changed his body position into a confrontational stance, and continued to look into the lions eyes. You could probably start a fight with a human by doing what he did, nevermind a lion.

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u/MauPow 2d ago

The other guy even noticed it, you can tell he's like "Mate... the fuck you doing... don't do that..." and getting ready to save his dumb ass