- By Poorva Karki
- Fri, 17 May 2024 06:32 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Viral Video: Judging by the way people often react in zoos and safaris, taking a ‘logical reasoning’ test before letting them in, is not exactly a bad idea. Social media has time and again witnessed countless incidents, where visitors ended up ‘finding out’ after ‘messing around’ by doing some of the most questionable things. Adding a new name to the list, a man reportedly in Jamaica, went viral for doing something similar.
The man in question, who was reported to be a zookeeper (so not even a visitor), was trying to ‘play around’ with a lion in captivity, as seen in a shared video. But the ‘show off’ turned into a lesson after the lion suddenly bit his finger and seemingly refused to let go.
The shared video went viral and left people reacting. The incident reportedly took place a while ago, but the video went viral again after it resurfaced.
The video was shared on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), by the handle ‘CCTV IDIOTS’. The post was captioned, “Dude taunts a lion and finds out.” The video was shared yesterday and pulled 347K views from people.
Watch the viral video:
Dude taunts a lion and finds out pic.twitter.com/n1fVjPGa1B
— CCTV IDIOTS (@cctvidiots) May 16, 2024
Most people blamed the man for what happened, while some chastised the zookeeper for choosing to treat a lion like a pet animal.
Taking to the comment section, people shared their take. “What did he think was going to happen?” a user said. “Whatever happens to him is deserved lmao,” added a second person. “Adding this to the list of things I did not need to see today,” wrote a third user. “Well… he took away a souvenir of his day at the zoo. The lion has his souvenir too,” commented a fourth person.
“What do you get when crossing a parrot and a lion? I don't know, but if it wants a cracker you better give it one,” added another. “Serves him right? But I marvel at the people just taking videos and no one even tries to help him. Social media popularity is more important than someone losing a hand I guess,” pointed out another.