Tourists in Taigan Safari Park in Crimea (the Ukrainian peninsula) got more than what they bargained for when a lion barged into their tourist buggy. What could have been a recipe for disaster turned out to be a great experience for the tourists. Filya, the two year old lion, was in an incredibly friendly mood that day. It climbed into the jump, moved on the tourists’ lap and started licking a woman’s face.
Now don’t get the wrong idea about lions’ nature! Another female tourist was attacked just two weeks prior to this incident in the same park by a different lion. Here is what happened.
Image source: East 2 West News