WATCH: This is why you should lock your doors during game drives
Cats of all shapes and sizes just can't help but be curious...
The footage was captured by Bronwyn Hattingh in the Kruger National Park.
When Latestsightings.com caught up with her to find out about this awesome encounter, this is what she had to say:
“My husband and I were driving in convoy with friends (Anri and Ansie) who were travelling behind us. It was just after 5am 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. He then wanted to investigate the boot which he also tried to open but he put his huge paw on the car like don’t leave I want to play. Another young male saw the fun and decided to stalk and pounce on the naughty lion from the bush. This was when Anri decided to drive off.”
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