How Not to Wake Up a Lioness!

Watch a massive male lion’s intense creep up to a sleeping lioness. Just as you think he is going to lie down next to her, he ends up waking her up in the absolute worst way possible!

This was filmed by 32-year-old safari guide, Joshua Loonkushu, on an evening game drive near the river.
“On the previous day, we had spotted this pride of lions that had just killed a wildebeest within the banks of the Sand River in Maasai Mara. I decided to head over there the next day to try and track them down. Luckily I managed to find them!

In the beginning, I couldn’t imagine that the male lion was going to behave like this! He got up and kept on creeping towards the lioness, almost stalking. He was taking all effort to keep as silent as possible. I told my guests that we are up to something quite interesting here.

As he got to the lioness, he bit her! It took the lioness exactly 2 split seconds to go from fast asleep to be in defense mode and ready to attack!
Soon after this scuffle, the rest of the pride joined the two, hugging them as if they were asking what was the matter?!

In my 8 years of guiding, this was the first sighting of its kind! I’ve never seen something like this, and if someone else comes across a great sighting like this, I say share it with the world!

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[Stardweller]

He approaches her like he already knows he's going to regret this.

[khfanlife]

The way he’s sneaking up to her makes it clear that he has done that before. 🤣

[Mehrunissah]

Seeing a lion tip toe is the best thing ever.

[connarcomstock]

How the Male Lion literally *tiptoes* over is hilarious, he knows what's about to happen.

[malpal]

Impressive how fast she went from asleep to deadly attack mode

[t-jay]

Let's take a moment to appreciate that elegant, well choreographed, sneak up.

[mikebetrippin]

He couldn't stop laughing after that prank. And, she looked back at him like, "not funny... idiot."

[kinglights]

I’m 100% positive that growling thing he’s doing after she attacks him is him laughing. I just have a feelin 😂😂

[NaturallyPrettyBrownK]

I’m slowly becoming addicted to these lion videos

[mayhemmike]

I'm convinced he did that SOLELY for his amusement.... Animals have a sense of humor

[gerstelb]

This lion went on to write a book: The Do’s and Don’t’s of Foreplay by Claude Bawls.

[patrickdietze]

His dejected pouting afterwards and how she just walks away casually after giving him 'what for'....priceless!!!

[ivanobradovic]

Driver: Uhh, Hi, mr. Lion, could you perhaps ask your wife to move, so we could go along the road..
Lion: ..I'll try??

[danteana]

I'm amazed how accurate his front and back steps. The back paws steps exactly where his front paws has been..

[Dutti]

Turning on the engine of the vehicle at 01:04 almost spoiled the whole thing

[darthvader]

Dude: "Hey man you think you can wake up your wife, she's kinda blocking the road."
Lion: "I-I'll try.."

[Iamaries]

I’m actually happy this was randomly placed in my recommendations

[johnsmithe]

Lion: (whispering) "hey babe breakfast is..."

Lioness: "I done...(slap) told yo ass (slap, slap)...not (slap) to (slap, slap) to wake me up.."

[bikeboy]

I'm sure having a sense of humour is a trait associated with fairly high intelligence. This is just fascinating.

[misskingii]

“In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps (on the couch)