Well, this isn’t something you see everyday. A lion family caught and killed a heron in front of a crowd of people at a zoo in Amsterdam.
According to Most Watched Today , the video was taken at the Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam.
The video shows a blue heron landing for a drink of water in a small pool. Turns out, it wasn’t a good place to land. One of the lions snatches the bird out of the air, and the other lions are quick to move in and share in the kill.
A description on YouTube reads: “This Dutch family was visiting the zoo on a quiet Sunday afternoon when things got a bit more exciting than seeing bored animals lying around their enclosures. A lion spots a heron near the water. Following her instincts she sneaks up on it and manages to grab it. The whole family wants in on the prize, but a sneaky cub gets away with it.”
HyperVocal reports that the video was actually taken last year but was reposted to YouTube today. But just because it’s already made one trip around the internet doesn’t mean that people weren’t excited to see it again today.
You can watch the original video, which has more than a million views, below. (Of course, if you don’t want to see a heron getting ripped apart by a bunch of lions, you should probably skip this one.)
And just in case that video gets taken down, here’s another look.
