Lion devours wild heron in front of shocked visitors at Amsterdam zoo
Warning: Footage shows lioness catching and killing unsuspecting bird
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Your support makes all the difference.A lion has been filmed sneaking up on a heron before pouncing and catching the bird at a zoo in the Netherlands.
Footage shows the lioness as it spots the bird, which was drinking nearby after it landed in the enclosure in Artis Zoo in Amsterdam.
The big cat stealthily approached the unsuspecting long-beaked bird from the shadows.
After padding silently towards its prey, the lioness finally leaps and snares the heron with its teeth and claws.
The footage was filmed by Max Quinn when he visited Artis Zoo in the Netherlands‘ capital in July 2017.
“Whilst watching the lions, a heron landed near us on the railing then flew down and landed near the water’s edge in the enclosure,” Mr Quinn said.
He added: “The lions eventually took the bird off into the shady area and proceeded to eat it.
“All in all, everything was over in five minutes.”
It isn’t the first time herons have been caught and eaten at Artis Zoo. Similar spectacles occurred in 2012 and 2016.
Last week, a lioness was killed after it escaped its enclosure at a zoo in Belgium.
Planckendael zoo was evacuated and no one was harmed.
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