Holiday snap! Moment tourist almost gets savaged by angry lion after POKING him from window of safari Jeep while trying to take a photo

Footage shows tourist stroking the lion in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Lion turns around and roars as the tourist scrambles to close the window
The tourist manages to close the window and the lion hisses as they drive away

Shocking footage shows a tourist leaning out of a car window to stroke a lion sitting next to their car in a national park.

The lion is facing away from the car when the tourist leans over her fellow passenger to touch the lion in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Maasai Sightings said that touching the lion was a very dumb thing to do and the tourists could have easily got themselves killed and banned from the national park.

The Serengeti National Park advises drivers don't approach animals too closely and that a good rule is to stay at least 25 metres away.

They say that approaching too closely to animals such as lions may result in them altering their natural behaviour.

Another rule says tourists are not allowed to disturb the natural wildlife in any way and that loud noises, throwing objects, loud music and imitating animal noises are strictly forbidden.