The essence of safari parks is the give tourists the opportunity of seeing animals at a close view. But when you start to interact with them, then it may become too risky.

A group of tourists who visited Taigan Safari Park in Crimea were surprised when a lion welcomed them with cuddles. Taigan Park is popularly know for offering it’s visitors opportunity of interacting with the big cats. Seeing the tourists, the lion named Filya jumped on their buggy to cuddle them.

The tourists who were happy to come in close contact with the lion at the park took selfies and footage of their bold interaction with the big cat in their safari buggy.

Video source: dfw.cbclocal.com

Please don’t ever think all these “friendly” animals are always friendly. Things might go the wrong way atimes. Weeks before this new lion and tourist encounter, a lion attacked a tourist at the same park.