- Lions at Kruger National Park, South Africa spotted the hidden GoPro
- The pride shared the camera round with one even putting it in his mouth
- Ranger Massimo Da Silva, 29, certainly got the unique footage he wanted
- Despite surface damaging the camera still worked afterwards
A pride of cheeky lions decided to get their 15 minutes of fame by stealing a GoPro.
Lions
from the Avoca pride at Makanyi Lodge in Kruger National Park, South
Africa, nonchalantly strolled up to the camera - before one of the cats
decided to put the camera in its jaws.
Park
ranger Massimo Da Silva placed his GoPro camera near the majestic
animals hoping to capture some unique footage, however it did not go
according to plan.
What do we have here? Lions from the
Avoca pride at Makanyi Lodge in Kruger National Park, South Africa,
nonchalantly strolled up to the camera
Toy! Massimo attached his camera
set-up to a length of fishing nylon for a quick retrieval but failed to
account for their quick reflexes. He was left shocked when the two
easily took the GoPro to the rest of their pride
The
29-year-old said: 'We arrived at the waterhole in the morning and there
was the Avoca pride, we approached them and decided to put a GoPro up
to see what would happen.'
Hoping
to outsmart the lions, Massimo attached his camera set-up to a length
of fishing nylon for a quick retrieval - but failed to account for their
quick reflexes.
Massimo was left shocked when the two big cat burglars easily took the GoPro to the rest of their pride.
However, all was not lost as the lions captured unique footage of their pride as they shared the camera with each other.
Nom, nom, nom: Massimo said: 'When we
arrived back at the sighting, we saw that the camera was in the mouth of
the lion without the casing'
MY camera: The lion who initially
picked up his GoPro managed to open the casing, causing the camera to
tumble to the ground, only to be picked up by another member of the
pride
Rare sight: However, all was not lost
as the lions captured unique footage of their pride as they shared the
camera with each other
He said: 'When we arrived back at the sighting, we saw that the camera was in the mouth of the lion without the casing.'
The
lion who initially picked up his GoPro managed to open the casing,
causing the camera to tumble to the ground, only to be picked up by
another member of the pride.
Although the camera was left with puncture wounds, Massimo was amazed to find that it was still working.
In
typical cat fashion the lions soon grew bored of their new chew toy and
dropped the camera - allowing the park ranger to swoop in to retrieve
it.
Playtime's over: In typical cat
fashion the lions soon grew bored of their new chew toy and dropped the
camera - allowing the park ranger to swoop in to retrieve it
Unique footage: Although the camera
was left with puncture wounds, Massimo (pictured) was amazed to find
that it was still working
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