Lions at Oregon Zoo discover hidden camera
Check out the funny moment a pride of lions at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, finds a hidden camera in their space. (Oregon Zoo via Storyful)
Oregon Zoo staff Portland, OregonPeople were surprised this month when a pride of lions discovered a hidden camera in their habitat.
“With the help of zoo staff, we hid the camera in the lion’s enclosure last week. It didn’t stay hidden for long,” the zoo wrote on Facebook, sharing the video.
Workers were reportedly hoping to get an “insider view” of what the lions go through in their habitat, but staff got much more than they bargained for.
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A pride of lions at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, discovered a camera hidden in their habitat. (Oregon Zoo via Storyful)
The video shows several lions lying on the ground resting, when suddenly, a paw appears on screen, followed by the face of another lion.
Move the camera until you see the lion looking straight into the lens.
Subsequent footage shows the male lion’s face, the camera being taken away, and then, as the camera stops, the lion looks into the lens with apparent great interest.
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A pride of lions at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, discovered a camera hidden in their habitat. (Oregon Zoo via Storyful)
The final clip shows the inside of the lion’s mouth as it yawns.
“This behavior is something our keepers see every day, but never from this perspective,” Kelly Gomez, the Oregon Zoo’s Africa curator, said in a statement to Fox News.
The lions on-site are housed in the “Serengeti Predators” exhibit, according to the zoo’s website. They are all part of the zoo’s new lion breeding program, which is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ African Lion Species Survival Plan.
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A pride of lions at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, discovered a camera hidden in their habitat. (Oregon Zoo via Storyful)
The program aims to support socially stable lion prides while maintaining genetically diverse and sustainable lion populations.
“As recently as 25 years ago, lions were common across much of East Africa,” Gomes said in a statement, “but populations have declined and today there are thought to be fewer than 25,000 lions left in the wild.”
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The Oregon Zoo did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
