Eaten by a lion! Curious lioness films her sharp teeth in amazing close-up as she picks up camera in her jaws
- Frank De Beer left his action camera on the ground in Balule Nature Reserve
- A female lioness grabbed the camera from the dirt path with her jaws
- De Beer has previously left his Go Pro out for animals in South Africa safaris
A curious lioness filmed a scary selfie when she picked up a camera and carried it around in her jaws.
Photographer Frank De Beer’s Go Pro captured the stunning video in the Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, on February 7.
De Beer left the video camera running on a dirt path and the female lion soon approached to take a closer look at the strange object.
Frank De Beer left his Go Pro camera on a dirt track on the Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa, when it was approached by a lioness, pictured
The lioness picked up the camera in her jaws, recording stunning footage, on February 7
The action camera provided footage from inside the deadly predator’s mouth
Incredibly, the curious lion picked up the camera and carried it around in her jaws, filming her sharp teeth in terrifying detail.
Frank said: ‘It was planned, but the animals still had the choice to avoid the camera or just walk around it.
‘I tried to anticipate the movements of the lions and got really lucky with a curious female.
‘The camera was perfectly fine thanks to its protective case.’
De Beer tried the same trick with a herd of elephants in March 2021 at the Olifants West Nature Reserve.
The camera’s footage shows the herd making its way across the park before one of them spots the hidden camera with its trunk and lifts it towards its mouth.
The camera captured footage of the lioness approaching while De Beer was a safe distance away
The camera was undamaged though the case was covered in saliva, blurring the image
An elephant decides to inspect the hidden camera before lifting it off the ground at Olifants West Nature Reserve in South Africa
It then moves the camera around and captures a range of angles – including a short of the inside of its mouth – before tossing it to the ground.
Over the years, De Beer has been able to capture a range of footage of wildlife in South Africa.
In 2020, De Beer had been walking in the Greater Kruger National Park, one of Africa’s biggest game reserves, in Limpopo, South Africa, when he spotted a black rhino charging towards him.
Fortunately the charge was more of a warning and the rhino ran off in a different direction, leaving De Beer unharmed.
In 2017, the wildlife photographer managed to plant a GoPro near an elephant as it grazed along a dry river bed in Hoedspruit Limpopo, South Africa.
The camera was able to capture the elephant inspect the new device with its trunk before walking away.
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