What we see here, is a hungry lion jumping on to the bonnet of an open-topped truck, snarling straight into the faces of safari family. The amazing part is they just roar with laughter. Normally, placing stone-cold masochists on an illusion oriented blog makes no sense. But this close encounter of the furred kind is not all it seems. The trick is that apparently fearless wildlife watchers are actually safely protected behind a wall of reinforced glass. Only the front of the truck is placed inside the big cat’s territory.
You’ll have to agree with me on this one; from a certain angle it really looks as if the visitors are about to become lunch. This illusory installation is one of the main attractions at Werribee open range zoo near Melbourne, Australia. Spokesmen of the zoo said once:
The cut-off Land Rover was stuck either side of the glass wall as a bit of fun and it’s proved a big hit – especially with the kids. Everyone wants to get their picture taken looking like they’re going to be eaten.”
lol, its so obvious!
Let’s say that the grass is glassy…
that is so cool. I’d totally go to this zoo. I didn’t notice the glass ’till you told me so it was interesting i thought it was a lion on the car…
There is a lion on the car.
Well that’s obviously fake, but nice try ; )
Sure, it’s bullet proof glass-but is it lion proof?
I’d be lion if I said I wanted to do this tour.
Guys, stop saying this is fake lol, the intention was NEVER to make you believe it is a real attack lol.
That’s cute. I would have guessed that it was PhotoShopped, but I wouldn’t have guessed that it was done the way it actually was.
Of course, I would always drive my land rover through lion territory with fresh raw meat sitting on the hood of the car…
i thought it was photoshopped at first when i saw it on the widget. i only noiced the glass after u mentioned it
It’s a shame that these folks can spent their money to fund the exploitation of these animals.
Thts sum clean reinforced glass
Wanted, Wildlife photographer to take photos of tourist’s from inside our new exhibit. Must be quick on their feet.
i thought it was all angles
Wow… So cool
If i went to that zoo, I would ask if they could make one with sharks o3o!
The lion didn’t/doesn’t look real to me!:P The way the photo was taken though, with it in the air and stuff ^_^ thought it might have been painted or somethin, heh…
Nice illusion ! =D
Pretty cute. Lol. Here’s another pic I found from the zoo’s website. http://national.atdw.com.au/multimedia/tvic/2004_2FSep_2FACFD5D.jpg
i’ve seen this car, but i’d forgotten, untill you told me and i realised
kool. i wanna do tht!
Lol, I thought the image was photoshopped. XD
This is our local zoo and my kids absolutely love sitting in that jeep. Takes me ages to drap them out of there. It’s a great lion exhibit as the lions are often visible through the hugh pane of glass and will sometimes prowl back and forth right up against the glass. It’s actually an open range zoo so if you are not lucky all you see is grass!
Go Melbourne Victoria FTW..
i thought that the illusion was the the lion seems to be sitting in the air
I was wondering how they got the lion to cooperate. I’ve looked at this several times and only just now saw the meat…
It was so obvious that half of the car was divided with a glass.
lol , if so the old lady would have gone on the SPOT! :P
i thought the loin was on the hood and they beeped the horn and he was jumping back off the hood. and that is why people are laughing.
If it was me, I’d do like my characters and ride it WITHOUT INJURY! (And that is why I don’t follow my unhealthy obsessions…heheheh.)