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See Lion Up-Close Moments Before It Tried Attacking Nature Photographer in Pakistan

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ht lion pakiston kb 150413 16x9 992?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1428965419284 Photographer Atif Saeed said he captured this photo of an adult male lion while in a safari in Lahore, Pakistan on Jan. 24, 2012. Courtesy Atif Saeed(LAHORE, Pakistan) — A man from Pakistan was almost attacked by a lion after going inside its home in Lahore Zoo Safari to get up-close and take photographs.

The photograph, taken just moments before the lion made an offensive move, is now going viral on the Internet.

Nature photographer Atif Saeed, 38, told ABC News Monday the exhilarating experience was “indescribable.”

Saeed said he captured the breathtaking photo in January of 2012 when he was granted the opportunity to go inside the lion’s habitat to take a photo.

He drove his car in and sat on the ground near the car with the door left open, he said, adding he was only a “jump away from the lion.”

“The feel of the aggressive, approaching lion from the camera is something that can’t be described,” Saeed said. “I was witnessing every small detail of movement that no photograph or movie can show.”

Saeed said the lion seemed to treat him like prey and after a few minutes, the lion “offensively moved” in an attempt to attack him, so he immediately jumped in the car and luckily escaped unscathed.

“It was a pretty close encounter,” he said. “I was laughing afterwards at the time, but I don’t think I’d ever be able to do something like that again.”


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