Lion clings to the back of a 4x4 car in South Africa
This is the remarkable moment one male lion decided to rest his legs for a while by hitching a ride on a 4x4 car.
A pride of lions spotted a moving SUV driving through a wildlife park near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
The most daring animal out of the group saw this as a great chance to rest for a while and pounced on the spare tyre attached to the back of the vehicle.
This is the remarkable moment one male lion decided to rest his feet for a while by hitching a ride on a 4x4 car
The devoted felines of the pride dutifully followed the lion as he calmly gripped the wheel.
Using it's two hind legs the fierce cat walks along with the car as it slowly creeps forward.
It is unclear how long the striking animal clings to the vehicle but it is at least a minute before the car rolls to a stop - with the beast holding on for that entire time.
This isn't the first time a lion has become too attached to a shiny car.
A pack of lions spotted a moving SUV driving through a wildlife park near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
The most daring animal out of the group saw this as a great chance to rest for a while and pounced on the spare tyre attached to the back of the vehicle
Last June, a terrified family encountered a hungry lion after it sank its teeth into their car's spare wheel at a safari park.
A large male took an unhealthy interest in a group's 4x4 and seemingly tried to eat the rubber or rip off the spare wheel on the vehicle as a passenger filmed the action just inches away.
Luckily, the animal eventually got bored of chewing the tyre and wandered of.
At the time bosses at Chapin nature reserve in the Guatemalan region of Escuintla, said such incidents were not a risk to visitors' safety.