Daring Darwin: this fool reaches out the window and pats a wild lion

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THIS is the terrifying moment a foolhardy tourist tried to stroke a ravenous lion from a car — and was met with the full force of the beast’s fury.

Shocking footage shows the reckless tourist reaching out of a safari vehicle to give the big cat’s a pat of the back.

The fully-grown beast then turns around and bares its fangs and roars in displeasure — forcing one terrified passenger to yelp “close the window”.

Another rushes to slide the glass shut as the lion glowers through the window.

According to The Sun, a South African safari ranger Naas Smit said: “Only those who work in the wild know the speed of a lion and it could have torn the arm off the person touching it.

“It would have the power to pull that tourist straight out of that window and kill them instantly in front of their friends. It was an incredibly stupid thing to do.

“It could also just have easily crashed its way through the open window and torn into those inside. They were lucky to get away with it. They are wild animals.