Video: Lion tries to eat baby through glass

The family of this adorable one-year-old were probably thanking their lucky stars for the safety glass that stopped him from becoming a lion’s dinner.

The clip showing a determined lioness clawing at a thick glass window in a zoo has been doing the rounds on the Web.

Fearless baby Jack doesn’t look at all fazed by the animal’s attempt to take a swipe at him as he calmly sits outside the lion enclosure in Portland, Oregon.

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While African lioness Kya is seen trying to take a bite out of the baby’s head, the boy’s mother is heard giggling, encouraging Jack to say: "Hi kitty, kitty.”

Oregon Zoo director Kim Smith told KPTV that lions often interact with young visitors to the zoo through the glass.

Ms Smith said: “She's using a typical prey behavior.”

It could be that the beast mistook the black-and-white hooded baby for a zebra foal.