The Lion’s Den: National Zoo the Scene of an All-Too-Real Predator-Prey Exhibit

Families got a bit too real of a zoological lesson at the National Zoo this week when a deer somehow jumped into the wrong exhibit: the lion enclosure. Nature took it from there.

The deer was from the nearby park. For those who do not live in Washington, we have a great population of deer and it is not uncommon to see them walking along the roads and highways.

The crowd was cheering on the deer but the two female lions took the opposing view.

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