CUTE AND CUDDLY LION: Goes to Town On This Dude’s Legs During Safari – Here Are The Pictures (GRAPHIC)

Please forward this to PETA. Lions aren’t what Disney movies make them out to be.

An Australian tourist was lucky to escape with his life after he was mauled by a lion during an African safari tour.

Brendan Smith, from Perth in Western Australia, had landed in Johannesburg in South Africa just 36 hours before the vicious predator jumped through an open car window and attacked him.

In a Facebook post, Mr Smith recalled the terrifying moment he was bitten, with a sense of humour.

Read more: Daily Mail

Go on to see the pictures…