This is the moment a lioness at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans attempted to sneak up on a five-year-old boy on the other side of the enclosure's glass window.<br /><br />The lioness is barely visible at the start of video as it creeps through the shrubbery before breaking into a sprint.<br /><br />Jory Ledet, who filmed these videos on July 28, told Newsflare: "At first we were just trying to get a picture of him [Jaxon] like anyone does at the zoo by the glass in front of where the lions were laying in the background.<br /><br />"We noticed the lion climb down from the rock. At that point, I started videoing the lion starting to creep up towards the window. We knew the glass was going to protect us and we were not in danger.<br /><br />"My son thought it was so cool and is still telling everyone about his day at the zoo with the encounter of this lioness."<br /><br />Jory also managed to capture the moment his nine-month-old daughter, Lillian, coming face-to-face with the curious lioness.<br /><br />"Once the lion pounced at my son, the lion just stood there for a few seconds and that is when my wife also put my daughter closer to try and get a picture of the kids up close to the lion. <br /><br />"This is when the crowd began to swarm around us. Once we pulled our kids out from by the glass the lion turned its back to the crowd," Jory added.
