Wild footage shows the moment a tiger lunges at a woman after she hopped a fence at a New Jersey zoo to taunt the giant beast.<br /><br />In the clip, the unidentified daredevil can be seen trying to entice a Bengal tiger at the Cohanzick Zoo in Bridgeton by sticking her hand through a wire enclosure. <br /><br />The video shows the cat coming in for a closer look before lunging and swiping its paw at the woman as she rips her hand back.<br /><br />After the close call, the woman can be seen casually walking away and jumping back over the fence to safety.<br /><br />The Bridgeton Police Department, which released the footage on Tuesday but did not specify when the incident occurred, is now looking for the woman, NBC reported. <br /><br />John Medica, Director of Recreation and Public Affairs for the City of Bridgeton, told People: 'Any visitor behavior that places the animals, staff, and members of the public in a potentially dangerous situation is unacceptable and will be addressed accordingly.'<br /><br />The nearly 650-pound tiger was born in 2016 and donated to the Cohanzick Zoo in North Carolina.<br /><br />It is one of two brothers currently living in the enclosure. <br /><br />According to the zoo, the Bengal is considered the second largest tiger after the Siberian tiger.
