Tiger Saves Zookeeper At The Last Second From Becoming A Leopard’s Dinner

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Eduardo Serio was busy cuddling several white lions when he failed to notice a leopard sprinting rapidly towards him.

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One of the leopards sprints toward the zookeeper as he is petting another cat and appears ready to make a leap onto him. That's when a tiger steps at the last possible second to wrestle the rogue leopard to the ground. Thereby saving the day, and that zookeeper's life.

The fearsome creature could be spotted in the distance on the camera running up from behind Mr Serio, who works at Black Jaguar White Tiger, a big cat zoo in Mexico City.

But, just when the viewer fears the worst, a tiger manages to leap in to stop the leopard's attack.

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The leopard, named Dharma, was stopped by the tiger, named Aztlan, who leapt up to stop the big cat before any damage was done to Mr Serio.

The video begins with the leopard slowly prowling behind Mr Serio as he attends to a group of relaxing lions.

The sneaky leopard soon starts to run at Mr Serio at speed, reaching him almost instantly and preparing to pounce.

But out of nowhere Aztlan swoops in to knock the leopard off its feet.

The domineering tiger wrestles the leopard to the ground, at which point Mr Serio realises what is occurring.

Dharma then appears to roll into a submissive position on his back.

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Mr Serio appears to thank the tiger for stopping the potential gory cat attack.

The footage, taken in October last year, has gone viral again this week after spreading across social media.

The clip has been viewed more than 640,000 times since being shared on YouTube.

However, some online users were sceptical about the tiger's behaviour.

Some have questioned whether the tiger was trying to save Mr Serio at all.

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Users online have pointed out that Aztlan might have just wanted to play with the leopard instead of saving anyone's life.