Japanese staff comically chase furry fake lion in escape drill

You have likely experienced a fire drill, but not a drill for an escaped zoo animal.

Japan's Tobe Zoo holds escaped animal drills, complete with people dressed up as the animals, and now they're going viral after footage surfaced of an employee dressed as a lion getting into character.

The "lion" is shown swiping its paw at colleagues who got too close and evading capture attempts.

The video got a lot of attention on Twitter.

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