Amazing footage from the Newsflare archive of a baby dressed as a lion coming face-to-face with a real lion.

The video, filmed at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia, shows 11-month-old Aryeh interacting with a very large male lion through the glass of the enclosure.

The filmer later wrote online: "The lions were immediately interested in our little lion cub, and it wasn't long before they couldn't stand their curiosity any longer and came right up to the glass.

"Aryeh was completely unfazed and interacted with the lions for a few minutes."

"We took some pictures and videos before moving along as the lions started getting a little worked up and we didn't want to make them too anxious," she continued.

My close friend and I took our 11 month old godson to Zoo Atlanta for a little godfamily outing. Our godson's name is Aryeh, which means lion in Hebrew, so his mom packed his lion costume. It was a pretty cold day so when we first arrived, the lions weren't out yet. We saw the rest of the animals and stopped by the lion exhibit on our way out, saw that the lions were out and put Aryeh in his costume, thinking we'd snap a picture of him with the lions in the background.

The lions were immediately interested in our little lion cub, and it wasn't long before they couldn't stand their curiosity any longer and came right up to the glass! Aryeh was completely unfazed and interacted with the lions for a few minutes! We took some pictures and videos before moving along as the lions started getting a little worked up and we didn't want to make them too anxious.

It was incredible! Definitely a great memory from our first little godfamily outing!