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VIRAL: Tiger, pregnant woman have close encounter at zoo

VIRAL: Tiger, pregnant woman have close encounter at zoo
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(RNN) - A video of a tiger pawing and rubbing against the glass in front of a pregnant woman is spreading across the internet.

Brittany Osborne took the video of a tiger at Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, IN, as it took interest in her pregnant cousin, Natasha Handshoe, and posted it to Facebook. The zoo shared the video to its own page, and things took off from there.

"This is why the Zoo is here - to help make connections to nature," the zoo said in its post.

The tiger pushes against the glass and paws at it while Handshoe sits with her back to the animal.

But it's when she turns around that the video becomes viral fodder.

Handshoe stands up and places her stomach against the glass at the perfect height for the tiger's head.

The tiger pokes around for a second and then rubs its head against the glass where her stomach - and the baby - are.

People in the video can be heard "awwwing" over the tiger's seemingly playful nature and ask whether the tiger knows she's pregnant and is interested in her because of that.

You never know, but being a tiger, it probably just wanted an easy meal.

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