Now here's a tail to tell the folks back home! Tourists given opportunity to walk rare lions... while holding their tails

Looking relaxed despite holding on to a 16-stone rare white lion while walking through the South African bush, Joanne Mockford from Camberley, Surrey, even smiled gamely as one mighty male brushed past her.

And these three white lions are special – with fewer than 100 surviving in the wild, friendly but endangered 15-month-old male, Mohlatsi and his two one-year-old females have been raised from birth to be comfortable in the presence of humans.

Petite Joanne, 30, who now lives in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa, was taking part in what sounds like one of the most dangerous wildlife tours - walking with lions.

'The experience was completely overwhelming,' explained Joanne.

'We all got together early in the morning, I was very scared but excited. We walked slowly towards them and off we went through the bush.

'My heartbeat was insane - I even had to concentrate on breathing. I was just concentrating on where their mouths were.

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