Lions bite, scratch to 'design' jeans at Japanese zoo

Lions bite, scratch to 'design' jeans at Japanese zoo

HITACHI, Japan - Lions bite and scratch denim fabrics rolled around tires and tree trucks to allow them to "design" blue jeans at a Kamine Park zoo in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on July 6, 2014.

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