Hungry lion tries to eat toddler in zebra-striped top A hungry lioness at an Oregon zoo has been caught on camera trying to eat a little toddler. Thankfully, the young boy, called Jack, was safely on the other side of the glass. In two separate videos uploaded to YouTube by the child's mother, Kya the lioness can been seen scratching at the glass while Jack remains unfazed. At one point the child even attempts to have a short conversation with the ferocious big cat. The face-off between boy and beast took place at a zoo in Portland, Oregon in the United States.