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BBC Journalist Gets Interrupted by a Group of Lemurs While Reporting From a Zoo, Video Goes Viral

BBC's reported Alexander Dunlop was reporting from England's Banham Zoo when he was attacked by an adorable group of lemurs.

Updated: January 11, 2018, 10:54 AM IST

From being thrown a ball of ice, kicked by a horse to being interrupted by children, journalists, many-a-times, in the recent past became more interesting than the news they delivered. Hilarious bloopers of journalists in front of the camera being distracted were also widely shared on the internet. While reporters being interrupted by pups also went viral, the newest one is the distraction of sorts. BBC’s reported Alexander Dunlop was reporting from England’s Banham Zoo when he was attacked by an adorable group of lemurs. While it began with a two of them trying to gawn at Dunlop’s elbow, he was soon swarmed by seven of them. While the BBC reported kept his calm, his expressions were quite hilarious. He tries to distract them by waving his hand, but in vain.

In between all the struggle, he tries to talk to the camera, but the animals just won’t let him. In between the cute attack, he says, “And I am at one of the – ow! God, you little nipper.” Well, that’s a surprise you managed to talk. Animal lovers, you need not worry as of the lemurs are perfectly fine after the crawling, climbing and biting. Dunlop also tweeted saying that no lemur was hurt in the making of the video. Here is his tweet:

Watch the video here:

Another classic distraction that spread like wildfire on the internet was a child entering the study of his father who was live with BBC. The video went viral with even reports of a cartoon going to be made out of it. And Korea expert Robert Kelly is now known as ‘BBC Dad’, thanks to the internet.

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