Due to the way the costume is designed, you find it easier to walk on all fours. Once you have paced back and forth a few times the attentant asked if you were ready to enter the enclosure and mingle with the other lions.
"Won't the other lions discover I'm a fake and rip me to pieces?" you ask, a bit concerned.
"Not at all." she replies "The suit has a special scent. To them you'll just be an ordinary lion. Now if you're ready I'll open the special 2-door hatchway."