Video of lion riding in Dubai car posted on YouTube

Dubai: Watch this incredible video of what appears to be a lion in the back of a Nissan Armada driving through the streets of the emirate.

The video was posted on Youtube ago under the title 'Nissan Armada in Dubai ... now with more LION'.

The uploader claimed: 'My sister was driving behind this truck in Dubai when she noticed something odd in the back.'

The video was posted on Thursday. It had almost 20,000 views on Monday afternoon - but a second version of the video, posted two days later, had been seen almost 50,000 times.

Owners of wild animals have caused controversy in the emirate. A lion was reportedly spotted in Jumeirah Beach Residence in March 2012.

And just last November, we went undercover to buy a crocodile in Sharjah.