Trick or treat?: Tiger unimpressed after playful boyfriend gives her a fright at Dudley Zoo

Watch the moment Sumatran tiger Daseep is spooked by her boyfriend Joao in their den at Dudley Zoo. Credit: Dudley Zoo

A female Sumatran tiger was given the ultimate Halloween fright when her boyfriend jumped out at her at Dudley Zoo.

In a video, Daseep can be seen relaxing and enjoying a leafy snack before Joao jumps out from the trees behind her.

The female tiger stares her boyfriend down before the pair have a playfight.

Joao, who is known for being playful and chasing his girlfriend round their den, then leaves Daseep to give her some time to cool off.

Critically-endangered Sumatran tigers the smallest sub-species in the world. There are thought to be around 400 – 500 left in the wild.

Tigers are threatened through poaching, illegal logging, agricultural encroachment and deforestation.

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