Girl 5, leaves people stunned with her impression of a lion's roar

A toddler who has managed to perfect a lion’s roar has sent the internet into a frenzy as she shows off her unusual skill.

TikTok viewers couldn’t believe their ears when Scottish toddler Riley Scott effortlessly mimicked the larger-than-life sound in a video shared by her mother.

Parenting influencer Amy Scott, who often shares updates with her followers about family life, showed off Riley’s unusual skill in a clip on the video platform

Just as the mother-of-two encouraged Riley to to give it a try for the camera, a deep sound tumbled out of the toddler, who at the time appeared to let out the noise without any effort at all.

Her sharp roar left viewers stunned – although not everyone was convinced of her talent and suggested the clip might have been edited.

This is the mind-blowing moment a toddler roared – and sounded like a real life lion (pictured: Riley Scott on TikTok)

Taking to TikTok, Riley’s mother and parenting influencer Amy Scott shared a video of her daughter warning viewers that the roar sounded ‘super real’ – and she told no lies

Preceding the big moment, Amy said: ‘Ri[ley] do you know that so many people loved your lion noise yesterday?

‘They thought that your lion noise was really good. Everyone thought it sounded so real’.

Eager to prove the authenticity of her talent, Riley replied confidently: ‘It is real… it is super real and a real lion sound’.

Her words were quickly accompanied by an unbelievable sound – the sound of a ferocious lion.

The toddler then explained how she came to nurture her talent as well as how she was able deliver the sound.

She said: ‘I practice you know… when I was little I would say “roar, roar” and then I would say…’

She then let out a second roar – and this time she added a claw-like hand movement to really get into character.

Responding to her mum’s question about how she was physically able to roar like a wild cat, the articulate toddler explained: ‘We [I] may get some air’.

A frightening sound tumbled out of the toddler – one that mimicked the cry of the ferocious wild cat

Amy (pictured left) revealed that her daughter had ‘always been crazy good at animal sounds’

She then sucked in her breath before concluding: ‘Then [I] roar!’ At this point she let out a third roar.

Riley finished off the tutorial by declaring that she was an ‘expert’, before roaring once more and running off camera.

The video was met with comments of disbelief from viewers who struggled to wrap their heads around it, while others praised Riley for her talent.

‘No why does it sound so real?’ asked one person.

‘She’s a little too good because where the hell is the sound coming from I CAN’T DO IT’ said another.

Someone else added: ‘She doesn’t even know this but she might have just unlocked a skill no human on earth might ever be able to replicate’.

One person wrote: ‘WHAT!? I wasn’t expecting it to be THAT good I’m in shock!!’

Meanwhile others suggested they didn’t believe the sound was real and suggested her mother had edited the clip.

One person wrote: ‘I thought you put a sound over it’.

A second said: ‘Is it just me who can’t tell if it’s actually her doing it?’

‘I thought she was lip syncing,’ said another.

For those in shock over Riley’s remarkable talent, Amy revealed that her daughter had ‘always been crazy good at animal sounds’.

The viral video has since racked up 5.6 millions and nearly 10,000 comments – and counting.

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