WATCH: Visitors at Badaling Wildlife Park break the rules by rolling down their car windows, resulting in this black bear encounter. Video courtesy Weibo/JenniferSalvatore via Storyful

An open car window almost led to fatal consequences at an already controversial zoo in China.

In a video filmed by a fellow zoo visitor and posted on the blogging site Weibo, a group of Asiatic black bears can be seen rushing to the open car window. Witnesses say a child was in the backseat at the time. One bear momentarily pokes its head into the back of the car, before the zoo, via loudspeaker, instructs the car to roll away.

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