Lion with Mullet Causes Uproar in China, Zoo Denies Giving Botched Haircut

A lion’s not-so-purrfect hairdo is raising eyebrows … prompting a zoo in China to brush the blame off themselves and onto mother nature.

Hang Hang the lion has the Internet buzzing about his rockstar mane, because let’s face it … sure looks like a total failure of a haircut — but the Guangzhou Zoo claims it has nothing to do with his unique look.

They say high humidity is to blame for Hang Hang’s blown-out mullet, claiming the lion licked his paws and brushed his hair out during a recent extreme heatwave.

The zoo chalks it up to “nature’s magic,” adding Hang Hang looks like a blonde supermodel, but most others don’t see it that way. Some say he looks like one of The Beatles, mop-top and all, while many draw a resemblance to the “Tiger King” himself, Joe Exotic.

Zoo visitors are still skeptical the weather is at fault here … one claims his hair looked nothing like this 2 months ago when they went to the zoo, and some even say the staff has ruined the lion’s appearance altogether.