The video, which was originally filmed at the London Zoo by a YouTuber named Ayra Kay, was reposted to TikTok on Sunday by aogejie. Already, the post has amassed more than 5 million likes and over 1 million views. Thousands of viewers also took the comments section to write out what they thought the lion was trying to say.

The video opens with the lion lying on his perch inside his zoo enclosure. When he roars, a group of onlookers from somewhere off-camera can be heard roaring in response. The lion listens closely and then roars back.

What follows is a back and forth between one of the onlookers and the lion. For nearly 30 seconds, the two take turns roaring at each other, and as the guest’s roars get shorter, so do the lions. Eventually, the guest stops roaring, but the lion roars several more times. However, those final roars sound more like huffs. Finally, once he’s done, the lion flops onto his side.

“He’s tired now,” said Kay. “He’s gone to sleep.”

Above the lion sits a rather bored lioness.

According to the San Diego Zoo, lions roar to communicate with one another.

“[A lion’s roar] identifies individuals, strengthens the pride’s bond, and lets other lions know of the pride’s domain,” the zoo explained. “Other sounds lions produce include growls, snarls, hisses, meows, grunts, and puffs, which sound like a stifled sneeze and is used in friendly situations.”

The zoo added that lions spend up to 21 hours of their day “sleeping, napping and resting,” which could explain why the lion captured in Kay’s video felt the sudden need to end its conversation, so to speak, and take a nap.

Commenters thought the video was hysterical and, as previously stated, many shared what they thought the lion was trying to communicate.

“That lion said, ‘Say it to my face,’” wrote Angelina Fierro7.

“He [is] tired of people mocking him,” said KeKe.

“‘What’s your name?’ ‘Ezekiel. What’s yours?’” commented Javier Solis in reference to a viral sketch comedy bit by YouTuber Max Forrest.

One commenter joked that the lion continued to roar at the guest simply because it wanted the last word.

“Just like a Leo, too, always trying to get the last word,” said SensualSage.

Others were more interested in analyzing the lioness’s reaction.

“She’s like, ‘You’re doing it again, Jerry,’” wrote Gost.

Gloria L Geiger added: “The female cat is like, ‘Don’t get him started!’”