Mysterious roaring sound waking up Sydneysiders just before dawn is solved - and it's all due to lockdown Sydneysiders living in the area near Taronga Zoo waking to a mysterious noise Lack of human activity means residents can hear the sounds of the animals The lions are most prominent, their roars can be be heard 8km away
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Sydneysiders living near Taronga Zoo are getting a break from their usual daily soundtrack of morning traffic when they wake up.
Residents in the area have reported hearing a loud roaring noise ringing out across the nearby suburbs.
And rather than being anything sinister, it's actually the lions and other 'vocal' animals in the zoo.
Katherine Spenceley from Taronga Zoo told 9 News that the animals are doing what they always do, it's human behaviour that has changed.
Sydneysiders are hearing the noises of the animals waking up at Taronga Zoo, especially the lions (pictured)
'Animals make noise all the time so it's much more likely that this has to do with people being home more and having less traffic to