Days after a woman lost her arm in a shocking lion attack at a Queensland zoo, frightening footage has resurfaced of a staff member snuggling up to a lion behind a fence.

Visitor activities resume at Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba, as Workplace Health and Safety Queensland continue to investigate the circumstances around the mauling.

The Queensland zoo where a woman had her arm torn off by a lion has been issued with compliance notices by workplace health and safety inspectors in the wake of the attack.