A cute video has emerged of a three-year-old girl getting upset as her mother explains to her that Spider-Man cannot come home with them.

The footage, shot at Roger William Park zoo in Rhode Island, USA, shows Claire kissing and hugging Spider-Man as her mother tells her she can't take him with her.

"Claire has a fascination with super hero characters, especially male ones," her mother wrote online.

"While visiting the Roger Williams Park playground in Rhode Island she encountered her first "life size" Spider-Man on the rides you pay a few quarters to operate."

"Even though I did not have the change to ride the ride, she stayed and sat with him for about 30 mins. She would be very protective when her sister tried to sit with her and Spider-Man!"

"She kept saying things like 'aww, you are so cute - I love you!'"