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By RICHARD ESPOSITO and COLLEEN CURRY
Sept. 21, 2012
A man was hospitalized after apparently jumping off an electric monorail ride and over an electric fence into the tiger den at New York's Bronx Zoo this afternoon.
The victim, who zoo officials said was approximately 25 years old, suffered multiple wounds, including tiger bites and fractures, according to Emergency Medical Services and police. Among the injuries were a deep wound to the back, a tiger bite to the right ankle that possibly caused a fracture and a right knee injury.
Earlier, police said the man had to have a foot amputated, but officials later said that was not the case.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-hospitalized-leap-tiger-den-yorks-bronx-zoo/story?id=17294363#.UF0qYY5xudw
bpositive
(423 posts)And a good candidate for the Darwin awards
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Perhaps we can throw the mentally ill to the lions for entertainment.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Conjecture is conjecture.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)was a jackass.
I feel bad for the tiger, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Zoo_tiger_attacks
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I don't care what he was. A live angry tiger was able to escape its enclosure at a zoo.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)n/t
abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...I am not in charge of the world. There are zoos. They should keep the animals separate from the visitors.
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)This was likely a suicide attempt.
flvegan
(64,416 posts)and that no harm comes to the big cats that reacted to his actions.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Zax2me
(2,515 posts)Maybe he thought she would protect him?!
musette_sf
(10,206 posts)that Beavis and Butt-head Dhaliwal are inspiring copycat (pardon the pun) douchecanoes:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/bay-area/2010/11/tiger-attack-tapes-turn-tasty-treat
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)How high a jump are we talking about here?
He could have easily broken his ankles just from that alone. Especially if it was a concrete surface.