Daily Telegraph writer mauled by a lion
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“You cannot show him any fear. And, above all, don’t turn and run. He’ll think you’re prey,” said Arrie as we approached Mapimpan’s enclosure. I gulped and nodded.
Arrie entered the pen, as the cameras began to roll. Heart surging, I slipped inside and the gate locked behind me. I approached slowly and bent down to stroke Mapimpan’s wiry underbelly. It pawed at my shoes, rolling on to its back. “He likes you,” said Arrie with a smile.
I began to relax, chuckling with disbelief. Then Mapimpan emitted a low growl as it circled around me. “Remember it just wants to play,” said Arrie, sensing my fear.
That was when the lion clamped its jaws around my calf, its teeth sinking into my flesh.
read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6139806/Daily-Telegraph-writer-mauled-after-entering-lions-enclosure.html
“You cannot show him any fear. And, above all, don’t turn and run. He’ll think you’re prey,” said Arrie as we approached Mapimpan’s enclosure. I gulped and nodded.
Arrie entered the pen, as the cameras began to roll. Heart surging, I slipped inside and the gate locked behind me. I approached slowly and bent down to stroke Mapimpan’s wiry underbelly. It pawed at my shoes, rolling on to its back. “He likes you,” said Arrie with a smile.
I began to relax, chuckling with disbelief. Then Mapimpan emitted a low growl as it circled around me. “Remember it just wants to play,” said Arrie, sensing my fear.
That was when the lion clamped its jaws around my calf, its teeth sinking into my flesh.
read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6139806/Daily-Telegraph-writer-mauled-after-entering-lions-enclosure.html
If he wanted that guy dead, he would be dead.
I have to wonder what kind of mindset a person must have to think he can walk into a cage with a lion and presume that they're equals. "I can use my brains to control this situation," I suppose. Maybe. Maybe not. Luck would have a lot to do with the outcome. And I'd rather risk my life savings on a roll of the dice than risk being viciously mauled to death by a lion when the interaction was totally voluntary. The reporter's a dolt for going in that cage, and the lion's handler is a dolt for allowing him to enter.
This is just so stupid that it's blowing my mind.
*news
Bravo.
Mauls? T'was but a nibble!
yeah, when i think "mauled", i think a little more graphically than some scrathes and a puncture wound. but that's me...
Lions are not meant to be played with. Look at Siegfried and Roy who worked with huge tigers daily for years and years, and still (nearly fatal) incidents can happen. This reporter had a little too much machismo for going in there in the first place, and it could have ended much worse.
But I'm sure he got laid that night
If only there were some deterrent to keep him out of that cage, say a ferocious animal inside or something.
Har har.
(Or, y'know, the sign on the cage shown in the thumbnail: "DANGER. Stay behind the barrier. Do not touch the animals.)
To me, this outcome was expected.
"Ah that was nothing" reminded me of "it's just a flesh wound!" from monty python.
Lions are not meant to be played with. Look at Siegfried and Roy who worked with huge tigers daily for years and years, and still (nearly fatal) incidents can happen. This reporter had a little too much machismo for going in there in the first place, and it could have ended much worse.
But I'm sure he got laid that night
Does that make this eia?
That was a lot of heavy breathing. I thought the camera man was having a heart attack.
That wasn't the camera man, the writer was mic'd. To be fair, if I was wrestling a lion, I probably would be breathing hard to.