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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Today's Idiot
2007-12-20
Tigers kill would-be photographer at Indian zoo

GUWAHATI, India - A man trying to take a close-up mobile phone photo of a rare Royal Bengal tiger at a zoo in northeast India on Wednesday was mauled to death by two of the animals, a zoo official said. The 50-year-old father of two jumped over a protective barricade and was attacked by the tiger and another of the big cats inside the enclosure after he put an arm through the bars.
Pro'ly never touched a hot stove when he was a child ...
“The person crossed over a barricade and went near an iron cage to take photographs using his cell phone,” Narayan Mahanta, warden of the Guwahati city zoo in Assam state, told AFP. “There were two tigers and one of them pounced and tore apart his hand. The other tiger also attacked.”
"Hey, wait for me!"
"Sorry, cousin, but he jumped in front of me."
"Yeah, yeah, you always get the good bits."
The man, who was at the zoo with his wife and children, bled to death after the tigers tore off his left arm despite attempts by bystanders to save him. He was declared dead on arrival at hospital.

“It was an unfortunate accident,” said Mahanta.
Of stupidity.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  They're very shy tigers; they don't want to be photographed.
Posted by: Mike   2007-12-20 15:48  

#7  This is why telephoto lenses were invented, people. Use one of those, and a sniff real camera, and you can get inside a tiger's nostril from the comfort and safety of the coffee shop.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2007-12-20 14:29  

#6  Was this Sigfried or Roy?
Posted by: Raj   2007-12-20 07:44  

#5  How would you explain this in the insurnace claim?

I can't help but to wonder if his wife and children watched his performance.

Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-12-20 04:25  

#4   Got a really good closeup of the first tiger's tonsils.

HA! I choked on my tonsils on that one Gorb! LOL!!
Posted by: RD   2007-12-20 03:56  

#3  Got a really good closeup of the first tiger's tonsils.
Posted by: gorb   2007-12-20 03:14  

#2  So, how did the pictures turn out?
Posted by: GK   2007-12-20 00:34  

#1  Since he has already reproduced, does he still qualify for the Darwin Award?
Posted by: Rambler   2007-12-20 00:32  

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