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| Woman narrowly escapes Darwin Award in polar bear pond | |
| 2009-04-12 | |
Zoo keepers saved the life of a German woman who jumped into a polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo by pushing away of one of the animals when it attacked her. The keepers' bravery was praised after they dragged the 32-year-old out of a moat for the animals. They had to shove the animal out of the way after one of four polar bears dived into the water and attacked her, inflicting serious bites to her legs and arms. Knut, the zoo's baby bear that became an international celebrity in 2007 after it was hand-reared by a keeper, was in the enclosure at the time. Germany went polar bear crazy after the birth of the cute animal. Police did not say why the woman jumped into the enclosure. She had to climb over a fence, a line of prickly hedges and a wall to get in.
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #5 You have to wonder if someone could make a fortune on some isolated island, by having a zoo full of critters, and letting insane people and drunks jump into their pits, to be torn up and eaten by them. Then selling the videos. How many would do if just for the celebrity? Do it as the open act to gladiatorial combat. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-12 13:51 |
| #4 Maybe she was Bi-polar???? |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2009-04-12 13:49 |
| #3 The bears were obviously mulling the..... unscheduled feeding. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-12 06:59 |
| #2 Sea, I hope that you mean they should let the woman hug the bears and bears have their unscheduled snack? It seems unlikely that the bears can get out of their enclosure. That an idiot bear hugger can get in? More meal to the bear! ;-) |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2009-04-12 01:45 |
| #1 The Berlin Zoo ought to have its eisbär permit yanked by whichever governing body is in charge of issuing those tpes of permit. The BZ's stewardship of its bears has been absolutely dismal, possibly even criminal. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-04-12 00:44 |