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Man torn apart by zoo bears

2008 Reader Submission
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Text directly quoted from web news article.

THREE bears at a Ukrainian zoo tore a man "limb from limb" after he fell into their enclosure, local media reports.

The 22-year-old man was drunk and trying to take close-up shots of the Siberian Brown bears at Mykolaev city zoo when he lost his footing, witnesses said, according to Channel 5 television.

The three bears charged the man immediately, tearing him "limb from limb" as he tried to escape, according to the station, quoted by the Deutsche Presse-Agentur news agency.

The man was dead before keepers could separate the animals from their victim.

The brown bear is highly territorial and among the world's largest land carnivores.

From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24015592-23109,00.html?from=public_rss

Submitted on 07/14/2008

Submitted by: A Smith
Reference: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24015592-23109,00.html?from=public_rss 14/July/2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Drunks are always falling off things, but I'll vote for this given that drunks falling into bear enclosures still isn't all that common. My big question is if this guy was using a camera phone to try to take the picture. I always chuckle when I see people with phones in outstretched hands trying to take photos of distant objects, as if the extra two feet they'll get will make any real difference.


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Granted, animals chomping people whoe climb in their cages is on the "too common" list, but this is something different -and stupid. I mean, who gets so plastered at the zoo that they can't keep their balance on _their_ side of the fence? And from what I've seen on the price tags of some of those phones, those holding them could well afford to get a low- to medium- cost digital camera with more range. Thanks, Smith!


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