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The stupidity displayed by the participants in the following tales stops short of the ultimate Darwin Awards sacrifice. Nevertheless, we salute the spirit and innovation of their misadventures. |
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As great white sharks ripped hunks of flesh from the gigantic dead mammal, spectators took leave of their senses and reached into the water to pet their snouts. Some even climbed onto the back of the floating meal, one carrying his child for a closer look at the feeding frenzy. "These creatures are not toys," said Environment Minister Iain Evans. "I am shocked at [their] disrespect for their own safety." He added that the government would "look at changing the law in order to protect people too stupid to protect themselves." People are already forbidden from approaching living whales. Authorities plan to extend the 100-meter exclusion zone to dead whales, to save the gawkers from themselves. Marine officials say the southern right whale died from natural causes.
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Concerned reader Stuart Binnion says, "Patting the snouts is true, but NO ONE climbed onto the whale with children. Sharks were patted on the snout, that is ALL. if someone had put a child near the shark, they would have been thrown in jail! This story is lame and only made to look decent by the obvious lies someone has added to it."
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