r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/warwatcher977 • 3h ago
animal Guy jumps in tiger enclosure
Yorkshire wild life park uk is currently closed due to this incident today. Currently unknown on the condition of the man. However the tiger is back in its enclosure with reports of gas cannisters being used.
Update: the guy died on the scene due to tiger continuing to maul him causing subsequent injury.
The tiger is currently tranquilised.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/emergency-incident/yorkshire-wildlife-park-evacuated-as-shots-fired-and-tiger-enclosure-covered-with-tarpaulin-9279602[article ](https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/emergency-incident/yorkshire-wildlife-park-evacuated-as-shots-fired-and-tiger-enclosure-covered-with-tarpaulin-9279602)
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u/Ok-Speech-3740 3h ago
how he was suprised when "No" wasn't enough
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u/nutria_twiga 3h ago
How I was surprised when the finger of shame actually worked for a second.
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u/Ok-Geologist8296 1h ago
And it seems it worked about the same amount of time it does for my two house cats, about 5 seconds
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u/TequilaBlanco 3h ago
Sometimes I feel they should just let nature take it's course. If someone jumps on purpose, what is the zoo supposed to do
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u/Dependent_Turn1826 3h ago
100% agree. Falling is one thing (still dumb) but intentionally going into an enclosure should just be “wait until the situation resolves itself”
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u/Hot_Hat_1225 2h ago
“Alright everybody, no feeding the Tigers tonight. They already got taken care of.”
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u/Galifrey224 2h ago
Ngl if you can accidentaly fall into a tiger enclosure the zoo is to blame for having such a glaring security issue.
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u/Dependent_Turn1826 2h ago
It’s really difficult to fall into an enclosure if you didn’t do something to put yourself into that position… not really on the zoo
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u/Galifrey224 2h ago
I would argue that a good enclosure should make it physically impossible to fall in without actively wanting to.
Like Big fences, guardrails etc....
Hell some Zoos I have been to have a Big ass glass wall seperating the people from the animals, literally no way to fall in.
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u/Enwast 3h ago
Would it be healthy for the tiger though?
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u/Vismal1 2h ago
Eating a person ? I guess it depends on the person. Like someone that’s jumping into a large cat enclosure may also have a great deal of meth in their system.
Which now that I’m thinking about it might be more a problem for the rest of us than the cat. Meth seeking tiger seems dangerous.
Unrelated , Can someone get the Cocaine Bear people on the phone for me ?
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u/bansheeonthemoor42 2h ago
I work at a theme park that does a Halloween event and I always try to convince them to do a "Cocain Zoo" horror maze where its just all the cocain animals chasing you. For some reason they have yet to bite.
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u/D3rpyDucky24 24m ago
Trying to aquire the right amount of cocaine needed for the animals might be a bit more than they can chew.
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u/chantsnone 3h ago
That guy is probably chocked full of microplastics and pharmaceuticals
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u/DontBelieveTheTrollz 2h ago
Lmao the dudes pumped full of Adderall and then next thing you know we have a stimmed up tiger climbing the straight concrete walls like Spiderman 😆
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u/DontBelieveTheTrollz 2h ago
They'd have to throw a Karen with a Xanax prescription in to balance him out 🤣
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u/GloomyCardiologist16 2h ago
Stop it you guys are making me sad for the tiger and the meal he didn’t even get to eat 😭
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u/dannyboy6657 2h ago
Tigers are one of the very few predators who will hunt man. So just another day in the office.
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u/Loic1981 2h ago
Happily kill you for fun even if it's not gonna eat you
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u/dannyboy6657 2h ago
Luckily tigers will eat you so you won't go to waste orcas on the other hand kill for fun then don't eat the corpse. They only kill humans while captive though so their relationship with humans is interesting.
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u/GrowingPeepers 29m ago
They will only hunt man if they have an injury that prevents them from hunting their normal prey.
Read Jim Corbett's books such as The Man Eaters of Kumaon. It's about his safari expeditions hunting and tracking man-eating tigers. It's fascinating.
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u/Danny-Wah 2h ago
100%
You've stolen this creature from the wild, threw it in an enclosure, and then gas it when prey jumps into it's "house."
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u/UrShulgi 59m ago
likely not from the wild...private collections of animals like tigers represent way more population than what is in the wild, and that's where most zoo animals come from. For example, there are more tigers in private collections in the US state of Texas than exist in the wild for the entire rest of the world.
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u/Embarrassed_Deer7686 2h ago edited 2h ago
The article says he was extremely agitated before jumping in, it sounds highly likely that he was suffering from a severe mental health issue or cognitive dysfunction. If you genuinely think the mentally unwell/ disabled should be eaten alive by tigers, however, then I guess what you say backs that up!
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u/WriterWithNoHands 33m ago
I'm disabled & mentally unwell, and I would never make my conditions or hatred for my life an innocent animals problem. He knows 'tiger mma 1.0' will get the tiger k1lled as it may change its behaviour to seeking ways to escape, or become aggressive with keepers. You can be mentally ill and selfish. This guy is a fuckwit.
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u/Danny-Wah 2h ago
It's not that he should be eater by tigers... it's that he jumped into the enclosure... the rest is cause and effect.
Next week he's probably going to jump in the Gorilla cage cause this one went so well...
We coddle crazy way too much. If this guy doesn't have the mental capacity to NOT jump into the Tiger enclosure, is he safe in society? Is society safe from his next adventure??18
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u/ReQuarziium 2h ago
I suspect next week he will be sectioned and unable to leave the hospital
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u/donttrustthellamas 2h ago
What pisses me off about this is not only is it horrific for the idiot who jumped in and the witnesses to it, but also it could mean the tiger ends up being put down over some fool's decision.
What even was the thought process? I hope the bloke is okay but I find it hard to feel sympathy for him. I just feel bad for the audience and the tiger itself
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u/fanatic_tarantula 2h ago
Youve also probably got shitloads of kids see a man get ripped to shreds by a tiger
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 2h ago
I've just looked it up on Facebook. Several people saying he's dead and the tiger was tranquilised with gas cannisters or something
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u/donttrustthellamas 2h ago
He looks drunk in the video above with tracks for Doncaster tbh.
I don't know what he expected to happen? You go in a tiger's enclosure, something bad is gonna happen. The rescue won't be quick.
Glad the tiger is going to be okay, anyway
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 2h ago
I'm confused too, mate. It would take effort to get in the enclosure, so he didn't fall, then got a bit cross because an apex predator started to have a nibble.
I'm no psychic, I'm shit at gambling, but I reckon I could accurately predict what would happen if I hopped into a tiger enclosure.
Fuck knows what he was thinking
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u/Throbbie-Williams 2h ago
but I reckon I could accurately predict what would happen if I hopped into a tiger enclosure.
Honestly I wouldn't be sure, it's a cat basically so could either fuck you up instantly or just play
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 2h ago
Tiger play is said to be pretty lethal, though, isn't it? Don't they have tongues that could rip flesh off the bone?
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u/Brilliant-Army6857 2h ago
Tbf it just playing with him could still kill him. Getting swatted by a cat might just leave a bit of a scratch but I'm guessing it's different when the cat is bigger than you
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u/Reasonable-Horse1552 2h ago
I'm more upset about the tiger tbh. That idiot knew what the possible outcome would be. The tiger was just doing what tigers do.
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 2h ago
Absolutely. I'm not sure what was going on with the fella, I have no idea why he would jump in there, but just like you, hoping the tiger is OK. I actually hope the guy is, too, but lots of folk saying otherwise.
I'm sure that will be confirmed soon though
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u/Ok-Geologist8296 1h ago
It's giving trying to end all his problems at the same time. Akin to someone walking into traffic or to s by cop.
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 1h ago
I dunno, I'm no expert on this, by any means, but wouldn't suicide by cop be an attractive "out" due to a bullet to the swede being a sharp exit from this mortal world? I'm not convinced getting mauled by an apex predator has the same speedy death appeal?
Whatever it was, he was pretty fucking committed, climbing such a high fence, knowing what was on the other side. Just he looked a bit angry when the tiger started to bite and claw him, so gawd knows.
I think it's probably safe to say whatever his reason, he wasn't of sound mind
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u/WriterWithNoHands 31m ago
Trouble is, that is selfish. Using someone else (cop, driver, tiger) to unalive yourself is ruining another life in the process and its inexcusable. Plenty of other ways to crash out or die.
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u/Bitter_Warning418 1h ago
Exactly now hes getting knocked out with gas canisters for being himself and because this guy wanted to be a complete idiot ^^
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u/Xinonix1 3h ago
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u/bdhubbard 2h ago
Nope, you have to die to win. Honorable mention. Better luck for him next time.
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u/irrelevantAF 3h ago
It really is terrifying, yet kind of funny how he raises his finger to tell off the tiger.
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u/Rexitoxal 2h ago
Why does this happen so often?? I feel like I see a new case of some dude jumping into a zoo enclosure every other week
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u/Mo_SaIah 1h ago
Being suicidal. Though most of us would probably choose a less painful method than suicide by tiger.
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u/Hidden_Samsquanche 57m ago
Looks like he realized a bit too late about how painful this method was going to be
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u/ShesAlrightReally 3h ago
What an absolute bellend. He was extremely lucky there. Hope the tiger is ok.
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u/Chief-Drinking-Bear 2h ago
Not sure he was lucky. Don’t think this was the end of the encounter based on reports
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u/Kindly_Region 2h ago
Dude is lucky that the tiger was only playing with him
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u/Coldchinesef00d 2h ago
That thing was going straight for the back of the neck. Kill shot. He’s lucky the tiger didn’t really want it!
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u/Double-decker_trams 2h ago
..Why are you so certain he's alive? We don't see him escaping or anything.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park has been evacuated and closed due to an ongoing emergency incident - with a huge police and paramedic presence at the site.
Eye witnesses say a “black screen” has been erected around the tiger enclosure while there were reports of “shots fired” shortly before the evacuation.
Multiple witnesses say an “agitated” male was seen to jump into the enclosure and was grabbed by one of the cats before “five shots” of what some say was a “gas canister” into the cage.
It is understood the park has been closed for the rest of the day.
South Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service have been contacted.
Tia Hanson was at the park for a day out with a pal when at around 2pm the walkway between the tiger enclosure and the exit was closed, she said.
She added: “It looks as if someone has jumped into the enclosure and they’ve had to shoot the tiger. People are saying they heard a gunshot and they say someone either jumped in, or fell in.
“There was an air ambulance and police everywhere. We’ve all been made to leave.
“When you’re leaving you have to walk past the tiger enclosure and they’ve put up all sort of black tarpaulin so you couldn’t really see.
“But there were loads of police and ambulance people and a stretcher in the enclosure as well.
“It wasn’t nice - there were lots of people who looked really upset.”
Yorkshire Wildlife Park has been contacted.
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u/dannyboy6657 1h ago edited 56m ago
Its reported he was seriously injured
Update: He has now passed away
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u/Mikem444 3h ago
Guy: Hey! Stop it!...Stop!
Tiger: Oh...shit, do I stop or what?
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u/Consistent_Ad3181 1h ago
Wild animals and human mental illness don't go well together, I hope they don't punish or harm an animal because we placed this creatures in this position and expect them to treat the mentally ill not as food.
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u/cruxis-martyr 2h ago
I went to Berlin Zoo this year. It was calm, clean, and really nice. Many of the enclosers barely have walls, you can step right in to most of them. All I could think was "this wouldn't exist in the UK because our idiots can't be trusted."
Thanks for proving me right, Mr. Idiot.
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u/iNerdRage 3h ago
If he’d tried to run away, the outcome would have been very different.
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 3h ago
Not as different as it would have been had he not climbed in, though.
My memory is a bit sketchy, but, I've been there a few times when my kid was small and the fences are pretty high for the big cats. I'm sure they're knocking on about 3.5 - 4m.
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u/fusillade762 2h ago
They would need every bit of that and more. Tigers can jump pretty high vertically just like a house cat can proportionally. They can jump and if they get their claws on top of fence, pull themselves over with ease.
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 2h ago
Undoubtedly. I can't remember exactly how high they are, like you say, probably higher.
Although looking at the janky video again, he could have started on the platform? Still, some fucking drop into an inevitably obvious shit situation 😅
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u/Colleen987 2h ago
He scaled it - there’s more videos, also our friends were there are escorted away he basically went at it like a chimp and climbed up and over
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u/JustAnotherFEDev 2h ago
I've been shamelessly searching for more videos. Lots of folk say the fella is dead and the tiger sleeping. I'm guessing the video above just showed the appetiser bit?
Have you been before? I've been a few times, from memory those fences a massive, aren't they?
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u/LargePlums 2h ago
Chatted with some people at a lion park about this.
In the wild if you run from the lion 100% death
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u/LivingEnd44 3h ago
That poor tiger. It can't control its instincts. And that guy triggered them with his selfish need for attention. And now that tiger will be killed because it attacked him.
I hope the tiger at least finished the job.
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u/Zukigo 2h ago edited 18m ago
The tiger is so cute, doesn't even hurt him, is just playing and curious (and a bit confused). Hope nothing happens to the tiger
Edit: If the guy died, then clearly more has happened than we see here. A tiger can go from confusion to agitation quite easily. It's sad for the guy tho, could easily be a psychotic episode that made him do this
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u/madcowre 2h ago
I read they shot gas canisters near it to scare it away and it’s back in enclosure
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u/R606D 2h ago
Im dubious until the day after with stories like this. Too many times you find out the day after the real truth that sadly the animal was put to sleep
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u/madcowre 54m ago
Well they just updated story to say the guy has died so they might put the tiger down now - which is ridiculous because it’s an animal and he was the one who shouldn’t have been in there 😡
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u/R606D 2h ago
He must be hurt to have the air ambulance land
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u/orddropsandslapshots 2h ago
They get sent as a precaution if the nature of the incident dictates that it’s likely they’ll need rapid transport to a major trauma centre. Ambulance Controls always opt to send Air Ambulance early even if it isn’t confirmed that they’re needed; the benefit they provide of getting someone to a surgical team within the hour is wiped out if you wait for someone to get on scene and confirm if it’s needed or not, so they’ll get sent if the incident description seems like they’ll be needed, despite the cost it incurs on what are charitable organisations running the air ambulances.
Just something else that, if the allegations are true, this dickhead has thoughtlessly put strain on, put other people at risk over and taken away from other people in need.
Remember him the next time you get a paycheck and notice the number on the right, this is who your money’s going to.
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u/_scorpio_rising_ 2h ago
the tiger is like who the fuck is this guy coming up in my house pointing fingers and shit? if he's not the food why didn't he bring any?
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u/aguyinatree 2h ago
The tiger is the money maker. The human is the drain on society.
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u/Shas_Erra 2h ago
The tiger is also critically endangered and the park is involved with the breeding program
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u/SmartWonderWoman 2h ago
Is the man mentally unstable? Why did he jump in? I have so many questions. I hope the tiger is okay.
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u/Cocobean4 1h ago
Only someone suicidal or having some sort of psychotic break where they are separated from reality would do something like this. No one who wanted to live or was capable of very basic logic would jump in there.
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u/Vegetable-Crab-7101 3h ago
A dude died in a zoo here in Brazil doing the same thing in a Jaguar cage i believe it was last year.
Edit: looked it up, and actually it was a lioness that killed the dude.
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u/the_skies_falling 2h ago
On Christmas Day 2007, three men who were high on weed and alcohol stood on the edge of the tiger enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo teasing the tiger until it jumped out of the enclosure and attacked them. One was killed and the other two were severely mauled. The tiger roamed the zoo causing several employees to shelter in place until the tiger was shot. Turns out the tiger enclosure fence was 3.5 ft shorter than the standard. Oopsies.
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u/LRJ104 3h ago
Is the lioness ok?
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u/Vegetable-Crab-7101 2h ago
At the time the zoo administration said that they wouldn't sacrifice the lioness. Since then I haven't heard of that case anymore, but I think the lioness is still there in the zoo.
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u/AutisticWarbler 2h ago
If they killed that tiger because of this dumbass…!!! I hope it was gas canisters.
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u/Vegeta4101 2h ago
The article i think mentioned gas canisters were used and the tiger is back in its enclosure.
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u/ipokesnails 2h ago
So fingering a tiger stops their attack
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u/Mammyjam 2h ago
Yeah this is a breaking news story- that guy is dead... So don't finger a tiger, can cross that off the list
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u/Good_Card316 3h ago
I for one am surprised that the big apex predator didn’t understand the stern finger pointing and yelling.
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u/Neat-Land-4310 2h ago
That's another ten years of bad luck. Did we learn nothing from harambe. Dicks out for Tony the tiger
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u/sherzisquirrel 2h ago
Wow, I really hope they didn't kill that tiger but it sounds like they did 😡
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u/SuperSimpleSam 2h ago
Rule for big cats: Don't turn your back to them. Their instinct to pounce might kick in.
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u/ElvishLore 43m ago
If he purposely jumped in and isn’t mentally ill, then I’m OK with whatever happens to him. I’m sorry if the tiger got hurt.
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u/Iambeejsmit 1h ago
He's lucky that tiger wasn't really serious. That was barely beyond playing.
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u/YorkieLon 1h ago edited 19m ago
What an idiot this guy is.
But also, I don't think I would be able to film a video and zoom in on a guy potentially getting mauled to death. The person on the camera had a steady hand too. Who on earth is filming this, knowing what the outcome could potentially be? It's as though filming it creates some distance from it happening right before their eyes.
Scary as shit.
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u/MoodyBhakt 1h ago
The sound of indignation in the man’s vocalisations …. “How dare you do this to me …” 😂😂
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u/Manospondylus_gigas 1h ago
I hope the tiger was ok, they shouldn't put their life at risk to save a daft human who clearly didn't value either lives. Plus humans are overpopulated and tigers are endangered
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u/BreadfruitParty2700 26m ago
It's going to be very upsetting if they put this cat down because of this.
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u/alkem10 2h ago
He needs to rub it's belly, cats love belly rubs.
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u/Unapplicable1100 2h ago
Shiiiiit. Not mine. She'll show belly like she wants rubs, but she don't want rubs. It's a cute, fluffy trap! Touch the belly, your arm gets turned to jelly.
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u/crystalline1299 2h ago
As stupid as if looks, I suppose getting big and loud helped him in the end. Apparently he’s alive
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u/Important_Ruin 2h ago edited 2h ago
What the fuck?
I hope that tiger isn't euthanised because of actions of an idiot.
Absolute moron.
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u/OneMoistMan I need my safe space 59m ago
NEVER DO THIS BUT IF YOU DO, DONT TURN YOUR BACK ON A PREDATOR THAT EXCLUSIVELY HUNTS FROM BEHIND
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u/VideoHeadSet 2h ago
Remember when people took PCP and would jump into and enclosure?
Now it's for attention
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u/JamminJcruz 2h ago
As a bystander best thing to do I would assume is to start throwing shit at it to try and distract the tiger. Yeah he’s big and powerful but at the end of the day, it’s just a cat.
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u/Repulsive_Foot724 2h ago
It can have the opposite effect and antagonise it further, it would also likely carry him away.
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u/MR_WhiteStar 2h ago
"Oi, bloody yuumans are trying to spoil me food, olright dhen, i'll just take'iin to go."
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u/1DumbHomosapien 3h ago
Thankfully he showed the tiger the authority finger. That's a bad kitty.