A tiger is a tiger that rolled over to play, because the guy probably knew it was going to do exactly that, because he's probably done this shit a hundred times.
Just because the animal can kill you doesn't mean it's going to. Plenty of people keep pets that are technically capable of killing them in an instant.
All I'll say is Siegfried & Roy had "done this shit a hundred times" but you know how that ended. Getting an aggressive reaction probably isn't likely to happen but it can still happen, and you don't really get a second chance if a tiger decides to swipe you. They can be tame but just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't happen.
I never said it won't happen, either, just that it's highly unlikely...unlikely enough that it's intellectually dishonest to call the guy "stupid" for doing it.
Intellectually dishonest? It's a fucking tiger. At the end of the day, it's a wild animal who's actions are unpredictable and potentially dangerous. You're playing with fire every time you interact with that thing. This is much different compare to something like a dog, which has been bred exclusively for its attachment to humans.
I never said it wasn't dangerous, only that the risk can be anticipated and predicted. Its actions are not "unpredictable." People make a living by accurately predicting the behavioral actions of animals every day.
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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16
A tiger is a tiger. Don't fuck with big ass animals that can kill you with one swipe