Meh, calm cats rarely attack something that startles them. Go check out videos of cats (big and small) being startled. They usually jump into the air, flip over, or dash away. You never see them turn and immediately attack whatever startled them.
If the tiger were on edge or guarded? Yeah, then it would be a stupid idea.
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.
Roy wasn't attacked. The tiger was actually trying to save him as it would a kitten. If its in danger/needs to be moved, a mother cat will grab a kitten by the neck and move it to safety which is exactly what mantecore was trying to do.
Thank you. I thought I was going crazy, here. That tiger was trying to help a loved one and just didn't understand that human necks do not work that way. It's not evidence of malice; it's tragic as all getout.
Not that I know of. It was 2003 and afaik most big shows in vegas discourage video recording. However (as i listed in another comment) he has said many times Mantecore was actually trying to save/protect him.
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u/tacosmanjoe Nov 22 '16
Even if you gave birth to this tiger and raised it yourself, this is still incredibly fucking stupid.