Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Walrus Drowns Trainer and Tourist at Wildlife Park
New York Post ^ | May 18, 2016 | Sophia Rosenbaum

Posted on 05/18/2016 3:51:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A 3,300-pound walrus killed two people in a Chinese wildlife park by “hugging” them tightly and drowning them, according to reports.

A male tourist from Liaoning in Northeast China was visiting the Xixiajou Wildlife Park in the Shandong Province when he lost his footing and tumbled into the walrus pool, according to the Shanghai Daily, which did not provide a specific date of the incident.

The animal’s longtime trainer jumped in the water to try to save the flailing visitor

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: killerwalrus; maul; meanwalrus
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

1 posted on 05/18/2016 3:51:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

I got your Goo goo g’ joob right here pal.


2 posted on 05/18/2016 3:53:22 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

KooKooKachu!


3 posted on 05/18/2016 3:53:37 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tijeras_Slim

3000+ pounds of him too


4 posted on 05/18/2016 3:54:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

That trainer was one brave, no doubt surprised guy.


5 posted on 05/18/2016 3:55:56 PM PDT by frog in a pot (That our commander-in-chief can be foreign born to a foreign father thrills the globalists.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

The walrus was just being friendly.


6 posted on 05/18/2016 4:00:45 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

“I weep for you little tourister.”


7 posted on 05/18/2016 4:04:11 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tet68

“KooKooKachu!”

That was Mrs. Robinson.


8 posted on 05/18/2016 4:05:06 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

by “hugging” them tightly and drowning them

And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin’ and jingin’ the jango
Floatin’ like the heavens above
It looks like walrus love


9 posted on 05/18/2016 4:08:06 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway
I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together

under the water. ♫
10 posted on 05/18/2016 4:08:30 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Buttons12

The butter’s spread too thick...


11 posted on 05/18/2016 4:16:31 PM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Flash Bazbeaux

Don’t you know that Mrs. Robinson got that from the Beatles’ I am The Walrus??


12 posted on 05/18/2016 4:18:05 PM PDT by freepertoo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Tijeras_Slim

The walrus was Paul.


13 posted on 05/18/2016 4:18:23 PM PDT by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway
Something to show the folks back home. walrus photo: Walrus IamtheWalrus.jpg
14 posted on 05/18/2016 4:33:44 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: freepertoo

I know it now, because I looked it up after I made my post, but for almost fifty years before that I thought it was a coincidence. Still, it was goo goo g’joob, not coo-coo ka choo, in the Walrus, as the poster Tijeras Slim put in,I think, post No. 2.


15 posted on 05/18/2016 4:38:59 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

Scratch that one off my ‘the next time I’m in CHina’ bucket list.. 3300 pounder? Dam!


16 posted on 05/18/2016 4:46:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway
"I admit there might have been some drinking involved," said Mr. Stadler.


17 posted on 05/18/2016 4:55:04 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nickcarraway

He was just trying to take a selfie...


18 posted on 05/18/2016 5:54:33 PM PDT by varyouga
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NormsRevenge

You don’t have to go that far. Go see the 6000 pound elephant seals at Ano Nuevo, a little bit North of Santa Cruz.


19 posted on 05/18/2016 6:10:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Flash Bazbeaux

I am the walrus, coo coo cachoo.

Hah.


20 posted on 05/18/2016 6:47:27 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-22 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson