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Selfie Gone Wrong: Woman Who Crossed Zoo Barrier To Take Picture Near Jaguar Survives Attack
Newsweek ^ | March 10, 2019 | GILLIAN EDEVANE

Posted on 03/10/2019 12:00:50 PM PDT by EdnaMode

An attempt at taking a selfie at the zoo devolved into a dangerous situation for a woman in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday evening, according to zoo officials and emergency responders.

The visitor at the city's Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park allegedly crossed a barrier to snap a photo near a jaguar when the animal clawed her arm, causing injuries.

A witness who captured video of the aftermath of the attack posted the footage to Reddit; it depicts the zoo guest crying on the ground with visible, bloody gashes on her arm as bystanders crowd around to offer aid.

The zoo confirmed the incident in a statement and said the guest had been taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: arizona; az; darwinaward; darwinawards; jaguar; jaguars; naturalselection; phoenix; phoenixarizona; whatanidiot; wildlifeworldzoo; zoo
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And the Darwin Award Goes To....
1 posted on 03/10/2019 12:00:50 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

"...look at how stoopid I am"

2 posted on 03/10/2019 12:05:55 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: EdnaMode
I'm increasingly aging into a curmedgeon, I'm aware of it and so I tend to "harumph" a lot about today's youth. So that said, I find selfies to be narcisitic nonsense. For all my life photos were about recording the places I've been and the people I cared about. I cherish those memories when I look through photo albums far more than any picture of myself. If there are pictured of me, I skip them unless I'm with someone else, then I look at them way more than I do at myself.

Nowadays people have a million pictures of themselves to look at. "Here I am at the park, look at my fabulous outfit." "Here I am in the hospital when my niece was born, wasn't my hair fantastic that day?" I feel like when they are old they will wonder why they didn't take more shots of their friends and loved ones and try to remember what they looked like. But at least they'll always have the memories of that amazing white purse they had that day.

3 posted on 03/10/2019 12:07:03 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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How stupid can you be? Idiots all over the world have killed themselves taking selfies—falling off mountains, falling into the sea, falling into zoo enclosures of dangerous critters, etc.


4 posted on 03/10/2019 12:08:02 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EdnaMode


5 posted on 03/10/2019 12:08:25 PM PDT by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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Bad kittie....

She is lucky...could have been her jugular the big cat cut open...

6 posted on 03/10/2019 12:10:34 PM PDT by Popman
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To: Doogle

I’m just going to say that I despise stupid people.


7 posted on 03/10/2019 12:12:30 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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You can tell prior to this incident her judgement was always flawless, as evidenced by the massive tattoos.


8 posted on 03/10/2019 12:13:19 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: EinNYC

Agreed, it’s really crazy how many people have died taking selfies.


9 posted on 03/10/2019 12:14:21 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Popman

many big cats go for the head bite which would have eliminated here in a hurry.


10 posted on 03/10/2019 12:20:30 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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.....and .... she will sue.


11 posted on 03/10/2019 12:22:45 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: EdnaMode

“Nature red in tooth and claw”: figure it out.


12 posted on 03/10/2019 12:24:04 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: 4Liberty

LOL. Those are hilarious.


13 posted on 03/10/2019 12:24:59 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
Just like that Australian tourist way back in 1994 who climbed over the guardrail to get a photo with Binky the polar bear at the Anchorage Zoo.
She got chewed a bit and her leg was broken - there was a famous photo of Binky with the idiot's sneaker in his mouth.
14 posted on 03/10/2019 12:26:43 PM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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Video of the immediate aftermath

Stupidity should hurt.

15 posted on 03/10/2019 12:29:43 PM PDT by Bon mots
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Jaguar eh!
The US Government decided to exterminate the Jaguars in the USA during the 40s. They used to be as plentiful as mountain lions, but the interior department put a hefty bounty on them and lots of GIs back from WW2 wiped them all out. Now we have several crack pot conservationists who want to re-introduce them.
Most of them were in New Mexico, Arizona, California and Texas, but they would occasionally be seen as far north and east as Pennsylvania and Western New York. Glad their gone. They were considered to be the strongest and most powerful big cat, even more so than tigers.


16 posted on 03/10/2019 12:31:11 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: PIF

many big cats go for the head bite which would have eliminated here in a hurry.

The cat’s too smart. It knew that if it bit off her head it would just get a mouthful of air.


17 posted on 03/10/2019 12:32:13 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: Doogle

This is real right? :)

hysterical how it perfectly mimics a human hearing something ridiculous :)


18 posted on 03/10/2019 12:32:33 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622

Do a yahoo search...zoo attack...*smiles*...it’s a good thing there’s bars the steel ones.


19 posted on 03/10/2019 12:36:09 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: EdnaMode

Me Tarzan,
You Jane,
Mess wit da kitty,
You feel the pain!


20 posted on 03/10/2019 12:45:22 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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