Florida Man Sticks Hand Into Zoo Enclosure And Taunts Jaguar, Gets Severely Clawed

IFL Science ^ | 8/2/2021 | Jack Dunhill

[KarlInOhio]

and clawed his arm, leaving behind a trail of blood and a wounded man

Same thing happened to me... by an eight pound housecat with a bad attitude. I can't imagine a cat twenty times the size and nearly half as angry.

[MV=PY]

Darwin!

[max americana]

YStupid.

Men taunt COUGARS, not Jaguars. s/

[KevinB]

The Darwin Award is awarded to……

He didn't die so he can't win a Darwin award. Being in his 20's, he is still, unfortunately, capable of recreating.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Not a big fan of cats of any sort, but I've witnessed just how quick their paw strikes are. Ummm, humans can't compete that's for sure.

But when younger I could trip a mouse trap with my finger and NOT get caught by it. Hold your applause!

[bramps]

He really went out on a limb.

[Track9]

Any one or all of DC Congress critters could fill this guy’s shoes.

[Wilderness Conservative]

Hold my Bud Lite and watch this

[Rurudyne]

Years ago at the Abilene zoo I was just on the other side of the glass from Wailer, a cat who, when I once shoulder rubbing motions with my hand literally threw his back against the glass … he was a much loved and long lived Jaguar.

Still, on that particular day someone had left an empty baby carriage in the shade behind where I and the cat were looking at each other and in a Fletch like fit of dark humor I calmly said “Look, a helpless baby.” and Wailer snapped to attention looking intently at where I was pointing.

First off, Wailer understood … maybe not everything but he sure understood that.

Second I didn’t dare tell the parents whose kid would otherwise be in the stroller … I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have found it funny.

[KarlInOhio]

He didn't die so he can't win a Darwin award.

You don't have to die - just be removed from the gene pool.

He could win a Darwin without dying, but only by sticking in something other than his arm for kitty to claw.

[kiryandil]

Don’t pet the bison.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The big cat responded as most big cats would when confronted with an uninvited stranger in its territory...

LUNCH!!!

(It's just a prop!)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Heh, heh...good one. I’ve never heard of the author before. ;>)

[skepsel]

Saw some clown at the Frankfurt Zoo back in ‘81 taunting a big cat at feeding time inside the cat building, leaning waaay over the railing, reaching out to rattle a cane or umbrella across the bars.

The cat, jaguar or leopard if I recall growled and then lunged,fast as lightening and missed taking his face off by saying inches.

He dropped his stick or whatever, didn’t try to retrieve it, lol.

[skepsel]

“saying”? Damned auto complete!

[BraveMan]

I always got caught . . .

[lee martell]

Your sentences are a little hard to follow, the way they are structured. Maybe I’m just Friday Night Tired right now. I pretty much got what the results were, I think.

[PLMerite]

Maybe it was wishful thinking, but I misread “hand” as “head.”

[PGR88]

Its a classic risk-reward comparison analysis

What the risk? Getting your hand chewed off

What’s the reward? Absolutely nothing

Result of comparing the two? Don’t do it.

[Rurudyne]

I’ve been known to ramble.