Posted on 08/06/2021 6:17:58 PM PDT by simpson96
One of the greatest questions of our time, something truly unanswerable and impossible to imagine the consequences of, is: “what could possibly go wrong if I stick my hand into a big cat enclosure and taunt a jaguar?”.
A man from Florida took it upon himself to decipher the riddle, and reportedly stuck his hand into the jaguar enclosure in Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Florida on August 3. The big cat responded as most big cats would when confronted with an uninvited stranger in its territory and clawed his arm, leaving behind a trail of blood and a wounded man, reports WJXT News4Jax. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to the incident, before the individual, said to be in his 20s, was transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
According to local news outlets, the incident occurred after the man climbed over the safety barrier of the Range of the Jaguar exhibit, seeking a more intimate interaction with the jaguar. Still not close enough, the man proceeded to reportedly stick his hand through the second barrier, this time a fence, and taunted the cat.
“This is an individual that wasn’t using his head,” deputy zoo director Dan Maloney said. “He stuck his hand in through the mesh that separates the jaguars from the outside.”(snip)
The man himself claimed he had dropped his cellphone into the enclosure and wished to retrieve it, but a video captured by zoo officials saw him waving at the animal to get its attention and stating the jaguar “seemed cool”. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens do not intend to press charges.
There's a reason people love to go to zoos and see exotic animals. But even zookeepers will tell you, never forget, even if they were born and raised in captivity, these are not domesticated animals.
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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.
Darwin!
YStupid.
Men taunt COUGARS, not Jaguars. s/
He didn't die so he can't win a Darwin award. Being in his 20's, he is still, unfortunately, capable of recreating.
But when younger I could trip a mouse trap with my finger and NOT get caught by it. Hold your applause!
He really went out on a limb.
Any one or all of DC Congress critters could fill this guy’s shoes.
Hold my Bud Lite and watch this
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.
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.
Don’t pet the bison.
LUNCH!!!
(It's just a prop!)
Heh, heh...good one. I’ve never heard of the author before. ;>)
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.
“saying”? Damned auto complete!
I always got caught . . .
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.
Maybe it was wishful thinking, but I misread “hand” as “head.”
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.
I’ve been known to ramble.
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