Caught on camera: Visitors watch in shock as lion bites off man’s finger at zoo in Jamaica

Indian Express ^ | 5-25-22

[SJackson]

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You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim

No, I don't know the lions name

[Larry Lucido]

That lion went lion!

[alexander_busek]

I bet that that's the last time that he'll allow himself to be egged on by someone saying, "I double-dog dare you!"

Regards,

[glorgau]

Don’t they have signs saying “Do not feed the animals”?

[rlmorel]

You don’t tug on superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t stick your little finger in that lion’s cage
And you don’t mess around with Jim

Lion’s name was Jim.

[Perseverando]

The man was reported to have said to the lion just prior to the incident: "Here, pull my finger."

[Little Ray]

Think of it as evolution in action. He’s lucky it wasn’t worse.

[Seruzawa]

[nuke_road_warrior]

The Lion didn’t “go rogue” the lion did what lions do when being pestered by an idiot. Do that with Fluffy and he’d do the same thing if he was big enough.

[Qiviut]

Wild animals are (shock surprise!) WILD, even if in a zoo cage or enclosure & people (keepers, visitors, etc.) think they are “safe”. They are never “safe”, even if raised from babies by humans.

Anyway, “common sense is not so common” .... the way some people act, I think they are born with ‘zero’ common sense or sense of self-preservation.

[Migraine]

Note to self: Don’t ever give a lion the finger.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The photo doesn’t show who’s holding his beer. Did the guy holding the beer get to finish it?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Doesn’t quite make it to Darwin Award level of stupidity, does it?

It would have if he’d stuck his “male member” through the cage.

[MercyFlush]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Little Ray]

IT really makes me appreciate the habitats they build for critters like lions here the in the US.
And when someone somehow makes it into the habitat, they usually get eaten, marginally raising the IQ of the human race.

[fireman15]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Beat me to it.

[TomGuy]

Lion: finger food.

Idiot: giving the lion the finger.

The stupid burns and the jokes write themselves.

Lion: He tried to finger me!

[woodbutcher1963]

IF I was in a cage and someone poked a finger in my mouth, I would bite it off too.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The blonde woman doesn't look Jamaican to me...

And the creature on the left sure doesn't look like a lion.