Posted on 09/11/2025 4:28:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A zookeeper was eaten alive by lions in front of horrified tourists, who watched as the big cats chewed through his flesh to the bone, according to reports and stomach-churning videos.
Veteran zookeeper Jian Rangkasamee, 59, was attacked early Wednesday when he stepped out of his jeep to clear trash off the floor of the animal’s open enclosure at Safari World In Bangkok in Thailand‘s capital, according to Viral Press.
Panicked visitors screamed as they helplessly watched the lions pin him down and tear at him with their teeth. The first lion “was about [30 feet] away, then slowly approached and grabbed the zookeeper from behind, dragging him to the ground and biting him,” said Professor Tavatchai Kanchanarin, a doctor at a leading hospital who witnessed the horrific attack.
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Lions be lions
What a sad way to go. “But, we were friends.”
Conclusion... Never get near hungry lions.
I hope I’m not filmed when I die
One lion to the other after eating the zookeeper: “Guess we’re the mane attraction now!”
Don’t they have protocols for feeding the lions and cleaning their dens?
These are not house cats.
I imagine a similar fate to cat ladies if they keel over some day and no one is checking in on them.
He turned his back on them for a moment.
I guess you CAN see just about anything in Thailand.
Familiality can cause one to forego safety precautions.
I have heard of dogs doing it.
Them lions ain't so fast when they have to drag their hind legs.
indeed....goldfish no
The lions had a hankerin’ for some Thai food.
Hogs too.
Who knew African lions liked Thai food?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3pN-wr82fQ
Stanley Holloway, “Albert and the Lion”
Forgive me. Raised by boomers who fed me novelty recordings.
Yeah, if house cats were lion size, they might experiment with eating humans.
So do I. But I’d take beef or chicken.
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