Category: Odd + Funny Author : Duncan Riley Posted: April 11, 2009
Tags : Germany, knut, woman mauled by polar bear
A woman who jumped into the polar bear enclosure at the Berlin Zoo has been mauled, with the entire thing caught on camera (see pic above.)
The unnamed 32 year old woman is believed to have entered the enclosure to visit Knut, the polar bear that became world famous two years ago when authorities said they were going to put him down after he was abandoned by his mother.
To get to the bears, the woman jumped a fence then swam across a water course, directly to the bear that attacked her. Zoo keepers managed to push the bear off her, but only after it had locked its jaws around her neck. The woman was rushed to hospital where she was treated for bites.
Surprisingly this isn’t the first time someone has tried to visit Knut. A man jumped the fence last December, and was fortunate to escape unharmed.
Apr 11, 2009
two words:
natural
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Apr 11, 2009
everyone want's face time with cute knut! … some of us have common sense, while others prove that humans continue to be the stupidest! .. after the last idiot attempt, knut probaby stayed far away from this stupid human trick!
Apr 12, 2009
Where can I find the video on this
Apr 12, 2009
Darwin's work at its finest, just don't kill the bear for being a bear. Kill the woman for being a brainless piece of meat. It may save us from her a little later on down the road.
Apr 12, 2009
How stupid can someone be?
Apr 12, 2009
Poor Bears
Apr 13, 2009
The bear did not bite her neck. It did not maul her at all, it bit her once on the ass, and then officials prodded it away with long poles while they helped the woman out of the water.
She jumped in during the bears feeding time, which was clearly a terrible idea.
Next time you decide to post a story, don't play the telephone game with it, stick to the facts instead of embellishing the story for dramatic effect. In other words, report news, not falsified excitement.
Apr 13, 2009
Are you goddamn kidding me? What manner of stupid is this?
Sep 24, 2011
Okay gotta state the obvious here… REALLY! It never ceases to amaze me just how stupid people are! What the hell did she expect? the bear to come up and shake her friggen hand? Polar bears are one of the few carnivores that have no real fear of humans and think of us as easy prey and a nice little snack. the broad deserved to be attacked, but it would not surprise me if she sued the zoo and demanded the animal that did WHAT WAS NATURAL to him be put down. WHAT A MORON.
Jan 14, 2012
LOL. Yep yep yep
Feb 2, 2012
I wonder how much vodka she had before she jumped in.