Darwin award, coming up!

[cryowizard]

Prime candidate, I say!

Lioness kills visitor at Kiev zoo

A lioness at Kiev's zoo has killed a man who climbed into her enclosure.

A Ukrainian of Azerbaijani origin lowered himself into the enclosure using a rope. He was quoted as saying God would save him.

One of four lions in the enclosure seized the 45-year-old by the throat, and he died at the scene.

The zoo - which keeps the lions on an "island" protected by concrete blocks - was packed with visitors at the time of the attack on Sunday.

"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," a zoo official told Reuters news agency.

"A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5049082.stm

Comments

[tateeana.livejournal.com]

Мда...жалко его, если честно.

[cryowizard.livejournal.com]

Жалко, но за титаническую глупость платят титаническую цену.

[tateeana.livejournal.com]

not so much stupidity as illness i'm afraid

[zhazhda.livejournal.com]

He should've gone for the Bengali tigress...might have had more luck that way. ;)