Woman taunts lion after climbing into enclosure at Bronx Zoo
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A woman climbed over a safety barrier at New York City’s Bronx Zoo last week and made her way into the lion exhibit, standing dangerously close to one of the animals.
The woman, standing a few feet away from a male lion, waved her hands and moved her body as if she was dancing. The incident was captured in photos and videos that were posted on Instagram.
It's unclear how long the woman stayed in the enclosure. There was a moat-like barrier between the lion and the area where the woman was standing, NBC New York reported.
No one was injured. In a statement, the zoo called the incident a violation and said it had filed a complaint for criminal trespass.
"This action was a serious violation and unlawful trespass that could have resulted in serious injury or death. Barriers and rules are in place to keep both visitors, staff and animals safe," the zoo told NBC New York. "We have a zero tolerance policy on trespass and violation of barriers."
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A fool and her life are soon parted? Stupidest. Lady. Ever.
There sure are some stupid people in the world.
Indeed. Had she been mauled and/or killed, her relatives would be assaulting each other at this very moment for the right to sue everyone and their mother.
What a stupid bitch! Luckily the lion wasn't able to maul or attack her or they probably would have had to put the lion down.
And another Darwin Award contender in the running!
Not being contrary just want to point out that to be in contention for a Darwin Award a person has to be rendered unable to breed
I had to look that up because I couldn't remember if Darwin Award nominees had to be rendered unable to breed:
Glad I looked it up before I started to argue with you.
No worries I'm wrong lots, there will be other opportunities
I agree but that's a result of her genes, health and lifestyle not interaction with the lion. So still no Darwin for her.
Lol while she's way up there on the list she's not the stupidest as there's been some who did the same sort of thing but without a moat and managed to get themselves killed.
Does she vote Democrat too ?
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Does she vote Democrat too ?
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to making NT a better place!
Your ceaseless efforts at improving the overall tone of this website have not gone unnoticed!
Oooops!
I "inadvertently" forgot to include the /sarcasm tag!
(How careless of me
)
You like me don't you !
As JaneDoe said (comment 1.1):
There sure are some stupid people in the world.
What I don't like is people constantly trying to derail conversations that are not political by attempting to turn every non-political story into an attempt to proselytze their political (or religious) views.
Okay ….. I "Feel" you !
How's this:
I can't believe someone would put their own life on the line for a photo shoot !
That's about as "DEEP" as you can get on a simple story about STUPID people.
Happy !
OR
Maybe we should dig REALLY deep, and see if we can pull up her "Mental Capacity Records" to insure this never happens again.....if they're available that is !
Don't quote me on this, but I don't think the lion cares about political affiliations.
The "Lion" wasn't the one that was worrying me.
Perhaps not, but lion vs. dumbass is such a worthwhile topic. Any thoughts on that?
Ummmmm…..SURE....why not !
THOUGHTS .. by "It Is Me": Does she vote Democrat ?
I'll admit, that is a funny reply...and I am partial to funny replies, especially funny, smartass replies. However, I'm hoping it's the last comment made regarding this lady's alleged political affiliations.
Well.... I don't see the motive for fawning all over "Stupid" persons, so why not take it to another level.
Stupid is as Stupid does. That's about as far as one can take …… STUPID !
I understand what you are saying. I was thinking the very same thing just before I clicked on this, the most recent of your contributions here.
Your happiness is important to me, and I don't think you are going to be happy by continuing to comment on this 'stupid is as stupid does' seed.
That said, I need to dash...my girl Nancy is on CNN and I'm missing it.
Don't quote me on this, but I don't think the lion cares about political affiliations.
I think he was wondering what she might taste like.
He probably would have wanted to wash his mouth out. I doubt people actually taste very good to lions. I'm pretty sure we don't taste like chicken
The good news is that her weave would provide a fair amount of built-in floss.
After the first bite he would have realized, this ain’t chicken... Then he would have just tossed her in the air a few times like a cat “playing” with a mouse until it’s dead.
And a good bit of fiber...........
Are you sure?
Soylent Green is people after all.
I'm pretty sure that didn't taste like chicken, either. Probably more like styrofoam
Really? I heard pretty much everything tastes like chicken, except fish.
Lucky for her that lions don't like junk food.
Ouch !
Now that's funny, too. You wear a sense of humor really well.
The good old days....when making Fun wasn't seen as offensive !
Excelsior !
Aww shucks. Oh wait, I don't tweet.