April 11, 2009
Darwin Awards: German edition
In what must have come as a terrible shock, a whackjob at a German zoo leaned that cute, fluffy polar bears aren't particularly interested in being our friends. As a matter of fact, it seems that the bears -- basically land sharks -- think humans are particularly tasty.
According to the Telegraph (U.K.):
Zoo keepers saved the life of a German woman who jumped into a polar bear enclosure at Berlin Zoo by pushing away of one of the animals when it attacked her.
The keepers' bravery was praised after they dragged the 32-year-old out of a moat for the animals. They had to shove the animal out of the way after one of four polar bears dived into the water and attacked her, inflicting serious bites to her legs and arms.
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Police did not say why the woman jumped into the enclosure. She had to climb over a fence, a line of prickly hedges and a wall to get in.
She suffered serious injuries after being bitten on her arms and legs.
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"The woman has proved herself to be careless by jumping into the enclosure," a police spokesman said afterwards. "Logic tells us that polar bears will do this type of thing in this situation."
"Careless"? I love that understated, droll Deutsche sense of humor.
And they say Germans aren't funny.
Here's the video of the zookeepers short-circuiting Darwinian selection. The gene pool is worse off for her good fortune.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 11, 2009 06:55 PM
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Totally, they should have let the bears eat her!
Posted by: April Lief at April 12, 2009 04:27 PM