Woman jumps into polar bear pool...

[OCDinPDX]

...and (insert feigned amazement here), gets mauled. Needless to say...Darwin would be proud.

Shocking pictures and video of woman mauled by polar bear at Berlin Zoo
By Susie Boniface
April, 11 2009

This is the terrifying moment when a woman tried to make friends with one of the world`s most fearsome predators.

Apparently oblivious to the danger she leapt a fence and scaled a wall to jump into an enclosure containing four polar bears.

The 32-year-old, who has not been named, then swam more than 10 metres across the bears` pool at Berlin Zoo.

It is thought she may have been trying to reach Knut, the world`s most famous polar bear, who hit headlines around the world when he was hand-reared after being abandoned by his mother.

Now two years old he lives in the enclosure with three friends - and one of them zeroed in on the woman as she splashed over to them.

An onlooker said: "One minute we were all watching the bears because it was feeding time and the next we realised this woman was swimming over to them.

"The keepers were running around trying to distract the bears but one of them had noticed her and it was too late.

"She must have thought it was Knut and that he would be friendly - instead he pounced on her in the water and seemed to grab her neck in his jaws."

Six keepers managed to push the bear away and get the woman to hospital, where she is recovering from a series of bites on her arms, back and legs before being questioned by police.

Zoo spokesman Heiner Kloes said the bear was simply following its instincts.

A police spokesman added: "The woman has proved herself to be careless by jumping into the enclosure.

"Logic tells us that polar bears will do this type of thing in this situation."

Knut has attracted millions of fans to Berlin Zoo, but like all celebrities his fame can attract obsessive fans.

Last year a man climbed into his enclosure saying he "felt lonely" and wanted to be close to Knut.

[Ronkh]

doesn`t this belong in the thread

Evolution or Intelligent Design?

[flash gordon]

Mama always said stupid is, as stupid does....And that life was like a box of chocalates.

[RobertP]

This picture is just begging for a comedic caption.

[Tex Star Detail]

Lower, Lower Ahhhhh Right there.....
(best I could come up with...)

[Ronkh]

Lower, Lower Ahhhhh Right there.....
(best I could come up with...)

[Ronkh]

glad she wasn`t bare.....
(best i could do)

[RobertP]

Lower, Lower Ahhhhh Right there.....
(best I could come up with...)

[tmacsad]

This picture is just begging for a comedic caption.

Bear saves silly woman from drowning (there the caption)

[Tex Star Detail]

Rooooooooooaaaaaar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scott P]

That woman was a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Did she think they would just be big buddies to play with?

[Mr. Clean]

Lower, Lower Ahhhhh Right there.....
(best I could come up with...)

Now that`s funny. I don`t care who you are.

Maybe it`s my usual cynical nature, but does that last photo look more than a bit phot chopped?

[Ronkh]

That woman was a few fries short of a Happy Meal. Did she think they would just be big buddies to play with?

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