At the Berlin Zoo, home to Knut the famous polar bear cub, not all the animals are as cuddly as they look.
On Sunday, a woman in Berlin, Germany hopped the barrier into the polar bear enclosure.
As a result, the bear did what came naturally- it bit the woman repeatedly. (Well, she did jump in during feeding time.) Police pulled her out and gave her a ticket for trespassing. No one knows why she jumped in the enclosure, but she was injured several times by the bear before she was rescued.
We'll keep checking on her condition, but we may have another Darwin Award winner.
I just hope the bear doesn't get punished for her stupidity. When I visit the zoo, I'm always astounded by the idiotic actions of people towards the animals. Especially the parents who let their kids bang on the enclosures when the signs next to them warn against it. A gorilla at the Dallas Zoo was provoked by kids a few years ago and climbed out of his habitat and attacked a number of people. I only felt bad for these people because they were not the ones provoking him. I love polar bears, and yes, they are cute to look at, but they are just about the most dangerous bears to interact with. That lady was definitely a First Class Idiot.
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