FOXSYLVANIA

–At the Berlin Zoo on April 11th, a 32-year-old woman who deliberately jumped into the polar bear enclosure was (predictably) mauled by a bear.   The bears did not behave abnormally; the woman did! Keepers were able to extract the woman while holding the bears at bay with poles. The attack occurred near the famous Knut, who was hand raised by a keeper from the time that he was a cub.

It is not known why the woman pulled the dangerous stunt, but she initially appeared to be elated as she swam towards a bear in the enclosure.  The woman underwent surgery for treatment of bite wounds on her arms and legs, but was fortunate overall to have escaped with her life.  Polar bears are not the cuddly creatures that some apparently regard them to be…

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