Bloody great Bengal Tigers are ES’ second fave animal (after the Platypus), so it’s heartening to see news that combines huge stripy killing machines with advanced ballistics.
According to Raza Syed, of Boston’s Northeastern University, a 350lb object would need to be travelling at around 26mph to clear a 12.5 foot barrier.
“Hmmmm, very interesting” I hear you mumble as your eyes glaze over. But, how about we substitute a female Tiger for the object, and the Tiger enclosure at San Fransisco zoo for the barrier?
You can see where this is going I’m sure, suffice to say, there was much blood and gore.
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March 31, 2009 – 12:46 pm
Ever been to the zoo? Nice isn’t it? I went a couple of weeks back, there were two sleepy lions and some penguins. I had an ice cream.
What I didn’t have, however, is the mind-numbingly dangerous experience being offered in Argentina right now, where the Lujan Zoo, near Buenos Aires, has decided it’s cool to let people (in the words of Ronnie James Dio), ride the tiger. And the lions. And maybe stick their head in a crocodile’s mouth too.
Seems business isn’t that great down South America way, so zookeepers came up with the “controversial” (read:stupid) idea of letting you get up and personal with some of the most dangerous predators on the planet. Unfortunately, it’s strictly for adult guests so far, presumably so children can watch safely as their idiot parents are devoured.
LINK (Telegraph)
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