Posted on 05/04/2018 12:06:18 PM PDT by sevinufnine
A man was mauled to death by a bear after he reportedly tried to take a selfie with the animal, according to The Independent. Prabhu Bhatara spotted the injured animal on his way home from a wedding. He ignored advice from friends who told him it wasnt a good idea to take a selfie with the bear. It didnt take long, according to The Independent, for the bear to strike once Bhatara was close. The incident was recorded on a cell phone, with the gruesome footage going viral after hitting the internet. A stray dog also stepped in and bit the bear but its intervention failed to deter the larger animal. Forest ranger Dhanurjaya Mohapatra said Mr Bhatara died on the spot. He added: The bear is being treated for its injuries.
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Baloo, in this case.
There are bears in India?!?! By the many arms of Vishnu, I had no idea.
Bears are not cuddly teddy bears. How can there be anyone alive on this planet who doesn’t know that bears cannot be trusted and will kill you.
Others have gotten the horns. https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/travel/yellowstone-woman-bison-attack-selfie/index.html
An iconic phrase I utter quite often, especially when I make the wrong choice...
” How can there be anyone alive on this planet who doesnt know that bears cannot be trusted and will kill you.”
Well, this guy isn’t alive any longer.....natural selection weeding them out.
WTH? How does something like that get 166 *million* views?!?!
Land of Kipling.....................
The Disney-fication of wild animals has made for some really dangerous situations, and some don’t end well.................
There was a guy who befriended bears in Alaska but then when the cold weather came, they attacked him. Movie in 2005 about him.
That bear mauled the ever lovin’ sh!t out of him :O
I wonder if that was one of those sloth bears that I don’t know much about, but damn, those claws! Freddy Kreuger would be jealous of that cutlery.
They thought it would be gorier than it was.
2014? Come on, waste my time.
Mmmm. Popular in Australia?
“There was a guy who befriended bears in Alaska but...”
I remember that. Killed him AND his unfortunate girlfriend who was foolhardy enough to tag along.
I will speculate that alcohol may have played a small part in the bear-selfie decision?
This event adds new meaning to “Til death do us part.”
Stray dog saves woman from mugger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_O7hVzpGD8
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