Tiger kills lion in Turkish zoo

BBC ^ | March 7, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

A Bengal tiger has killed a lion at Ankara Zoo after finding a gap in the fence separating their cages, say zoo officials in the Turkish capital.

The tiger severed the lion's jugular vein in a single stroke with its paw, leaving the animal dying in a pool of blood, officials said.

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The zoo says it is safe for visitors, despite the incident.

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[JoeProBono]

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

That thing is what our cat sometimes fancies herself as. And she’s about that color too (slightly more orange in her coat than this, but also a striped tabby).

[Daffynition]

The Tyger

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire in thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, and what art?
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand, and what dread feet?

What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb, make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

[JoeProBono]

[TheOldLady]

Yay kitteh! Kitteh wins. Heck with jaguar.

[Slings and Arrows]

Sounds like Turkey. Ain’t Islam grand?

[MarkL]

Must be that "Tiger Blood"® that Charlie Sheen keeps talking about...

Mark

[Daffynition]

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

[Sawdring]

How many years have you been waiting to post that?

[spetznaz]

LOL. One of those once-in-a-life-time instances. Next on the menu, why the Corvette is better than any Ferrari.

[Revolting cat!]

What? After he got beaten like this by the missus I wouldn't spect him to beat a lion!

[Cronos]

Tigerz rule!!