6 lions eat South African man

[Mugu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_re_af/south_africa_lions">AP via Yahoo

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Police say six caged lions left only fingers and intestines after eating a worker giving them water.

The lions attacked the 49-year-old man Tuesday after he went inside their cage to deliver water, police said Wednesday.

The man had been working at the Uitspan game farm in northwest South Africa for at least two years, police said. No one witnessed the attack.

Environmental affairs was called to the game farm, which cages lions and other animals for tourists' viewing, to discus the fate of the lions.

[Bucky]

1. Wait, what the-- These carnivores eat meat even AFTER they're caged?

How dangerous! They must be put down for this trechery!

[DS1]

2. the fate of the lions?

Uh. :eyes:

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. offtopic but that license plate is hilarious. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

3. Oh jeez.

[AngryAmish]

4. Giving them water? It looks like he gave them lunch.

[TomInTib]

5. Don't turn your back.

My late Father-in-Law had a couple of lions at his ranch for some years.

One day, he just turned away to walk out of the cage and woke up in the hospital.

[mr_hat]

6. Picky, picky.

Or maybe they were saving the best bits for last.

[MrScorpio]

7. When interviewed, the head lion replied, "That, my son, is the Circle Of Life" nt

[Dangerously Amused]

8. To "discuss the fate of the lions"? What's to discuss?

They were being lions, fer chrissakes!

[northzax]

21. actually not really

lions (and tigers) do not usually eat humans. the problem is, once they start, they will continue.

[The Stranger]

22. I'm sure "lizzy" will be here soon to propose the lions all be destroyed ASAP.

She thinks that they are evil for doing what they naturally evolved over millions of years to do.

[northzax]

23. no, they can just be caged

and they must be. otherwise they will hunt and kill people.

Lions have not evolved to hunt and kill humans, otherwise it would be much more common. there are, in fact, wild lions living in fairly close proximity to humans.

so yes, cage them or kill them before they kill more people. it's the only way. sorry.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

26. I just went there too!

:rofl:

[kestrel91316]

27. I wondered what she spent her time doing when she wasn't advocating

child rape........

[cboy4]

9. I know what I'm going to say is gross, but they usually

eat the intestines and guts of prey.

So that's surprising to hear.

Sad.

[Auggie]

11. Maybe they were saving the intestines for dessert

[Cleita]

29. Sometimes carnivores don't

I have found rodent intestines and guts in my yard. Some predator killed them and gutted them, probably eating the rest. Gross I know but the vultures usually finish off the rest later.

[xchrom]

10. one man -- six lions -- wasn't much to go around was there? nt

[undeterred]

14. He was just lunch.

:shrug:

[xchrom]

18. lol -- imagine that invitation --

Dear CareTaker --

The Lions would to enjoy you at lunch Wednesday, 28 June at one o'clock.

Please RSVP.

Thank you -- and looking forward to
meating you.

The Lions

[undeterred]

19. groan!

Oh this is really bad! Its quite shocking when animals act like animals, isn't it?! Maybe they were protesting zoo food.

[KG]

12. Lions: 'he was crunchy and tasted good w/ ketchup!'

[Kip Humphrey]

13. Answer to the question, "How many lions does it take to eat a South African man?".

[Zynx]

15. Well, the AP writer for that one must have had fun.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. Minor irony in the name of the place

"Uitspan" = outspan, what was done at the end of the day with the oxen pulling the wagons during the Great Trek. They were unyoked and allowed to walk free, eating. Grass, in their case.

[AnneD]

20. Having been to romote area ....

where I was low on the food chain....wild animals are wild animals. Frankly, we are tender, juicy and don't have feathers, quills, or exoskeletons. We make good eating. The only thing we have to defend ourselves is our brains....need I say more.

[Sundoggy]

24. What's for afters? Rat tart?

[Turbineguy]

25. Well, it's OK then

after all, the man was only a human being.

(general comment on the nature of most replies on this thread).

[jmowreader]

28. Let me tell you what the fate of the lions should be

They need to be transferred, en masse, to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. In America we have a vast number of Republicans who could be retrained to deliver water to them.

[Cleita]

30. LOL!

Maybe after they go to prison, they can be work released to the zoo. :rofl: