Oohhh, he's so fuzzy wuzzy cute! Can I pet him??

[Jack D.]

First there was the nut case that wanted to hug the cute widdle Panda in Beijing http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-n...-60qa.html and had huge chunks of flesh ripped from his legs ... Now we have another genius who climbed over the fence in Berlin to ...well, who knows what she was thinking. Anyway it's not the fairy tale ending she hoped for. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/...cnnSTCText

I guess wild animals aren't as cute and lovable as they are in those Charmin ads...gee, who knew?? Morans.

[Black]

I can't imagine why she would have done this unless she was either mentally ill or developmentally delayed. Considering that would be a fair first assumption, I find it a bit tasteless to decry the victim as a moron.

[Ombligo]

The rescuers ruined her chance at the Darwin Award, plus the zoo could have saved a few Euros in food costs that day.

[Jack D.]

Black wrote:
I can't imagine why she would have done this unless she was either mentally ill or developmentally delayed. Considering that would be a fair first assumption, I find it a bit tasteless to decry the victim as a moron.

Black, that may be so but the first incidence with the Panda was a non-challenged (and I'm being polite here) student who chose to ignore the signs. Just dumb. In her case if she was mentally ill and it was known then she should have been supervised. If she became "spontaneously" mentally ill and just decided to also ignore the signs - and the big tall huge fence... then I stand behind my first assessment. Moran's, both of them

[Stephanie]

Jack D. wrote:
I guess wild animals aren't as cute and lovable as they are in those Charmin ads...gee, who knew?? Morans.

Wild animals ARE cute and lovable...from a distance...a SAFE distance.

A few years back, we went to Yellowstone and despite ALL the warnings, people created traffic jams anytime wild animals were by the roads (bears, bison, etc.). No, these people weren't just STOPPING, they were getting out with their cameras and tripods and RUNNING after the animals to get better pics. Yes, people were even doing this while a mama bear and her 2 cubs were crossing the road. Idiots.

[samintx]

She was punishing herself because they lost the war.

[Blankity Blank]

Black wrote:
I can't imagine why she would have done this unless she was either mentally ill or developmentally delayed. Considering that would be a fair first assumption, I find it a bit tasteless to decry the victim as a moron.

This is the internet. Best to stick with being superficial and judgmental. Taking facts into account. like there are plenty of people with mental problems, lots of them undiagnosed, running around without supervision, well, that's just being a spoil sport.

[Greg]

Stephanie wrote:
[quote=Jack D.]
I guess wild animals aren't as cute and lovable as they are in those Charmin ads...gee, who knew?? Morans.

Wild animals ARE cute and lovable...from a distance...a SAFE distance.
I like seeing them on television. :-)

[btfc]

"A few years back, we went to Yellowstone and despite ALL the warnings, people created traffic jams anytime wild animals were by the roads (bears, bison, etc.). No, these people weren't just STOPPING, they were getting out with their cameras and tripods and RUNNING after the animals to get better pics. Yes, people were even doing this while a mama bear and her 2 cubs were crossing the road. Idiots.

[Racer X]

To a momma grizzly, a family of yuppies in a Honda isn't any different than one of us opening a tin of kippers for a snack.

Do people HONESTLY think glass is that safe of a barrier?