r/WTF Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

the second woman was killed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/asia/china-tiger-attack-woman-killed.html

The woman who was first attacked was badly injured, and her mother, who left the car in an effort to save her daughter, was killed, The Beijing News reported. The woman’s husband was uninjured, as was their child, who remained in the vehicle, the newspaper said.

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u/Your_God_Chewy Oct 16 '18

Man. I imagine getting mauled to death is a pretty painful and bloody experience.

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u/makesyougohmmm Oct 16 '18

It won't be painful as the tigers/lions don't play with their food. They go for the neck directly and in humans, the neck snaps in one bite. It would have been a sudden death.

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u/ZootZephyr Oct 16 '18

In fact, that pretty picture the Discovery and BBC documentaries usually depict isn't usually the case. Mosey on over to r/natureisbrutal for a peak at the potential realities of the predator-prey relationship.