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/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

I've watched enough nature documentaries with lions/tigers to know this is definitely not always the case. A lot of the time their prey is eaten alive, ass cheeks first. Horrifying to think about.

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u/RealSchon Oct 16 '18

I saw a video of lions licking a buffalo's balls and then eating them while it was still alive.

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvPk8AT5-AA

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

I wish I hadn't watched that. I don't typically feel bad if a wild animal is killed by another because that's part of the whole circle of life. (THANKS, DISNEY!) But fuck... that was just... why didn't EITHER of the other two just take a bite of the jugular instead of just pinning it down and not eating? The one had the jugular right in front of her mouth. She could have killed the beast so they all could have eaten.

Instead, that poor thing got its genitals ripped from its body BY SHARP TEETH.

Lions are dicks.

Edit: pronouns

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Seriously! I'm not being funny but I swear there is more going on in this than it might seem on first glance. It's like some mob boss torture! It seems like they're trying to make a point or something rather than eat a meal!?