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Tiger leaps onto boat, snatches man in east India
================================== http://news.yahoo.com/tiger-leaps-on...090431380.html KOLKATA, India (AP) — A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man's son said Friday. The attack happened Thursday as Sushil Manjhi and his son and daughter were crab fishing in a stream in the Sunderbans National Park. The tiger leaped aboard the boat and clamped its jaws on Manjhi's neck, said Sushil's son, Jyotish. The tiger "quickly flung my father on his back and gave a giant leap before disappearing into the forest," Jyotish said by telephone from his village of Lahiripur in West Bengal state. He said he and his sister tried to beat the animal with sticks and a knife, but the thrashing had no effect. His father was dragged away and was presumed dead. The attack underlines the difficult existence of millions of poor Indians who make a living by scavenging in forests and rivers, often at risk from wild predators. Many villagers fish for crabs in the Sunderbans — even though it's illegal in the protected reserve — because they fetch a good price at markets in nearby towns. The national park is one of the largest reserves for the royal Bengal tiger. Thursday's attack was the fourth deadly assault by a tiger this year in the Sunderbans, wildlife officials said. India has more than half of the 3,200 tigers believed to be left in the wild in the world. But as the country undergoes breakneck development to accommodate the growth of its 1.2 billion people, tiger habitats have been shrinking. The big cat's numbers have also dwindled because of rampant poaching to feed a flourishing market for tiger organs and bones in China. |
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06-27-2014, 01:36 PM | #49 |
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Population control. Illegal fishing so I don't feel too bad for them. Tigers gotta eat.
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06-27-2014, 01:44 PM | #50 |
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So there am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.
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06-27-2014, 04:01 PM | #51 |
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Guy shouldn't have been on a boat in East India. Serves him right.
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06-27-2014, 04:01 PM | #52 |
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It seemed to be the safe solution.......
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06-27-2014, 04:19 PM | #53 |
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Wow. Who would have guessed that tigers like Indian food.
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06-27-2014, 04:26 PM | #54 |
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This has been a big problem in the Sunderbans for several years.
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06-27-2014, 04:41 PM | #55 |
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06-27-2014, 07:12 PM | #56 |
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Happens to me all the time. Luckily I have a talent that ,well, lets just say they leave happy.
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This one really goes with the Get in Mah belly!! lounge.
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06-27-2014, 07:26 PM | #60 |
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"Never get outta the boat! Never get outta the boat!!! Hi tiger, bye tiger!!! never get outta the boat!!!" Well Chef, I think this story proves that there may be exceptions to that rule... |
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