Salue miteinander,

ich hab gerade Altavista angeworfen und was findet es:
http://www.graceland.edu/~jrmj/darwin.html

Eine Warnung an alle Tourenfahrer Richtung Indien..:)

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1996 Darwin Award Nominee

"Darwin Award" Nominee: You all know about the Darwin awards - it's an
annual honor given to theperson who did the gene pool the biggest
service by killing themselves in an the most extraordinarily
stupid way. Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke
(tm) machine, which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to
tip a free soda out of it.


                                 1996 Nominee

Fort-Worth Star Telegram 1/2/96

Indian zoo tiger kills one man, mauls another

The Associated Press

Calcutta, India - A tiger killed one man and mauled another at the
Calcutta zoo yesterday when theytried to put a marigold garland around
its neck in a New Year's greeting.

Prakesh Tiwari, the dead man, and Suresh Rai had been drinking before
they bought the floral garlands and crossed the moat around the tiger's
enclosure, authorities said.

"I was shocked to see the two young men weaving about in front of a
tiger with garlands in their hands," said Rakesh Banerjee, who witnessed
the attack that triggered panic and a near stampede in the zoo.

The men, both in their 20's, were trying to put the garland on a 13-year
old male Royal Bengal tiger named "Shiva" after the Hindu god of
destruction.

When Rai threw the garland around Shiva's neck, the tiger attacked him.
His friend Tiwari intervened, kicking the tiger in the face. The tiger
released Rai, and attacked and killed Tiwari.

"I saw it all; the tiger turned and jumped on the other young man and
put its head on the man's neck, and within moments, the man was
apparently dead, his head dangling, " Banerjee said.


                                  Observations
 - Alcohol and tigers don't mix. 
 - Moats are placed around animal enclosures not only to keep
dangerous 	   animals in, but to keep stupid people out. 
 - Shiva is an appropriate name for a Royal Bengal tiger. 
 - Maybe Shiva was allergic to marigolds. 
 - Moral of this story - kicking a tiger, especially one named after
a      god of destruction, in the face will get you killed. 
 - This is definitely a Darwin Award nominee. 

- Author Unknown (to me)
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:)

Frank
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