One of the greatest doubtfulness of our clip , something really unanswerable and impossible to reckon the consequences of , is : “ what could maybe go wrong if I stick my hand into a big cat enclosure and tantalize a jaguar ? ” .
A humans from Florida claim it upon himself to decipher the riddle , and reportedly adhere his bridge player into the jaguar inclosure in Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens , Florida on August 3 . The great qat responded as most bighearted cats would when present with an uninvited unknown in its district and clawed his subdivision , leave behind behind a trail of blood and a hurt man , reportsWJXT News4Jax . The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department answer to the incident , before the individual , said to be in his 20s , was transport to a hospital for non - life - peril injuries .
According to local newsworthiness outlets , the incident occur after the world wax over the rubber roadblock of the Range of the Jaguar display , seeking a more sexual interaction with the jaguar . Still not close enough , the human being proceeded to reportedly stick his helping hand through the second roadblock , this time a fencing , and taunted the khat .
“ This is an individual that was n’t using his question , ” deputy menagerie film director Dan Maloneysaid . “ He stuck his hired man in through the mesh that separates the Panthera onca from the outside . ”
The jaguar was identified as a 12 - twelvemonth - old male name Harry . According to the menagerie , this is the same jaguar that was involved in the last of a distaff Panthera onca , the zoo ’s old , in February .
The zoo said this was the first metre a person had been hurt since the Panthera onca display opened 11 years ago , and that it would not be taking any natural action against Harry .
“ He was acting as part of his normal behaviour for a wild animal , ” menagerie marketing director Kelly Rouillard toldFlorida Times - Union . “ We expect that eccentric of behaviour from wild animals and nothing will happen to him . ”
The piece himself claimed he had drop his cellular telephone into the enclosure and wish well to retrieve it , but a telecasting conquer by menagerie officials saw him wave at the animal to get its attention and state the panther “ seemed coolheaded ” . Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens do not mean to press out charges .
There ’s a reason masses love to go to zoos and see alien animals . Buteven zookeepers will tell you , never draw a blank , even if they were born and raised in captivity , these are not domesticated animals .
