Iron Age depiction a tiger killing a moose/elk (Alces alces).
So you don’t stick your arm in the tiger cage!
It was an Amur (“Siberian”) Tiger.
It was not a teddy bear.
It certainly wasn’t a golden retriever.
So what made these men think it was a good idea to pet break into the zoo and pet the tigers?
They were very close to earning a Darwin Award here.
That’ just like that woman in Berlin who went swimming with formerly cutest bear in the world ‘Knut’ and nearly got eaten alive for it.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmazingAnimals/Story?id=7320751&page=1
Goes under ‘People who do stupid things’ category