# A boy in Brazil almost won the Darwin Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142 "2014-08-09T02:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/61 "2014-08-10T16:55:52Z")
The next time he teases a a dangerous tiger he should be armed. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/62 "2014-08-10T18:43:38Z")
Well, he was, before the tiger rather effectively _dis_armed him. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/63 "2014-08-10T20:37:36Z")
I was unaware of that link.I’d only seen still photographs. Truly awful ! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/64 "2014-08-11T00:23:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, he was, before the tiger rather effectively _dis_armed him. On the one hand, I already made that joke back in post [25](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17623860&postcount=25). On the other hand, well, there IS no other hand: my joke! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/65 "2014-08-11T00:37:52Z")
^username thread combo. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/66 "2014-08-11T01:21:34Z")
[http://youtu.be/dJFyz73MRcg](http://youtu.be/dJFyz73MRcg) The tiger in all his fury, lol come to think of it, the kid is probably 11 as well Declan ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/67 "2014-08-11T03:31:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Providing entertainment for other zoo visitors without permission. Feeding the tiger something outside its authorized diet? 😃 ETA: rats, got multi-ninja’ed. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/68 "2014-08-12T08:13:50Z")
Remember Tatiana, the Siberian Tiger which jumped the fence and took out one creep who had been throwing things (tree limb, pine cones, et al) and was playing with the other two before the cops did what cops do? How did she know that humans were easy targets? A few years earlier, a volunteer was petting her and then _scratched her on the nose_. Noses are the one part of a cat you do not mess with unless you want a pissed-off cat. Tatiana found out that right arms come off real easy. And she didn’t give it back. For records of “really, really should have known better…” ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/69 "2014-08-12T09:04:49Z")
Kid will form a band: “Def Tyger”. He’ll be the guitarist. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/70 "2014-08-12T14:27:02Z")
“Soul-Brigadeiro”\* (Release Date Unavailable) \* “The story of a young Brazilian boy who loses his arm taunting a tiger at a zoo. Unwilling to give up his dreams, he now travels the world to kick-box caged tigers competitively…” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/71 "2014-08-12T14:37:59Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > “Soul-Brigadeiro”\* (Release Date Unavailable) > \* > “The story of a young Brazilian boy who loses his arm taunting a tiger at a zoo. > Unwilling to give up his dreams, he now travels the world to kick-box caged tigers competitively…” “For a limited time only. He’s on his last leg.” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/72 "2014-08-12T15:22:00Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > He won’t do that again. I dunno, he does have another arm… ---
**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142/73 "2014-08-14T04:51:17Z")
What pisses me off is that dad says that the kid had chicken bones in his pocket (from lunch) to feed their dogs. FUCKING LIES. They brought the bones to feed the animals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-boy-in-brazil-almost-won-the-darwin-awards/695142.md?page=3)