Man loses finger to Jaguar, but denies it.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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From this CNN article:

They ended up banning him for life, because, as the zoo says, “you just can’t take the risk.”

My question is why would he deny it? Concern for the animal is the only thing that comes to my mind. IF he were trying to do something like hurt the animal, I doubt he would have hesitated to say he was bitten - I’m sure he could have come up with some innocuous reason as to how it happened. What really gets me, is this isn’t the first Finger-Loss-Leads-To-Denial incident with this jaguar.

Manchas being the jaguar in question in the latest incident.

Two people, two fingers, two denials. :confused:

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ring ring

“Hello?”

“How many fingers are you holding up?”

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Obviously, the scene went something like this:

Man: Owww! you bit my finger off!

Jaguar: Don’t breathe a word of this to anyone, or next time it won’t just be your finger I bite off.

Man: I’ll keep it quiet, I swear!

Jaguar: All right. Now let’s work on our story, to make sure there are no discrepancies…

Or, maybe, it isn’t a jaguar at all, but two men in a jaguar suit.
[Monty Python]‘A jaguar? In Africa?’[/Monty Python]

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You two shhhh, I made it through the whole day without laughing at the Dope, and look at me now. Shhh!

And here’s a slightly more detailed article. Hmmm, wonder why he didn’t show up Wednesday or Thursday? :dubious:

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Ummmm Yep, Frodo (of the 9 fingers)? Just because you talk to the animals… doesn’t mean they like what you say.

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The second article, at least, does make it highly likely that he was concerned that something might happen to the jaguar if he reported his injury, which would explain his denial.

Sounds like the guy might have a few issues to work out. Fingerloss being the least of them.

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I assumed it happened something like this:

Q. Were you stupid enough to stick your finger in a jaguar cage, and then paid for this with the obvious consequence? Further, would you like to be ridiculed therefor?
A. Uhhh… no?

But apparently not.

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Denial is a common symptom of jaguaholism.

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“Here kitty, kitty, kitty.”

Anyone else creeped out by the fact that the Zoo tracked him down using only their membership files?

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I have a feeling that the fact that he was there every day for at least a year and a half probably made him fairly well known by name, as he probably had to show his ID card every day…

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Clearly, ol’ Mancha is in need of some habitat enrichment. At the very least, they should throw in some bowling balls for him to play with–but without finger holes.

Or a DVD player. With all those fingers, he should have no trouble with the remote. (He’s – wait for it – gone “digital.”)

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I read that original CNN article at work. And then I read it again, treasuring every little nugget of wackiness. It’s like an onion where you peel away the different layers and you just get more crazy.

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Jaguar: “I’ve just bitten your finger off!”

Man: “No you haven’t!”

Jaguar: “Yes I have. It’s right here!”

Man: “Nah, It’s just a flesh wound.”

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He who denied, it supplied it.

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[QUOTE=PunditLisa]
“Here kitty, kitty, kitty.”

[QUOTE]

I got bit in the face by a Housecat like that once :eek:

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Hey, that’s my zoo! I didn’t realize it made the national news.

I wasn’t at all surprised that the zoo staff would know their regular visitors. It’s a pretty nice little place, but it’s not exactly the San Diego Zoo, y’know?

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Manchas has the munchies for nature’s own finger food - real fingers!

“They’re Finger Munchin’ good!”

Ok, I’ll stop now.

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Am I the only one who looked at the thread title and thought the guy caught his finger in the door of a Jaguar? (Or was run over by a Jaguar, but all was fine except for the finger, which they couldn’t save …)

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Er… WHY would you poke a finger into a jaguar’s cage?

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Hey, Jaguar ------ Pull my finger.
Jaguars hate scatological humor.