I can tell you that the world is full of fascinating People and empathy for somebody who was motivated to commit suicide by becoming lion food. The problem is that this kind of comment doesn't really compete with snarky comments or cruelty. Sadness and empathy and concern for our fellow man does not scale very well within this type of ecosystem. It may never scale very well socially speaking and that's why we have horrible outcomes as a species.
Considering that he was literally mentally unstable, had been for a while and had not managed to find treatment I'm pretty sure he was not in a good position to answer that question, and now he can't change his answer
Damn, that's actually pretty sad. Kid had a history of mental health issues and never got the help he needed. I am glad the Lioness won't be euthanized though, she was just following her instincts and reacting to an intruder in her home.
From what the article said he may not even have been suicidal. He may have genuinely thought that he'd be able to live with the lion. Unless they find a note, I guess we'll never really know. My heart goes out to his family
He had schizophrenia and dreamed of becoming a lion tamer in Africa, even having once tried to get inside a plane he thought was going there through the landing gear (They found him before takeoff).
According to the news I've been reading here in Brazil, she didn't eat him. He was killed by a bite in the neck, but not eaten. His body was buried I think yesterday.
Unlikely. Lions don't do that for the most part. They suffocate their prey first. Hyenas on the other hand just rip and eat whether you're alive or not, and they go for the groin first. I'd rather be done in by a lion, if I was forced to choose.
EDIT : I don't think I've ever got as many contrarian responses to anything I've posted here than this, and I post some really inflammatory stuff sometimes. LOL
That's because they normally do. Idk where the myth of lions suffocating their prey sprung up, but it's a persistent one. They don't care if their food is alive or not, all they care is that it's not trying to run away.
This isn't true. Lions disable their prey, and they'll happily eat while it's still alive. They don't really care how it's disabled as long as it isn't trying to run away, but they certainly don't suffocate their prey first.
Thatās exactly what I was thinking. I canāt even imagine it.
Some are saying that he wanted to live with lions, and itās possible he wasnāt being suicidal while doing this. Sounds like he wanted to help lions in the wild.
Regardless of whether he was suicidal or not, there definitely had to have been a point where he had to have thought, āOh shit, this isnāt going how I expected, I canāt stop this from happening now.ā But there was nothing he could do. He was just stuck and had to experience his last moments the way he did.
Cops actually said that the guy threw a rock at them so he could eat while in jail, he had like tens of acts like these, he decided he wanted to be a keeper and went in, he was well known around and theres nothing to help or protect them without government trying to corrupt
This reminds me of the guy in India who climbed into a tiger cage. The tiger grabbed him by the neck and dragged him off like he weighed nothing. It was pretty terrifying.
He was not trying to end it, it was lack of self security awareness. His disease (schizophrenia) led him to want to be a lion tamer in Africa. He even tried to board a plane illegally for that (that he didnāt even knew the destination).
It is a pretty sad story, but not one about āwanting to end itā.
Mr Machado, who had a history of mental health issues, had told social workers on multiple occasions about wanting to live among Africaās big cats and had previously tried to reach Africa as a stowaway on a plane.
I've only seen short clips of the video. Watching this longer version gave me a better understanding of what happened. Such a sad ending to an obviously troubled young man.
His mother and grandmother were schizophrenic, he was abandoned at 10 years old, his mother claimed that he was not her son anymore and refused to raise him.
This is why they euthanize some animals while in exhibit not cause the animal is mean but because they acted naturally when a stranger strolls into their home. Smh. Idiot dude. Hope the cats survived
They are absolutely considering it, sheās literally being monitored for the decision. So far, sheās doing well and behavioral euthanasia is not currently indicated though.
Don't judge the guy so harshly; he was a homeless man with mental health issues. The whole thing was very sad. And they're not going to kill the lioness; she's under observation at the zoo, but her behavior in this case was expected. It was a tragedy.
Homeless or not the man deserves to get judged for acting in a way that could traumatise others at bare minimum. Sad that it is caused by poor mental health, sad that he died? Yes. Doesn't mean his actions get to be excused.
In your barbaric country, do people judge the dead or insane people? In Brazil, cases like his are ideally institutionalized; in fact, before his death, there was a process underway to try to have him committed to a psychiatric institution. And no, we don't judicially judge dead people... that would be stupid.
She did not hesitate in the slightest. Kinda surprised. Unless she's wild caught, I would have expected a bit more confusion before just going for it. Like a, "Hey, you're not supposed to be on this side of the glass," kind of moment. But nope. It's like she'd been fantasizing and planning for this exact moment, like a prepper with a go-bag.
Had a lazy indoor house cat years ago. Bird got into the house through our chimney (crazy I know). Anyway cat who spends all day sleeping on the couch went into ninja mode, and grabbed the bird out of the air while it was flying around our living room. Highest I'd ever seen her jump. We managed to get the bird out of her mouth before she killed it but she was super proud. Cats' predator instincts are high.
I spend all day every day with a lazy, somewhat overweight, giant teddy bear of a male tabby either on my lap or at my feet while Iām workingā¦ and also after work, while Iām relaxing. Heās my constant companion and emotional support animal. He even recognizes when Iām having a panic attack and will lovingly sit on my chest purring and making biscuits until Iām calm.
One day, I noticed that he was watching a particular corner of the kitchen with unusual intensity. This carried on for a couple days with me unable to find anything unusual in the area, but he still kept seeming interested in that one spot. Finally, a few days later, someone opened a cupboard near that area and found a little mouse sprinting out.
My gentle teddy bear of a tabby immediately launched from halfway across the house into a truly terrifying sprint, so rapidly that he almost seemed to teleport to the mouseās location. He then caught the mouse before I could even process what had happened.
I had to rush over to try to get the poor thing out of his mouth (not wanting him to eat whatever germs it may be carrying), and that was the actually the first time Iāve ever heard him growl at me. I was shocked - but of course, again, it was just instinct.
Heās still my wonderful kitty, and truly the best companion I could hope for in the entire world. However, Iāve never quite forgotten that one example of feline hunting instincts in action.
Iām glad the lioness in this incident is alright. Itās heartbreaking to hear the story of this teen who seemed to need help they werenāt able to receive in time.
My girlfriend's cat cut the shit out of my wrist when he was in the bathroom while I was attempting to use it. I tried to pick him up, he felt cornered, and attacked. He's like 8 pounds and gave me a nasty wound. I couldn't imagine what a big cat would do.
They give them things to do, they shouldn't be bored all day. It's not like lions in the wild are living it up at shopping malls with their friends, they mostly sit around all day, too.
Well, in quality American zoos they do. Idk about this random one in Brazil where a man gets eaten by a lion and the people watching kinda just keep having casual conversation
Most, if not all, animals in zoos are not wild caught, unless its a special circumstances, i.e., a baby was found because the parents were killed and it would die otherwise.
I can't speak to Brazil, because I've only worked in American zoos, but I wouldn't be surprised if they lowered food down her to exercise her body. Oftentimes keepers will hide food around an exhibit so animals have to use their senses to find their meals instead of just a bowl.
She may have seen it as something lowering down the tree and thought food??? And went for it. Or! She thought something foreign was invading her territory (which he was) and she was being very protective. Who knows the situation, if she was a recent mother, or is currently pregnant. There are so many unknowns.
I never understand people how can you seriously stand there and record this watching how a ion tears him apart.
I understand if you record him entering the enclosure but as soon the lion attacks would I be gone since who in the world wants to see someone die like this.
I believe thats fascination more than anything. The same way you look at a nasty car crash on the road. Not because you hope you see something bad, but because you want to see how bad it possibly is. I reckon its more of an instinct for self preservation. Assess the outcome of someone's decisions and actions and learn from it. As for the filming part... documentation I guess. Its not something I'd choose to film personally but I can understand that someone else may have. Its the motivation behind it that changes whether I agree or disagree. If its for self recognition (like Internet points or to brag in some way) then its wrong and i dont supoirt it. If its to show us that something bad happened and to just document it, then I dont see a problem. Its a public place.
Idk I feel like they could've gone looking for a zookeeper or start banging on the glass to get the lioness' attention. Maybe that could've bought some more time for a zookeeper to intervene. The child had mental health issues and wanted to live among lions. He probably would've approached the lioness even if it had been distracted. Its just sad that he died in that manner.
For anyone wondering why, the guy was a schizophrenic, with both his mother and grandmother also being ones, and had already being caught once trying to get into the landing gear of plane to "go to Africa and be a lion tamer".
iām pretty sure that this is real and not AI because it was also a news story. but it feels unreal that there was not one person screaming there, no natural response to a person getting killed right infront of people. unless some how nobody was paying attention, which i doubt it. and i canāt find anybody commenting about it either, only that itās wierd that someone could record it.
People seem to think animals in zoos suddenly become domesticated. No wild animals are wild animals there's a reason zoo keepers rarely go into the enclosure while the animals are in there. I hope she didn't get killed because of this idiot...
Hereās the article on this, he was apparently 19 yrs old with a family history of mental illness including schizophrenia. He had always wanted to be lion tamer and had even tried to go to Africa to be one. RIP
Thanks for posting the link ! Much appreciated!! The kid was clearly mentally delayed n was cognitively impairedā¦ Iām relieved the lioness was not euthanized because of this tragedy. The kid climbed over several barricades to get inside the enclosure.. the lioness was only doing what lionesses do ..
This wasn't a game. This was literally suicide. He didn't play any games. This was an intentional death. He was severely depressed and apparently he decided that his best form of death would be getting mauled by a lion.
He had schizophrenia and was obsessed with becoming a lion tamer. Obsessed enough to having snuck on a plane going to Africa. I think that it is more likely that his delusions mad him think that he could bond with and tame the lion.
None of this is true... You saw "mental health issues" and assumed the rest I'm betting...
His mental health issues were related to development and delusions. He wanted to live with the big cats and erroneously thought he could go in there and be the lion's friend...
Okay this lion saw him coming down raced over to him looked him dead in the eyes so there was no ambiguity: "I WILL eat you if you slide down that fucking pole I shit you not"
Saw this yesterday. But not the first part. Think they need to re evaluate their enclosure design so itās impossible for this to happen maybe electric wires at the top or anti climb spikes on the perimeter of outside public facing walls
A lot of people are being reeeally gleeful about a mentally ill person dying horrifically because his reality was so warped that he literally couldn't register that doing this would be dangerous and lethal. Fucking gross to post this video.
And people will still find a way to try and blame it on the zoo, not the guy who scaled a wall, ran across an inclined fence and climbed down a tree to his death.
Why would anyone think this is appropriate to post on the internet? As if your need to get likes is somehow justifying putting a death video on the internet. Degenerates.
He was a 19yo man with development issues and schizophrenia. He had delusions about becoming a lion tamer, he even invaded an airport to climb onto the landing gear of a plane thinking it'd take him to Africa allowing him to live among the lions
He was also homeless and when his delusions weren't flaring up he tried to commit petty crimes to get arrested just so he could have a place to sleep and food to eat. But the justice system here in Brazil is trash and the judge just kicked him back to the streets a few days before this happened
Cats are vicious killers. We're only safe from them because they are so small. Big cats are big vicious killers. It would be safer playing Russian roulette than getting in a lion cage.
That's just not true. I have seen plenty of big cats being friendly, you just have to be close to one you raised. Like, I have seen small cats be friends with mice and smaller animals too. That entirely depends on their upbringing.
That guy though, is dumb, he went to cats that didn't know him, of the genus Panthera too so you know they have the predator instinct, which is also why even if you are familiar with big cats to not titillate the instinct by acting like prey like running or presenting your back to them. They are like kids, with little impulse control.
Big cats can actually be very friendly when they know you .
Like Luna for example is a Leopard, which is a Big Cat (Panthera genus) is unbelievably cuddly and nice, with her owner. I'm sure I enter her house uninvited and I'm getting mauled. But her owner is safe with her.
Ffs, what did he THINK would happen? Not saying that idiots deserve to die, but he literally and intentionally put himself into that situation.
Like....wtf, you have to be both illiterate and entirely lacking in ANY sort of common sense to see an obvious predator and think "oh I'm gonna go scale a 40ft wall and go play with it. Surely it'll be friendly"
You can do anything in life once. The real question is, was the juice worth the squeeze?
Bet the lion squeezed plenty of juice out of him
So... worth it?
For the lion, hell yeah it was!
There is a big change they will kill the lion now :(
I don't think Brazil gets down like that. They probably just skipped one feeding and called it even. RIP Harambeš
The zoo has already publicly stated that they will not euthanize the lion.
I mean it was lioness
Have you just assumed their/them gender? ALL lions deserve respect! /s
They do have pride
I see what you did the, you clever wee dickens!
First and last time he got to do that
Mentally ill kid dies and top reddit comment is a joke.
First time on Reddit?
I can tell you that the world is full of fascinating People and empathy for somebody who was motivated to commit suicide by becoming lion food. The problem is that this kind of comment doesn't really compete with snarky comments or cruelty. Sadness and empathy and concern for our fellow man does not scale very well within this type of ecosystem. It may never scale very well socially speaking and that's why we have horrible outcomes as a species.
Considering that he was literally mentally unstable, had been for a while and had not managed to find treatment I'm pretty sure he was not in a good position to answer that question, and now he can't change his answer
Itās brasil they donāt care about their people
āWas the juice worth the squeezeā I love it! Adding to my library.
Not if the juice gets in your eye and you lose that eye!
Well shitā¦
https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/teenager-mauled-to-death-after-breaking-into-lion-enclosure-at-brazilian-zoo/news-story/a6932e2270b343bebb8cdbc70e4dc0cb
Damn, that's actually pretty sad. Kid had a history of mental health issues and never got the help he needed. I am glad the Lioness won't be euthanized though, she was just following her instincts and reacting to an intruder in her home.
I canāt even imagine how someone would have to feel for themselves to want to die that way. So incredibly sad.
From what the article said he may not even have been suicidal. He may have genuinely thought that he'd be able to live with the lion. Unless they find a note, I guess we'll never really know. My heart goes out to his family
According to brazilian sources:
He had schizophrenia and dreamed of becoming a lion tamer in Africa, even having once tried to get inside a plane he thought was going there through the landing gear (They found him before takeoff).
It's even worse. That lioness probably started eating him while he was still alive.
Imagine being eaten alive.
According to the news I've been reading here in Brazil, she didn't eat him. He was killed by a bite in the neck, but not eaten. His body was buried I think yesterday.
Thanks for the update.
I can see the lioness killing him by bite to the neck, but I'm surprised he didn't become a meal.
She was well fed, just guarding her territory
Makes sense.
Unlikely. Lions don't do that for the most part. They suffocate their prey first. Hyenas on the other hand just rip and eat whether you're alive or not, and they go for the groin first. I'd rather be done in by a lion, if I was forced to choose.
EDIT : I don't think I've ever got as many contrarian responses to anything I've posted here than this, and I post some really inflammatory stuff sometimes. LOL
Idk how true this is, Iāve been seeing a lot of videos of lions eating prey alive
That's because they normally do. Idk where the myth of lions suffocating their prey sprung up, but it's a persistent one. They don't care if their food is alive or not, all they care is that it's not trying to run away.
This isn't true. Lions disable their prey, and they'll happily eat while it's still alive. They don't really care how it's disabled as long as it isn't trying to run away, but they certainly don't suffocate their prey first.
Thatās exactly what I was thinking. I canāt even imagine it.
Some are saying that he wanted to live with lions, and itās possible he wasnāt being suicidal while doing this. Sounds like he wanted to help lions in the wild.
Regardless of whether he was suicidal or not, there definitely had to have been a point where he had to have thought, āOh shit, this isnāt going how I expected, I canāt stop this from happening now.ā But there was nothing he could do. He was just stuck and had to experience his last moments the way he did.
Cops actually said that the guy threw a rock at them so he could eat while in jail, he had like tens of acts like these, he decided he wanted to be a keeper and went in, he was well known around and theres nothing to help or protect them without government trying to corrupt
This reminds me of the guy in India who climbed into a tiger cage. The tiger grabbed him by the neck and dragged him off like he weighed nothing. It was pretty terrifying.
There are other ways to end it. This is the worst
He was not trying to end it, it was lack of self security awareness. His disease (schizophrenia) led him to want to be a lion tamer in Africa. He even tried to board a plane illegally for that (that he didnāt even knew the destination).
It is a pretty sad story, but not one about āwanting to end itā.
Self Immolation has entered the chat.
Yeah - seems like the whole world has forgotten about the marine who did it
The ultimate form of protest is NOT what the MSM wants spread around.
I bet that would still probably be faster than being mauled to death by a lion. I suspect you pass out pretty quick due to lack of oxygen from a fire.
Thatās very sad. Sounds like he probably had a beautiful soul.
Iām relieved that the lion will not be killed after what happened. Poor guy had a history of mental illness and must have been a horrible death.
I've only seen short clips of the video. Watching this longer version gave me a better understanding of what happened. Such a sad ending to an obviously troubled young man.
His mother and grandmother were schizophrenic, he was abandoned at 10 years old, his mother claimed that he was not her son anymore and refused to raise him.
That's a horrendous burden for that young man to carry! So sad š
This is why they euthanize some animals while in exhibit not cause the animal is mean but because they acted naturally when a stranger strolls into their home. Smh. Idiot dude. Hope the cats survived
The paper said they have no plans and basicaly never even considered killing thr cat over this which is fair he didn't excape the guy came to him
They are absolutely considering it, sheās literally being monitored for the decision. So far, sheās doing well and behavioral euthanasia is not currently indicated though.
Don't judge the guy so harshly; he was a homeless man with mental health issues. The whole thing was very sad. And they're not going to kill the lioness; she's under observation at the zoo, but her behavior in this case was expected. It was a tragedy.
Homeless or not the man deserves to get judged for acting in a way that could traumatise others at bare minimum. Sad that it is caused by poor mental health, sad that he died? Yes. Doesn't mean his actions get to be excused.
In your barbaric country, do people judge the dead or insane people? In Brazil, cases like his are ideally institutionalized; in fact, before his death, there was a process underway to try to have him committed to a psychiatric institution. And no, we don't judicially judge dead people... that would be stupid.
Lmao you clearly know literally nothing of schizophrenia
This young man was untreated, was not tethered to reality, and currently had zero access to resources.
He quite literally wasnāt responsible for his actions.
She did not hesitate in the slightest. Kinda surprised. Unless she's wild caught, I would have expected a bit more confusion before just going for it. Like a, "Hey, you're not supposed to be on this side of the glass," kind of moment. But nope. It's like she'd been fantasizing and planning for this exact moment, like a prepper with a go-bag.
Had a lazy indoor house cat years ago. Bird got into the house through our chimney (crazy I know). Anyway cat who spends all day sleeping on the couch went into ninja mode, and grabbed the bird out of the air while it was flying around our living room. Highest I'd ever seen her jump. We managed to get the bird out of her mouth before she killed it but she was super proud. Cats' predator instincts are high.
I have a similar story.
I spend all day every day with a lazy, somewhat overweight, giant teddy bear of a male tabby either on my lap or at my feet while Iām workingā¦ and also after work, while Iām relaxing. Heās my constant companion and emotional support animal. He even recognizes when Iām having a panic attack and will lovingly sit on my chest purring and making biscuits until Iām calm.
One day, I noticed that he was watching a particular corner of the kitchen with unusual intensity. This carried on for a couple days with me unable to find anything unusual in the area, but he still kept seeming interested in that one spot. Finally, a few days later, someone opened a cupboard near that area and found a little mouse sprinting out.
My gentle teddy bear of a tabby immediately launched from halfway across the house into a truly terrifying sprint, so rapidly that he almost seemed to teleport to the mouseās location. He then caught the mouse before I could even process what had happened.
I had to rush over to try to get the poor thing out of his mouth (not wanting him to eat whatever germs it may be carrying), and that was the actually the first time Iāve ever heard him growl at me. I was shocked - but of course, again, it was just instinct.
Heās still my wonderful kitty, and truly the best companion I could hope for in the entire world. However, Iāve never quite forgotten that one example of feline hunting instincts in action.
Iām glad the lioness in this incident is alright. Itās heartbreaking to hear the story of this teen who seemed to need help they werenāt able to receive in time.
My girlfriend's cat cut the shit out of my wrist when he was in the bathroom while I was attempting to use it. I tried to pick him up, he felt cornered, and attacked. He's like 8 pounds and gave me a nasty wound. I couldn't imagine what a big cat would do.
I mean when you have nothing exciting to live for stuck in this small space day after day...
They give them things to do, they shouldn't be bored all day. It's not like lions in the wild are living it up at shopping malls with their friends, they mostly sit around all day, too.
Well, in quality American zoos they do. Idk about this random one in Brazil where a man gets eaten by a lion and the people watching kinda just keep having casual conversation
These lions live in a shoebox compared to their wild counterparts.
Even with the best enrichment humans can provide, these cats are depressed and bored.
Source: Iām a CAAB and Ethologist with a specialization in felids and I run an accredited wildlife sanctuary that includes lions
Yea, but free. That makes a difference.
Most, if not all, animals in zoos are not wild caught, unless its a special circumstances, i.e., a baby was found because the parents were killed and it would die otherwise.
I can't speak to Brazil, because I've only worked in American zoos, but I wouldn't be surprised if they lowered food down her to exercise her body. Oftentimes keepers will hide food around an exhibit so animals have to use their senses to find their meals instead of just a bowl.
She may have seen it as something lowering down the tree and thought food??? And went for it. Or! She thought something foreign was invading her territory (which he was) and she was being very protective. Who knows the situation, if she was a recent mother, or is currently pregnant. There are so many unknowns.
He was looking directly at the big cat likely making the wrong kind of eyecontact while sliding down.
That's incredibly sad. He didn't look older than 16.
At least the angle and with the bushes it was kept kind of PG and saved the onlookers some trauma.
Turns out he was 19 and never got treatment despite a long history with mental health issues.
I feel really bad for the kid, but I agree - glad the little kids looking on were spared the sight of the actual carnage.
I used to be a zookeeper. This is one example of why Iām no longer one. Itās scary business.
Got any stories ?
Forbidden snackā¦
Better than a churu
Did someone order Uber Eats?
Cougar Eats?
I never understand people how can you seriously stand there and record this watching how a ion tears him apart.
I understand if you record him entering the enclosure but as soon the lion attacks would I be gone since who in the world wants to see someone die like this.
I believe thats fascination more than anything. The same way you look at a nasty car crash on the road. Not because you hope you see something bad, but because you want to see how bad it possibly is. I reckon its more of an instinct for self preservation. Assess the outcome of someone's decisions and actions and learn from it. As for the filming part... documentation I guess. Its not something I'd choose to film personally but I can understand that someone else may have. Its the motivation behind it that changes whether I agree or disagree. If its for self recognition (like Internet points or to brag in some way) then its wrong and i dont supoirt it. If its to show us that something bad happened and to just document it, then I dont see a problem. Its a public place.
You did a great job at wording it.
I would stay and watch though, when do you ever get to see something like that?
Idk I feel like they could've gone looking for a zookeeper or start banging on the glass to get the lioness' attention. Maybe that could've bought some more time for a zookeeper to intervene. The child had mental health issues and wanted to live among lions. He probably would've approached the lioness even if it had been distracted. Its just sad that he died in that manner.
For anyone wondering why, the guy was a schizophrenic, with both his mother and grandmother also being ones, and had already being caught once trying to get into the landing gear of plane to "go to Africa and be a lion tamer".
He wasn't eaten.
The lioness bit him in the neck and he bled to death, she didn't consume any part of him.
Wtf? People are hardly even reacting and allowing children to watch.
Finally a zoo that enforces the rules. Hah kidding.
I like how they didn't rush to euthanize the animal just to save this dumbass. I still miss Harambe...
Wasn't a dumbass, he was literally committing suicide. It was intentional, this just happened to be how he wanted to go
According to the article he had fantasies about going to Africa to live with big cats.
Itās possible he thought he could just be friends with the lion.
Can't say for sure if he was committing suicide, there was never a note found yet. However he was mentally ill from what I understand.
From the G1 interview with family members, I saw that the Lioness will not be sacrificed,
Link: https://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/noticia/2025/12/02/quem-era-o-jovem-que-morreu-apos-entrar-na-area-de-leoa-em-zoologico-de-joao-pessoa.ghtml
iām pretty sure that this is real and not AI because it was also a news story. but it feels unreal that there was not one person screaming there, no natural response to a person getting killed right infront of people. unless some how nobody was paying attention, which i doubt it. and i canāt find anybody commenting about it either, only that itās wierd that someone could record it.
People seem to think animals in zoos suddenly become domesticated. No wild animals are wild animals there's a reason zoo keepers rarely go into the enclosure while the animals are in there. I hope she didn't get killed because of this idiot...
why not friend if friend shaped?
FAFOā¦ did he at least boop the snoot first?
Why are videos of people dying just showing up on our feeds without an nsfw tag? I don't even follow this sub.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lion-killed-zoo-visitor-brazil-b2875803.html
Hereās the article on this, he was apparently 19 yrs old with a family history of mental illness including schizophrenia. He had always wanted to be lion tamer and had even tried to go to Africa to be one. RIP
Thanks for posting the link ! Much appreciated!! The kid was clearly mentally delayed n was cognitively impairedā¦ Iām relieved the lioness was not euthanized because of this tragedy. The kid climbed over several barricades to get inside the enclosure.. the lioness was only doing what lionesses do ..
I had read somewhere that he was mentally challenged and that ultimately led to this incredibly bad decision. RIP. šŖ¦
Aaaand then they kill the lion because the person is an idiot
This dumb mother f***** just got that lion killed
That looked like suicide by lion to me. Surely he knew that's the only outcome! Why you wouldn't take an easier way out thou... I don't know.
Oh snap they doordashed my lunch today - Lion probably
Maaan this ninjaās suicidal thoughts were suicidal.
r/killthecameraman
Natural selection...
Yikes
What's Portuguese for Darwin Award nominee?
Premio Darwin.
Play dumb gamesā¦.
This wasn't a game. This was literally suicide. He didn't play any games. This was an intentional death. He was severely depressed and apparently he decided that his best form of death would be getting mauled by a lion.
Damn thats a painful way to go.
Where did you find out he was depressed?
As far as i know he is spreading misinformation.
He had schizophrenia and was obsessed with becoming a lion tamer. Obsessed enough to having snuck on a plane going to Africa. I think that it is more likely that his delusions mad him think that he could bond with and tame the lion.
None of this is true... You saw "mental health issues" and assumed the rest I'm betting...
His mental health issues were related to development and delusions. He wanted to live with the big cats and erroneously thought he could go in there and be the lion's friend...
Not to be disrespectful. All I hear is the quote, āshoot her,ā from the beginning of the movie Jurassic Park.
What on earth was he trying to do? Is this a social media stunt gone wrong or was he literally trying to end it all?
Why do idiots keep doing this?
Because theyāre idiots.
They were underfeeding that lion for sure.
Halfway down tree. At this point, he knew he fucked up
Damn and we didn't get to see anything
JD next!?
I hope they donāt hurt the lion itās already in a shit enclosure
Yummy snack. Thank you for feeding her
Okay this lion saw him coming down raced over to him looked him dead in the eyes so there was no ambiguity: "I WILL eat you if you slide down that fucking pole I shit you not"
That man feed himself to a lion
The lion did what lions do.
Welcome to the jungle
My question is what was he expecting to happen?
Now that kids is what is called natural selection.
Wonder if that guy is living the same day over and over again like Groundhog Day and we are just living in one of his multiple timelines.
What did he expect to happen ?
Do you want to get turned into lioness shit? Because that is how you get turned into lioness shit!
Saw this yesterday. But not the first part. Think they need to re evaluate their enclosure design so itās impossible for this to happen maybe electric wires at the top or anti climb spikes on the perimeter of outside public facing walls
He chose, poorly.
Why is a lion in brasil?
That was a dumb way of committing suicide...
A lot of people are being reeeally gleeful about a mentally ill person dying horrifically because his reality was so warped that he literally couldn't register that doing this would be dangerous and lethal. Fucking gross to post this video.
Well, he wonāt do that again
r/DarwinAwards
*escalates
How did he think that was going to go? I admire his optimistic attitude!
And people will still find a way to try and blame it on the zoo, not the guy who scaled a wall, ran across an inclined fence and climbed down a tree to his death.
Not the way Iād take myself out. Awful.
Fuck around.....
So does this count as suicide?
Because it looks like suicide.
Thatās some low hanging fruit.
Schizophrenic
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
He thought of the children and censored his death
what a Hero o7
The bushes shaking was like something from Jurassic park
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I'm glad the lion will live. As for the guy so sad, thoughts and prayersĀ
I hope the lion is ok
lol idiot
Oh wellā¦
The first few seconds of the clip.
"Ooooooooo so that's what you folks taste like"
Kkkkkkkkkkkkk
Oh no what a shame. So anyway
Uber Eats
He was killed by the lion, but he was not eaten
Hakuna matata
Hell of a way to commit suicide
Forbidden boops denied and more.
He deserved it
At least they arent going to kill the lion it wasnt her fault.
a lions paw vs man
He must at least try to fight with lion like most people think they can defeat them... According to stats
You win some, you lose some
Where's the drone shot when you need it
Natural selection at work. The human race is stronger now, if only just by losing one dumbass.
Why would anyone think this is appropriate to post on the internet? As if your need to get likes is somehow justifying putting a death video on the internet. Degenerates.
The lion: "Oh boy! It must be enrichment day!"
/deserved
Natural selection at work.
What a dumbass. I don't have words to describe this level of idiocy.
He was a 19yo man with development issues and schizophrenia. He had delusions about becoming a lion tamer, he even invaded an airport to climb onto the landing gear of a plane thinking it'd take him to Africa allowing him to live among the lions
He was also homeless and when his delusions weren't flaring up he tried to commit petty crimes to get arrested just so he could have a place to sleep and food to eat. But the justice system here in Brazil is trash and the judge just kicked him back to the streets a few days before this happened
"Man fed himself to lions in Brazil."
What an asshole...
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Darwin Award winner
The lioness did not eat the man!
Ways to kill yourself.
Head shot x.
Take poison x.
Being eaten alive by a lioness ā
Iām happy for the lion.
Cats are vicious killers. We're only safe from them because they are so small. Big cats are big vicious killers. It would be safer playing Russian roulette than getting in a lion cage.
That's just not true. I have seen plenty of big cats being friendly, you just have to be close to one you raised. Like, I have seen small cats be friends with mice and smaller animals too. That entirely depends on their upbringing.
That guy though, is dumb, he went to cats that didn't know him, of the genus Panthera too so you know they have the predator instinct, which is also why even if you are familiar with big cats to not titillate the instinct by acting like prey like running or presenting your back to them. They are like kids, with little impulse control.
Big cats can actually be very friendly when they know you .
Like Luna for example is a Leopard, which is a Big Cat (Panthera genus) is unbelievably cuddly and nice, with her owner. I'm sure I enter her house uninvited and I'm getting mauled. But her owner is safe with her.
Well, that's the end of that.
I was expecting the lion to come around the corner carrying an arm,
Ffs, what did he THINK would happen? Not saying that idiots deserve to die, but he literally and intentionally put himself into that situation.
Like....wtf, you have to be both illiterate and entirely lacking in ANY sort of common sense to see an obvious predator and think "oh I'm gonna go scale a 40ft wall and go play with it. Surely it'll be friendly"
Sad for the lion, it was probably put down ...
She wasn't
I read somewhere that she wasn't and that a vet actually went in and played with her to highlight her gentle nature when treated right.
Lion went lion
Imagine dying to a lion and then not even being on camera. What a waste
Someone needs to add the aslan south park voice over this vid
Late Darwin Award of the year contestant?
Every zoo is a petting zoo if you're man enough.
See how the lioness circled the perimeter of the compound to approach from the rear, not directly. Poor guy.