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Posted: 18-01-2002 19:42 Post subject: lizards eat owner

Maybe David Icke is right?

Just read this in the Metro(London) Fri 18th 2002

Lizards Devour Their Dead Owner.

Pet lizards were forund feasting on the corpse of a man in his apartment. Ronald Huff's relatives called Police because he had failed to go to work. Officers arrived at his home in Newark, New Jersey, to find him dead on the floor - with seven Nile Monitor Lizards, the smallest two feet in length, feeding on his flesh.

Eek Eek

Posted: 18-01-2002 20:15 Post subject:

I was just about to. Does it count if your name is in very small print? At least it's in FT:D

Posted: 18-01-2002 21:19 Post subject:

This tale has already been on the FT site.

In passing, is it relevent that Newark is an anagram of 'wanker'?

Posted: 18-01-2002 21:24 Post subject:

I guess "Lizards Wank their Dead Owner" would be even more
Fortean.

And who can say it didn't happen? Dead / drunk

Posted: 18-01-2002 21:50 Post subject:

What sort of lizards were they? When someone told me about it today, I was thinking along the lines of a Komodo dragon or something . . .

Carole

Posted: 20-01-2002 01:35 Post subject:

Lizards eating an owner is somthing new, if only because more people are keeping them now days.

It seems to be quiet common for dogs to end up eating their owner, at least I've noticed a newspaper report every several years of this happening.

If the pet is shut in with the owner, who then dies, the pet needs to do this to survive. Unfortunatly, in the case of dogs, when found, the dog tends to be put down.

Maybe, everyone becomes worried that the dog has now got a taste for 'manflesh'?

Posted: 20-01-2002 01:47 Post subject:

They were Nile monitor lizards,which get up to 5 or 6 ft.I,d worry about having as many as this guy did,the bigger monitors don't usually have the sunniest of personalities from what I've read.

Posted: 21-01-2002 12:40 Post subject:

david's right. Dogs and cats have been doing it for years. Not very "Greyfriars bobby" is it? I've seen some pictures of what the deceased looked like after 2 weeks with a hungry dog (and one, more bizarrely, with hungry rabbits). It's not pleasant.

Posted: 21-01-2002 12:57 Post subject:

I was more aiming at the link between lizards and David Icke:D

Posted: 21-01-2002 13:06 Post subject:

Did any of the lizards answer to "your majesty", or were they just an advance scouting party for the Reticulans who forgot their lunchboxes?

Posted: 21-01-2002 15:04 Post subject:

I would have thought dogs didn't do this. But I've heard cats do which doesn't surprise me considering how independent they are. I doubt a cat would have scrubles about eating it's "owner", even if it wasn't very hungry.

Posted: 22-01-2002 14:31 Post subject:

Just more bad press for us lizards .... reptillian space-folk of the new world order, the baddies in pretty much every video game ever ... bah ... s'unfair.
Lizards are actually, on the whole, very nice
Smile

Posted: 14-05-2002 23:02 Post subject: Lion tears off zookeeper's arm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52689,00.html

Surgeons Unable to Reattach Florida Zookeeper's Arm After Lion Tears It Off

TAMPA, Fla. — A young Busch Gardens zookeeper made a minor mistake that came with major consequences.

First-year zookeeper Amanda Bourassa, 21, stuck a finger into a lion's cage shortly after handling meat. The 364-pound African lion named Max grabbed her finger, clamped down on her arm with his powerful jaws and severed it at the elbow.

Surgeons were not able to reattach Bourassa's arm following the Sunday attack. Bourassa was in good condition Monday at Tampa General Hospital, spokesman John Dunn said.

"These are still wild animals, and they behave like that," said Glenn Young, the park's vice president of zoological operations. Young said zookeepers are forbidden from sticking their hands into animals' cages.

The attack occurred outside the view of tourists as Bourassa was giving a private tour available only to zookeepers' family members.

Bourassa had been feeding the animal meat as part of a routine training exercise minutes before she was bitten, investigators and park officials said.

Bourassa and three other more experienced handlers had been performing a routine training exercise with Max to encourage good behavior during routine health checkups.

The lion was called to the cage's bars and ordered to lie down with his tail extended through the bars, a position needed to safely draw blood from the animal's tail for health screenings, Young said.

No blood was actually drawn in the training session, and Young said the animal wasn't agitated.

During the training exercise, Bourassa rewarded the animal by tossing him bits of meat through the bars spaced 1 inches apart, Young said. Max has undergone such training since he arrived at Busch Gardens in 1997 as part of its "Edge of Africa" exhibit.

With the exercise completed, Bourassa sat down in a chair next to the cage. As she stood up a few moments later still wearing a latex glove used during the feeding on her right hand, she looped one lone finger around a bar, witnesses told investigators.

"That was enough to start the initial bite, and once it gets a hold it could have pulled her in," said Lt. Steve DeLacure, who is investigating the incident for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. "It could have been avoided if her arm hadn't been there," he said.

Bourassa was rushed to the hospital along with her severed arm, which the lion had left on the floor of his cage. Her distraught parents and about a dozen family members and friends gathered at the hospital. They declined comment and have asked that reporters not contact them for interviews.

Young said the 118 zookeepers employed by the park become very familiar with the animals in their care. He said a zookeeper's duties include feeding, cleaning and general maintenance.

While he is not considered a tame animal, Max has been touched by his zookeepers before and responds to them when they call him by name.

"There is a relationship between the zookeepers and this animal," Young said.

Busch Gardens officials said the 12-year-old lion would not be destroyed, but said the amusement park's safety policies would be reviewed.

State wildlife investigators found no violations during an inspection of Busch Gardens on Monday.

The theme park suspended the private tours, and Max was not put on display, Young said.

Otherwise, the park was operating normally as the investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues.

Posted: 15-05-2002 10:27 Post subject:

And only 21 years old. If it was an experienced zoo-keeper he'd have known the risk and such. Maybe she will even loose the job over this.

Posted: 15-05-2002 10:41 Post subject:

Maybe she will even loose the job over this.

Not much chance of a golden handshake under the circumstances. Wink

thanks

Uncle Bulgaria