Tiger leaps onto boat, snatches man in east India

[scho63]

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KOLKATA, India (AP) — A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man's son said Friday.

The attack happened Thursday as Sushil Manjhi and his son and daughter were crab fishing in a stream in the Sunderbans National Park. The tiger leaped aboard the boat and clamped its jaws on Manjhi's neck, said Sushil's son, Jyotish.

The tiger "quickly flung my father on his back and gave a giant leap before disappearing into the forest," Jyotish said by telephone from his village of Lahiripur in West Bengal state. He said he and his sister tried to beat the animal with sticks and a knife, but the thrashing had no effect. His father was dragged away and was presumed dead.

The attack underlines the difficult existence of millions of poor Indians who make a living by scavenging in forests and rivers, often at risk from wild predators. Many villagers fish for crabs in the Sunderbans — even though it's illegal in the protected reserve — because they fetch a good price at markets in nearby towns.

The national park is one of the largest reserves for the royal Bengal tiger. Thursday's attack was the fourth deadly assault by a tiger this year in the Sunderbans, wildlife officials said.

India has more than half of the 3,200 tigers believed to be left in the wild in the world. But as the country undergoes breakneck development to accommodate the growth of its 1.2 billion people, tiger habitats have been shrinking.

The big cat's numbers have also dwindled because of rampant poaching to feed a flourishing market for tiger organs and bones in China.

[Perineum Ripper]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Is it just me or did that tiger just nut shot the elephant driver with its claws

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Elder will post that gif after all 10 mizzou hoops win this year

[Fish]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

People are tasty

- Tiger

[KC_Lee]

Go tiger.

[TribalElder]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Elder will post that gif after all 10 mizzou hoops win this year

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by mac459

Is it just me or did that tiger just nut shot the elephant driver with its claws

Reporting for the associated press, I'm Claude Bawls.

[Rain Man]

This happens all the time at water parks. Corporate interests just cover it up and give the family season passes.

[MahiMike]

Indians taste like chicken. Dark meat of course.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by MahiMike

Indians taste like chicken. Dark meat of course.

That's a culture that eats a lot of spicy food. I wonder if that carries forward and the tiger gets spicy food when he eats them.

[MVChiefFan]

You know, I've been thinking about this very thing. I was at the Field Museum in Chicago last weekend and checking out the lions of Tsavo and wondering, is there any real chance to defend yourself from an attack by a lion, tiger, bear or other large predatory animals? I mean obviously a gun would do the trick but say you had no weapons and was suddenly attacked, not chased, but attacked, what would you do? What could you do?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

You know, I've been thinking about this very thing. I was at the Field Museum in Chicago last weekend and checking out the lions of Tsavo and wondering, is there any real chance to defend yourself from an attack by a lion, tiger, bear or other large predatory animals? I mean obviously a gun would do the trick but say you had no weapons and was suddenly attacked, not chased, but attacked, what would you do? What could you do?

I suspect your best bet is to choke them on the way down.

I've wrestled house cats before and lost. I don't think there's any chance against something that weighs 4 times more than you, carries the equivalent of 25 knives, and has 2 percent body fat.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

You know, I've been thinking about this very thing. I was at the Field Museum in Chicago last weekend and checking out the lions of Tsavo and wondering, is there any real chance to defend yourself from an attack by a lion, tiger, bear or other large predatory animals? I mean obviously a gun would do the trick but say you had no weapons and was suddenly attacked, not chased, but attacked, what would you do? What could you do?

Eyes is about your only defense I believe.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

You know, I've been thinking about this very thing. I was at the Field Museum in Chicago last weekend and checking out the lions of Tsavo and wondering, is there any real chance to defend yourself from an attack by a lion, tiger, bear or other large predatory animals? I mean obviously a gun would do the trick but say you had no weapons and was suddenly attacked, not chased, but attacked, what would you do? What could you do?

You would die. You could die.

[Big Poppa Payne]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

You know, I've been thinking about this very thing. I was at the Field Museum in Chicago last weekend and checking out the lions of Tsavo and wondering, is there any real chance to defend yourself from an attack by a lion, tiger, bear or other large predatory animals? I mean obviously a gun would do the trick but say you had no weapons and was suddenly attacked, not chased, but attacked, what would you do? What could you do?

I think they say the best defense is to stand still and not move but maybe that's only against bears. If any of those 3 attacked I don't think it's possible to fend them off.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Is there a video of the rest of this attack? I would love to see it.

Edit: Nevermind, found it.



Not much more to see. Looks like he lost some fingers.