Apparently a 32-year old German woman has jumped into a polar bear's enclosure at a zoo and swum towards them during feeding time. I am both intrigued and bemused by the state of mind that this act suggests. Does she find them so cuddly and adorable that she positively has to get next to these charming aquatic predators? But in this case, does she not know that feeding time is a signal that the bears are likely to be hungry and may not appreciate the distraction? Or perhaps she was feeling tired of life and felt that death by ursus maritimus would be a merciful release? Either way, the results were predictable; one of the bears decided to sample this unaccustomed dietary supplement and the woman in question is very lucky to now be recovering in hospital.
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/apr/12/animals-germany?picture=345847068]
