Teen mauled to death after entering zoo's lion enclosure

[obsidian]

https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/world-news/teen-mauled-to-death-by-lion-after-climbing-into-zoo-enclosure/

A troubled teenager who dreamed of becoming a lion tamer was mauled to death in front of horrified zoo-goers after climbing a 20-foot fence to get into the big cats’ enclosure.

Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, snuck into the lionesses’s pen at Brazil’s Parque Zoobotanio Arruda Camara in the city of Joao Pessoa on Sunday, scrambling over a wire-topped fence to climb down a tree inside the lions’ pen, Brazilian outlet O Correio Braziliense reported.

Horrified visitors watched helplessly as lioness Leona ran over to the foot of the tree as Machado slowly climbed down — then suddenly pounced on him, video shared on X shows.

[Rambone]

He won’t ever try that again

A Getbigger till the bloody end….

[AbrahamG]

To be such a stupid fuck, I consider this a mercy killing. 

[Rambone]

A valiant effort to say the least…..

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[Royalty]

To be such a stupid fuck, I consider this a mercy killing.

[illuminati]

No need to feed that lion tonight - Lado chose his method of death.

[Rambone]

No need to feed that lion tonight - Lado chose his method of death.

But the lion on top of the Machado isn’t as hungry as the lion at the bottom of the Machado

[Dave D]

But the lion on top of the Machado isn’t as hungry as the lion at the bottom of the Machado

But the food is always there when he wants it.

[illuminati]

But the lion on top of the Machado isn’t as hungry as the lion at the bottom of the Machado

Correct - because the lion at the top, when she wanted the food it was there.

[Beefjake]

I bet they put the lion out afterwards? Like that gorilla a few years back.

Hope not. It wont change anything.

[Lartinos]

He kept getting closer as it showed aggression so suicide.

He made one of the lion’s wishes come true and for that I applaud him.

[MuscleBuff]

But the food is always there when he wants it.

[MuscleBuff]

I bet they put the lion out afterwards? Like that gorilla a few years back.

Hope not. It wont change anything.

What if the lion has now acquired an unstoppable blood lust for human flesh?

[MuscleBuff]

He kept getting closer as it showed aggression so suicide.

He made one of the lion’s wishes come true and for that I applaud him.

Perhaps they could make millions offering "Heroic Death by Lion" as a suicide service

[Humble Narcissist]

He won’t ever try that again

A Getbigger till the bloody end….

He looks autistic.

[obsidian]

I bet they put the lion out afterwards? Like that gorilla a few years back.

Hope not. It wont change anything.

They are not going to put the lion down because it was not its fault, and the food was deah.

[obsidian]

Correct - because the lion at the top, when she wanted the food it was there.

Darwin Award Gold Medalist for sure.

[Super Nattie]

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[falco]

He looks autistic.

He had schizophrenia and was a convict.

[Rambone]

He had schizophrenia and was a convict.

What’s his Getbig handle?

[Krankenstein]

What’s What WAS his Getbig handle?

Fixed....but more importantly....unfortuna tely not Royalty

[Flexacon]

A shame it wasn't DJ trying to enact his lioness fantasy

[oldgolds]

Hanks would have body slammed that lion.

[NaturalWonder83]

"The Darwin Awards are a rhetorical tongue-in-cheek honor that originated in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool by dying or becoming sterilized by their own actions."

[falco]

Suicide by lion.