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re: So what would Mike do, if someone jumped in his cage?

Posted on 9/21/12 at 6:48 pm to
Posted by Fenster
Member since Mar 2008
910 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 6:48 pm to
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And how fast could his handlers get the idiot out,


Well it isn't like the zoo where handlers are just around the tiger all the time, so yeah it would be a few minutes.
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 9/21/12 at 6:51 pm to
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Well it isn't like the zoo where handlers are just around the tiger all the time, so yeah it would be a few minutes.


Isn't there a security cam in the cage that the LSUPD monitors? I'm sure there's a procedure in place for what to do in case of forced entry.
Posted by 10888bge
H-Town
Member since Aug 2011
8421 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 7:05 pm to
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Isn't there a security cam in the cage that the LSUPD monitors? I'm sure there's a procedure in place for what to do in case of forced entry.

Turn off cam, blame it on glitch in the system, get mop.
Posted by SNAKE
Lafayette/Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
705 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 7:11 pm to
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So what would Mike do, if someone jumped in his cage?


That depends on several things. 1) Was the jumper an Alabama fan ? 2)Did he try to stick his weenie in Mike's mouth to celebrate the win in the championship game ? 3) Did he poison Mike's favorite pissing tree ? 4) Did he start splashing in Mike's pond while yelling "Roll Tide" ?

If the answer to any of the above is yes I would say that the parts of him that are left over would be at Rabenhorst's awaiting preperation to be sent back home!!!
Posted by Woverw
Valencia, CA
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/21/12 at 8:41 pm to
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
77205 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 8:57 pm to
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Turn off cam, blame it on glitch in the system, get power washer.
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
12064 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:12 pm to
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And how fast could his handlers get the idiot out, and what shape would he be in?


What colors is the guy wearing?
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:13 pm to
A lot of you seem to think Mike is wilder and more aggressive than what I've personally seen from him.

I guess it would totally depend on whether Mike was hungry, and/or the perp fricked with him.

Posted by No Diggity
Member since Sep 2012
59 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:21 pm to
At worst, that's a dead man of course.

At best, Roscoe's so used to people he just blows this guy off and doesn't mess with him.
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14958 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:24 pm to
Cats are curious and tigers aren't afraid of too much so I think when Mike noticed him, he'd come check the guy out. What happens next depends on how the Bama fan reacts.
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:29 pm to
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What happens next depends on how the Bama fan reacts.


I love how everyone assumes it would be an Alabama fan.

Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
127381 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:33 pm to
Cancel Christmas.
Posted by Terry the Tiger
Cypress, Texas
Member since Jul 2009
3494 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:35 pm to
When I was at Mike's cage last, he was being really playful acting like he knew me. Then I noticed that a man and some teens that were standing behind me moved to the other side of his habitat. Mike followed them over there

The man entered the cage and stuck his fingers through chain link fence. Mike walked along the fence stopped and let the man scratch his neck and side. He was loving it. It was really a sweet sight. I was wondering if he was the vet or something because Mike definitely knew him
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14958 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:38 pm to
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The man entered the cage and stuck his fingers through chain link fence. Mike walked along the fence stopped and let the man scratch his neck and side. He was loving it. It was really a sweet sight. I was wondering if he was the vet or something because Mike definitely knew him

I'd give a lot to be able to do that.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:41 pm to
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:46 pm to
What's hard to believe is not only did that guy live, and recover fully, but the tiger got away clean.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:49 pm to
I think he lost a couple fingers on the left hand. Think that was the story on the show i first saw it on.

But yeah, It's hard to own a wild tiger 1 on 1 with no real weapons. And knowing you're on cam.
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:56 pm to
The video I saw on Rundown said he nearly lost three fingers. I guess he kept them? The tiger also clawed the guy's abdomen.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49487 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 10:01 pm to
either way, he probably left sore and unhappy. Not afraid to come at a man, on top of an elephant.

So to the OP, odds say he'd have his way.

Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/21/12 at 10:05 pm to
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Not afraid to come at a man, on top of an elephant.


Well, it was a mother tiger, ticked off about the rangers taking her cubs. The video said the Indians wanted to move her and the cubs father away from humans.

The Rundown
This post was edited on 9/21/12 at 10:16 pm
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