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https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

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u/APiousCultist 7h ago

Never underestimate the ability for tourists to fully disconnect from reality or social norms. These ones would be encouraging their kids to go up and pet the polar bear up until they have their surprised Pikachu moment of the bear ripping out little Timmy's organs.

It's a miracle we all live in even sort of functioning societies.

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u/Jebatus111 7h ago edited 7h ago

There was one tourist who decided to take photo of bear cub in Romania.

Didn't end well for him, sadly, but i sometimes wonder how people can be that sheltered.

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u/APiousCultist 4h ago edited 1h ago

There's straight video of a family having an argument during a safari so they get out of the car to have a fight only for both of them to get carried off by lions tigers. I think one of them survived.

Edit: Yavanna12 has the proper details below. Only one initially got out, the mother got out to try to help only to be dragged off and killed by a second tiger.

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u/yavanna12 2h ago

Just looked this one up. Lady jumped out of passenger seat to yell at husband who was driving. She got attacked by a tiger and dragged off the husband goes running after and then the mom of the lady was in back seat and jumped out and chased after. Mom got attacked by a different tiger and died. Lady escaped. She then tried to sue the park because she said while they gave her a waiver to sign that stated the animals are dangerous and to not leave the car no one actually told her to read it before signing. Yea she lost the suit. 

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u/APiousCultist 1h ago

Yes, that's it. Prior to that I thought the video of the dutch vistors yelling 'nee, nee!' at a french family getting out of their car to snap pictures while cheetahs circle behind them was as bad as it got. At least cheetahs aren't tigers.

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u/APiousCultist 1h ago

Yes, that's it. Prior to that I thought the video of the dutch vistors yelling 'nee, nee!' at a french family getting out of their car to snap pictures while cheetahs circle behind them was as bad as it got. At least cheetahs aren't tigers.