Bengal Tiger ©Paul Mannix
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A group of tourists visiting Jinan Wildlife World in eastern China narrowly escaped after Bengal tigers attacked their bus. The incident occurred when the worker in charge of the enclosure was on his lunch break.
While visitors hid under their bus seats and attempted to call emergency services, eight tigers circled the bus, smashing windows and biting the vehicle’s tires. It took 10 minutes for park officials to open the enclosure’s gates so the visitors could escape.
Luckily, none of the 27 visitors on the bus were injured. The bus driver’s hand was injured however, when one of the tigers broke the vehicle’s windshield.
While the lucky tourists just barely escaped becoming tiger lunch, workers at the Jinan Wildlife World will probably never be allowed to take another lunch break ever again…
Read more at Yahoo News.