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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - When do you not listen to the African wildlife expert? When he tells you to stand closer to the rhino.

That suggestion by a South African game park owner resulted in serious injuries to a 24-year-old woman from Johannesburg.

The Beeld newspaper reported Tuesday that Chantal Beyer said the game park owner snapped pictures and suggested that she "stand just a little bit closer" seconds before the attack. Photos show Beyer and her husband only feet away from two rhinos.

The paper said that just after the photo was snapped, the rhino attacked, and its horn penetrated Beyers' chest from behind, resulting in a collapsed lung and broken ribs, the paper said. The Aloe Ridge Hotel and Nature Reserve, where the incident took place, declined to comment Tuesday.


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    azsiouxboy wrote...
    Absolutely
    January 15, 2013 6:37 am
    priceless. Apparently people have lost the built in instinct for self preservation.
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    wrote...
    Same thing for Yellowstone tourists
    January 15, 2013 9:57 am
    I've seen people tell their families to get loser to the bison or elk or bear for a "better" photo. What maroons. One guy was having his family get near a bison and the ranger tells him not to do it because it is a wild animal and could severly hurt his family. The guy tells the ranger that if the bison was indeed dangerous his gov't would have them fenced in. His gov't would surely protect their citizens from such threats. Yep, the guy was from the east coast.
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