Women Killed By Giraffe

[matcom]

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NOBODY expects to be terminated by a giraffe.

Tourists in South Africa have been eaten by lions, leopards and crocodiles, trampled by elephants and buffalo, gored by rhinos and crushed by hippos.

This happens so often that wildlife officials sometimes refer to local reserves as Jurassic Park.

But there was a first in the "when animals attack" genre last week when two women on a slow drive in the north-west corner of the Kruger National Park, a wilderness as large as Belgium, fell victim to a giraffe.

"It was a freak accident - it's the talk of the industry," said Tammy McLintock, owner of the Akeru safari lodge where the women were staying.

The two companions were watching lions stalking when they heard a stampede behind them. A lioness was chasing three giraffes.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11058127%255E13762,00.html

[Endangered Specie]

1. Did she get necked to death?