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u/SquareAdvance7528 5h ago
Harambe in heaven: “So the tiger gets a warning, but I got a whole firing squad?” 💀😭
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u/thethunder92 5h ago
And harambe didn’t even hurt the kid just kind of gently pulled him around. He wasn’t even being violent
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u/Professional_Air_905 4h ago
most likely harambe was curious and maybe worried about the safety of the child who just fell into his enclosure. gorilla have very strong social behavior and just as strong pack mentality
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u/ElaborateEffect 1h ago
Brother, watched the video. Harambe was dragging that kid around the enclosure like a ragdoll.
This "gently" shit is just made up nonsense for memes.
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u/DigitalBlackout 1h ago
It was gentle... for a fully grown gorilla. Could've ripped the kids arm clean off, easily
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u/Muggsy423 3h ago
Next time you are at a park grab a five year old by the ankle and drag him behind you while you run around.
You might get Harambe'd
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u/Professional_Air_905 4h ago edited 4h ago
I'm genuinly confused about why they didn't use tranquilizing bullet on harambe, like honestly it's weird
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u/Maleficent_Art_3854 4h ago
It would take time to take effect, during which he would presumably become more agitated and a greater risk to the child.
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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo 3h ago
Because tranq darts hurt, and they don’t work instantly, so it would probably just piss him off more than anything else.
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u/Positive_Box_69 3h ago
Cuz Harambe was black that's why
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u/Mental-Praline-420 2h ago edited 1h ago
Harambe's a victim of racism. RIP /s
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u/Deathblades0 5h ago
To be fair it was the dudes fault he literally jumped into the enclosure
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u/BanIn321Splat 3h ago
So did the Harambe kid
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u/Deathblades0 3h ago
The difference is ones a kid whose parents weren't watching him and the others an adult
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u/Nearby_Corner7132 5h ago
I think it was his caretakers fault, he was mentally unwell from the reports I've read, that being said it's just what I heard and read I haven't aquatinted myself to the facts of the case and could be spreading misinformation
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u/Deathblades0 5h ago
Honestly I could also be I haven't heard much about this
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u/Nearby_Corner7132 5h ago
I feel the same way friend, take care bro best wishes n health to you and yours bro
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u/RubFlatforMaxEffect 4h ago
the dead milkmen had an exact song about this and zoos
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u/FuzzyFrogFish 2h ago
There was no carers, he did not need carers. He was not mentally disabled
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u/nunya_bidnes77 6h ago
To be fair, it was the UK. The fuck were they gonna shoot it with anyway?
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u/Otterfan 4h ago
British zoos are allowed to have firearms. Accredited British zoos with certain kinds of anim*ls (the sub bot is making me censor this word for some reason) on site are required to have firearms and someone trained to use them on premises at all times.
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u/Sir-Toaster- 5h ago
They should've just jumped in and use special ninja moves to take down the tiger while carrying the guy away, what cowards.
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u/DeeJudanne 5h ago
don't they have knives? just put it on a stick and you got a spear
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u/human_i_suppose 4h ago
If they got there in time they would have shot it.
What happened when they didn't, is exactly why they shot harambe
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u/Anxious_Dracula 5h ago
Humanity remembered what happened to the timeline after Harambe and thought maybe it wasn't a smart idea with the tiger
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u/EndIsrael 38m ago
Well hang on a minute, let's think this through.
Harambe (a black animal) is killed, Obarna retires and Harris loses. All black.
Tiger (orange animal) not killed, Trümp still here. All orange.
I posit that tiger was supposed to die to restore the timeline, but it was spared. And who is known for pardoning people who are supposed to be punished, if it suits his own selfish goals? You guessed it...
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u/Any-Shower-3088 1h ago
Siberian tiger : 500 left
Silverback gorlla : 300,000 left
Maybe thats got something to do with it.
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u/YancyDerringer77 5h ago
Why didn't they try to shoot the tiger while the guy was being attacked, even if they used tranquilizers or something it would of helped.
Did they just get there too late?
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u/Otterfan 4h ago
From what I've heard, the guy was dead within five minutes of entering the enclosure. The attack itself might have been even shorter. A tiger can kill a human pretty much instantly and at will, so it might be very hard to get the firearm-trained person alerted armed and on-scene before it's all over.
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u/Vanbydarivah 3h ago
Tigers kill by biting the spine right at the base of the skull, and then crushing it. Rough way to go, but at least it’s better than a Lion. Their instinct is to grab the front of the neck and suffocate.
Cats quickly turn into nightmare fuel the larger they get.
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u/ChipRockets 3h ago
Five minutes is an eternity when you're being attacked by a tiger. Hopefully it was quicker than that
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u/yo-soy-arkee 3h ago
Americans just like to shoot and blow up everything, y’all actually don’t see through alternatives. A sherif killed a young navy guy at his home, cause the sherif failed to announce and banged on the door like a lunatic and the navy guy opened with a gun pointed on the ground
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u/EquivalentSnap 3h ago
Difference is the boy was a 3yr old who didn’t know what he was doing and the other was a grown adult who willingly went in there
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u/Full-Dragonfruit-991 3h ago
The adult was disabled. The difference is that the gorilla didn’t instantly kill the kid and they had time to shoot it.
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u/MorristheStegosaurus 2h ago
Where does it say he was disabled? It only says he was on medication for mental health problems.
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u/FuzzyFrogFish 2h ago
He wasn't disabled
He obviously had mental health challenges, but he was an independent person who travelled alone ect
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u/Correct-Junket-1346 1h ago
No he wasn't, this has been debunked so much, I've never seen Reddit glaze facts so hard on this one it borderlines insanity.
He had mental illness on and off throughout his life, it's now concluded he committed suicide.
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u/Separate-Walrus- 3h ago
No the difference was the tiger was a hell of a lot faster. You can’t shoot an animal to save someone if that someone is already dead.
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u/Smart-Response9881 4h ago
Exactly, if Harambe just killed the kid, he'd probably still be alive. No need to rescue a corpse
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u/Specialist-Award4293 3h ago
Or maybe he's happy to have helped influence the response to not be lethal next time, if he's the optimistic type.
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u/CallMeCygnus 2h ago
My privates are STILL exposed for this hero, and they always will be...
RIP, you legendary beast. RIP.
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u/Double_You_6356 2h ago
Harambe would be happy that he set the tone so that his tiger friends could live
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u/Separate-Bobcat4855 1h ago
This is a stupid post, harambe was killed to prevent him from hurting the child in his enclosure (regardless of whether you think that was right), the man who climbed into tiger pen was dead before zoo staff had the time to react or find a weapon. Of course the tiger was not killed in retribution, because it would not have brought the man back to life.
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u/Real_MangaAddict 1h ago
That tiger’s alive because of Harambe’s sacrifice and people’s reaction to his death.
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u/Top_Traffic5102 26m ago
Dont be ridículous, harambe died because he was a iminent threat to children .
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u/dahogriduh 3h ago
Maybe it was because tigers are more endangered than gorillas. But we’ll never know even with computers
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u/penguinite33 4h ago
Nahhhhh bro. Harambe would just be happy no animal has to suffer the same fate he did.
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u/Yaakovbenleah1989 3h ago
Right, harambe protected the child that fell into their enclosure and even handed them off to the zookeeper and got shot. And then there's a tiger that ate someone that climbed into their exhibit and doesn't get killed. I mean I know it's not the tiger's fault someone climbed into its enclosure but still the endings of both are messed up
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u/Garthaniel-Finnison 2h ago
different gorilla that handed a child off to keepers. Harambe kind of just stood over the child and kept poking his leg. You are thinking about Binti probably, she lived in Chicago and carried a child to her enclosure door and handed them to staff before walking off.
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u/Rhorge 1h ago
You’re thinking of Jambo who wasn’t shot when a kid fell in his enclosure, he was a much older male and was an experienced father. Harambe was basically a late adolescent and was dragging the clearly injured kid by his leg in a good few inches of water, completely different situation.
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u/Austerlitz2310 2h ago
Tiger situation reversed Harambe's Curse. We're finally free.
Nobody get any ideas
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u/teddyslayerza 2h ago
Once the tiger killed the guy, nobody was in any danger, so it wasn't a consideration to shoot it. Shooting Harambe might not have been the right call, but there was a child actively in danger so that was a consideration.
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u/deacstructor 1h ago
Wasnt harambe out of the enclosure. This positie a langer threat then thw tiger
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u/Psychotic_EGG 1h ago
No. A kid fell into his enclosure. Harambe grabbed the kid, but showed no signs of aggression. That said a gorilla can turn aggressive quickly, for little reason. Though Harambe didn't have a history of violence. And while often people go "he should have been tranqued." It's not instant, and is painful. Who's to say how he would react before the tranquilizer kicked in.
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u/MeAndMe54654 1h ago
Harambe in heaven: So they learned from their mistakes, good to see they did not kill another innocent soul. Stay safe friend.
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u/KnowGame 1h ago
I still think about Harambe from time to time and how sad it was that he shot to death. I never understood why they couldn't use tranquilizers.
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u/ImRightYoureStupid 57m ago
Harambe was too slow.
The dude was already dead when the shooters got there.
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u/Quiet_Warthog1675 54m ago
Its kind of a reflection of our current world right?
A gorilla doing arguable less gets shot in the face
But a cat rips off a dude's head gets off scot free because "its just what they do" and "should've never jumped the fence"
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u/Any_Idea_1551 53m ago
I think it is about expectations, gorilla won't kill a kid but he did something that triggered people that harambe will kill the kid, and tiger might kill him so it's wasn't new for them, who knows for sure, I maybe wrong.
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 47m ago
Context: a moron jumped in a tiger enclosure I don't remember where and was mauled to death by the tiger. The zoo, who was supposed to put the tiger down after that, refused to do so because honestly you can't blame the tiger for what happened and it would be extremely unfair to do so.
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u/_KALKI_09 37m ago
Tbh it's not about the tiger or harambe, it's us who keep intruding on their space
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u/Known-Fuel-8793 26m ago
bro has been gone for years and still gets more public support than most politicians
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u/MrMansaMusa 5h ago
Notice how the tiger incident wasn't in america...