Lion takes a bite at religion

Link : http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041103/80/f5vkn.html

Man Attempts To Convert Lions To Christianity

A Taiwan man shouts "Come bite me!" to two lions at the Taipei Zoo.


TAIPEI (Reuters) - A man leaped into a lion's den at the Taipei Zoo to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity, but was bitten in the leg for his efforts.


"Jesus will save you!" shouted the 46-year-old man at two African lions lounging under a tree a few metres away.


"Come bite me!" he said with both hands raised, television footage showed.


One of the lions, a large male with a shaggy mane, bit the man in his right leg before zoo workers drove it off with water hoses and tranquilliser guns.


Newspapers said that the lions had been fed earlier in the day, otherwise the man might have been more seriously hurt ... or worse.