LITCHFIELD PARK, ARIZONA — A woman in Arizona learned the hard way that zoo barriers are there for a reason, after a close encounter with jaguar claws.<br /><br />CNN reports that the lady, who's in her 30s, was at the jaguar enclosure at Arizona's Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium, and Park on Saturday, when she crossed the barrier for a photo op.<br /><br />She was attempting to take a selfie when the female black jaguar whose cage she was cozying up to pounced and swiped at her with its claws.<br /><br />According to ABC15, Adam Wilkerson and his family heard her screaming and saw the jaguar claws-deep in her arm. Wilkerson's mom shoved a water through the cage to distract the cat, and he pulled the woman back as soon as the claws were off.<br /><br />Paramedics were called to treat a nasty gash on the lady's left arm. She was taken to the hospital to get stitches, but was released the same day.<br /><br />Needless to say, there was little to no sympathy for the selfie-taker on social media, and most were more concerned that the jaguar would be put down for the attack.<br /><br />The zoo was firmly on their cat's side, and announced on Twitter that she'd keep all nine of her lives, since really, it was the human's fault.<br /><br />Though to the human's credit, she did apologize to zoo officials for all the negative publicity from her ill-advised photo op.
