Moment of being mauled by polar bears during zoo trip: Woman miraculously survives after jumping to ‘swim’ with deadly animals, sparking a desperate rescue as the beast gnaws on her

The buzz of excitement at the Berlin Zoo was suddenly interrupted by screams of panic and the loud sound of something falling into the moat where the polar bear was located.

The voice of a 32-year-old woman in the exhibition who swam towards the polar bears shocked the audience.

On a Friday in the spring of 2009, just days before Easter, locals and tourists flocked to the Berlin Zoo. The crowd was buzzing with excitement to see the zoo’s star attraction: a family of four polar bears.

It was feeding time, and as usual, the bears were drawing large crowds as curious onlookers gathered around the enclosure to catch a glimpse of the arctic beasts. However, predators are so dangerous that even zoo officials do not enter the paddock during this period.

Their fun day at the zoo would soon turn into a nightmare when a woman climbed the 10-foot perimeter wall and jumped into the icy water below.

Incredible photos were taken of the bear attacking the woman and biting the back of her neck, with the pain of the predator’s bite visible on her distorted face.

While the woman is trying to get out of this situation, one of the bears pulls her back into the water.

Visitors’ fun day at the zoo quickly turned into a nightmare when a woman climbed the 10-foot perimeter wall, jumped into the icy water below and swam towards the bears.

Visitors were horrified to see the woman advancing on polar bears perched on a rocky island in the middle of the reserve.

The woman would pay the price for this imprudent decision.

While most of the bears were too distracted by the food, one noticed the visitor in the enclosure and moved towards her before lunging at the woman.

Incredible photos were taken of the bear attacking the woman and biting the back of her neck, with the pain of the predator’s bite visible on her distorted face.

Witnesses, including families with young children, were shocked to see what was happening before their eyes; many people believed they were about to see a person dismembered to death.

Fortunately, before tragedy struck, the woman began a mad dash to escape the confined space.

At a steep wall separating the bears from onlookers, zoo keepers desperately threw a life preserver at the woman while others threw meat and nudged the bears to leave the woman alone.

The heroic efforts of the zookeepers and the woman’s panicked attempts to escape were recorded on video.

The presence of a 32-year-old woman in the exhibition and swimming towards polar bears shocked the audience.

In the footage, the 32-year-old woman is seen trying to escape from the difficult situation she is in, trying to climb the wall at all costs.

At a steep wall separating the bears from onlookers, zoo keepers desperately threw a life preserver at the woman while others threw meat and nudged the bears to leave the woman alone.

In the footage, it is seen that the 32-year-old young man is trying to escape the situation he is in by trying to shout at the wall at all costs.

The horror of his predicament never seems to end as he continually slides back into the water as three of the four bears gather around him.

He carefully approaches being pulled to safety with a life preserver before diving back into the water.

Many times it is pulled down by one of the bears diving under the water and tries to grab the victim from behind and drag it away.

The woman was eventually dragged to safety using a life preserver, while zookeepers kept the animals at bay by throwing food at them.

Once safely out of the water, calm returns to the enclosure, with the polar bears now surrounded by the debris of the tumultuous event that unfolded.

The unnamed woman was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries to her arms, hips, back and legs, but was lucky to escape with her life, according to zoo officials.

The woman was eventually dragged to safety using a lifebuoy, while zookeepers kept the animals at bay by throwing food at them.

The unnamed woman was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries to her arms, hips, back and legs, but was lucky to escape with her life, according to zoo officials.

Zoo biologist Heiner Klos told the German press at the time that the incident could have been ‘even scarier’.

He added: ‘Our alarm system worked. Otherwise things could have ended badly for the bear.’

The polar bears were not punished for the attack. In 2009 a police spokesman said: Der Spiegel: ‘The woman jumped in there carelessly and logically she must have expected adult polar bears to do such things.’

This wasn’t the first time a visitor had wandered into the enclosure. In 2008, a 37-year-old man climbed into the enclosure holding Knut, a polar bear cub. Two-year-old Knut became a global celebrity after becoming the first polar bear to be born at the zoo in more than 30 years and survive infancy.

The man climbed into the paddock because he thought Knut was ‘alone’. But before he could get any closer to the animal, zookeepers spotted the intruder and pulled Knut into a lockable area with a piece of meat. The man escaped unharmed.

Despite these intrusions into the paddock, Berlin Zoo resisted calls to increase the height of the concrete wall surrounding the exhibit.

Instead, the Zoo insisted that those who wanted to participate would ‘always find a way’.