Police Investigating Youth Who Did TikTok Video in White Rhino Enclosure at Singapore Zoo

If you stepped out of your house and saw a huge White rhinoceros staring at you, you’d probably need a change of pants.

You’d immediately step back into your home, lock the gates, and call the authorities as you wonder what business a rhino has at an HDB block.

The last thing you would do upon seeing the rhino, of course, is a backflip. 

That is, unless you were a young punk filming a TikTok video.

Police Investigating YP Who Did TikTok Video in White Rhino Enclosure at Singapore Zoo

A video of a youth doing a backflip inside a White rhinoceros enclosure at the Singapore Zoo has made the rounds on social media.

It was first shared on TikTok (of course) by the youth, who has around 33,000 followers.

The video seems to have been removed, but has since been reposted on several other platforms.

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At the beginning of the video, which was filmed by the youth himself, he rhetorically asks his followers: “What’s Ralph thinking about?”.

We’re guessing his name is Ralph, because otherwise that question is rather confusing.

The video then cuts to Ralph trespassing into the rhino exhibit, where he does a backflip before darting out of the enclosure.

In the five seconds that he was inside the enclosure, two huge White rhinos could be seen in the background, not too far from the youth.

The youths facetiously added the text “Keep your distance” on top of the video, as well as  “who’s man is this [sic]”.

We indeed do not know whose man this is, but the police will soon find out.

According to The Straits Times, the police are investigating the incident. Given that he posted the video on his own TikTok account, his identity won’t exactly be hard to establish.

Wildlife Reserves Singapore Condemns Youth’s Actions

In response to the incident, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) released a statement on Instagram, saying it’s aware of the video circulating online showing a visitor “trespassing an encroaching” into the rhino exhibit.

“This is a reckless and mindless act which is socially irresponsible, extremely dangerous, and simply disrespectful to wildlife and our animals,” WRS said.

“We appeal to the sensibilities of the social community out there – let’s not encourage copycat acts – this can put lives in danger.”

Wildlife Reserves Singapore told ST that it filed a police report on Thursday (17 Dec), when the incident occurred.

Malaysian Worker Mauled to Death by Lions

This brings to mind a horrific incident that took place at the Singapore Zoo in 2008.

A 32-year-old Malaysian man who was working as a cleaner here deliberately climbed into a tiger exhibit.

For some unknown reason, he entered the moat which separated the tigers from visitors and waded towards the animals.

He was mauled to death in front of shocked visitors.

A state coroner ruled the case as a suicide the next year.

It just goes to show that we should respect the territory of animals, no matter how many likes you crave on social media.

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