An apparently emotionally disturbed man stripped naked and jumped into an exhibit with two young caimans at the Bronx Zoo Friday afternoon, police said.
The man, whose name was not released, was intent on interacting with the alligator-like reptiles, reaching for them while sitting on a rock as stunned police officers -- who rushed there from a zoo substation -- looked on.
But before he could make contact with the reptiles a zoo worker slid a plywood board in front of them, preventing the caimans -- each about four feet long -- from reaching the man.
"He was fine physically," one zoo worker said of the man. "Mentally, I'm not so sure."
Zoo workers drained the pool the caimans frolicked in, then Emergency Service Unit officers pulled the man out.
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