Now that he's done playing Aquaman, David Blaine wants to try another mythical hero on for size: Tarzan the Ape Man.

The waterlogged escape artist, who last week failed in his attempt to set a world breath-holding record after submerging himself for seven days in a 2,000-gallon tank outside Lincoln Center, says his next stunt will involve living "among wild beasts." Blaine divulged his stunt plans while testing his human aquarium upstate three days prior to kicking off the marathon dip.

"I'm planning to live harmoniously among wild beasts," he told The Post. "And I'd like to do it alone in the jungle." That would be a new twist on his previous feats, all of which were staged in urban settings.

But at least one expert cautions him against spending too much time where the lions and tigers roam free. "I'd be amazed if he lasted a week in a place like the Sunderbunds" - a vast, swampy reserve park in northern India, said Animal Planet zoologist Dave Salmoni. "After just 24 hours, chances are excellent that Blaine would run across a Bengal tiger - and it would eat him," he added. Salmoni says the latter-day Houdini would also be hard-pressed to last a week in the wilds of the East African nation of Tanzania, where lions have eaten about 170 people thus far this year.

Source: New York Post

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Ever see Grizzly Man? Just wonderin'.

Says: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at May 16, 2006 06:14 PM

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We are going to read his obituary one of these days...right next to the crocodile hunters!!!

Says: Fonda at May 16, 2006 10:46 PM

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I saw one of his street magic shows the other night, he used to be really cool.

Says: M@ at May 17, 2006 07:34 AM

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