A solitary "matador" and a half-crazed bull replayed their parts in an old, violent ritual in a sun soaked arena in southern Spain. It was the summer of 1964 but film of the incident is still shown in lecture halls today.
As the bull bore down on the unarmed man it was apparent that he was no matador. In fact, the man at the centre of the ring, the renowned scientist Dr Jose Delgado, had never faced a charging animal in his life. Full article