A MAN was ripped apart by three ferocious bears after he fell into their pen at a Ukrainian zoo.

The man, aged 22, was reportedly torn "limb from limb" after losing his footing while attempting to snap the Siberian Brown bears.

And as he tried to escape, the snarling creatures at Mykolaev city zoo charged him.

According to reports, the victim was dead before keepers could pull him away from the animals