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How to Survive Animal Attacks

Obsrvr

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It would suck to get stomped by what I thought was a friendly Elephant.
 

Shane_Anigans

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It would suck to get stomped by what I thought was a friendly Elephant.

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn’t the same elephant.
 

Obsrvr

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I don't think there are any. I personally know there's no such thing as a friendly alligator.

And you would know that, because...Florida. Some people have made pets out of full grown gators and crocs. Thing is, there would be no warning before the reptile brain might forget all the nice meals and evenings on the couch with the family, and...you know. Never trust a fcking dinosaur!!

Probably wasn’t the same elephant.

Unless it was the same elephant. Either way, it just goes to further prove, "No good deed goes unpunished."
 

The Fed

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And you would know that, because...Florida. Some people have made pets out of full grown gators and crocs. Thing is, there would be no warning before the reptile brain might forget all the nice meals and evenings on the couch with the family, and...you know. Never trust a fcking dinosaur!!

Unless it was the same elephant. Either way, it just goes to further prove, "No good deed goes unpunished."

Gators, Every body of water has at least one. I've had big ones sunning themselves on my patio. You're not allowed to feed them because they'll hang around and wait on you if they're hungry. You're one of two things to them, and both are food sources. Ever have a cat get impatient and nip your ankle when you take too long to feed them? Same thing, bigger teeth.
 

Obsrvr

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Gators, Every body of water has at least one. I've had big ones sunning themselves on my patio. You're not allowed to feed them because they'll hang around and wait on you if they're hungry. You're one of two things to them, and both are food sources. Ever have a cat get impatient and nip your ankle when you take too long to feed them? Same thing, bigger teeth.

:eek: Yike!
 
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