CALGACUS03
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I've no idea - I'll have to have a go at lunchtime.
Hmm, that's a thought.
My new car has an electronic handbrake; you pull up on a switch on the console between the seats to set it and press down on the switch to release it. If I park my car, apply the handbrake and turn off the ignition - I wonder if my dog (I don't yet have a dog, but hopefully will be getting one in the next year or so) stepping on the switch would realease the brake and cause the car to possibly roll away?
Practical experimentation called for..
You just have to work out how to release the handbreak if you have a flat battery and need to bump start it nowJust tested it; once the ignition is turned off you can't release the brake with the switch.
So my future, theoretical, dog won't be going "Zoom Zoom" in my Mazda any time soon.
My Jeep came with an electric hand (emergency) brake. Actually I like the older lever controlled mechanical ones this has some automatic feature that if a door is open the brake turns on (no work around). At times backing up the boat I wish for the old style.
Spot onI'm a big fan of the old school cable-operated hand brake with a floor lever beside the driver's seat. On more than one occasion it's helped me avoid or minimize an impact when the brake system's hydraulics or power assist failed. When the brake pedal collapses all the way to the floorboard and the adrenalin kicks in you'd be surprised how effectively you can slow or stop a moving vehicle with this simple apparatus.
At least you can’t do a Brian Harvey with an electric handbrake.My Jeep came with an electric hand (emergency) brake. Actually I like the older lever controlled mechanical ones this has some automatic feature that if a door is open the brake turns on (no work around). At times backing up the boat I wish for the old style.
Locals have been left in a flap by Cedric's bizarre behaviour which sees him noisily clanging the metal letterboxes, sometimes for up to three hours.
“At the side of our houses there's a small lake which was dug out 20 years ago for drainage.
“The swan has been there for seven or eight years with its mate.
“Around this time of year five years ago the male swan started messing around my front door.
“It rattles the letterbox with its beak and stands in front of the glass.
“He does it every year until the summer then doesn’t bother for the rest of the year," he said.
"It is a flipping nuisance.
“He starts by rattling the letter box then bashes the metal with its beak quite loudly.
Any mammal that uncharacteristically wanders into a human structure could be rabid. The closure was probably just precaution. It's nice the critter got reunited with its normal habitat.
At work, a pheasant has set up a nest right next to the office. Every now and then, it makes us all jump by making a loud noise.There was a report on the news this morning of an angry pheasant terrorising the local postman.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-56530133
They are very loud, almost as bad as peacocksAt work, a pheasant has set up a nest right next to the office. Every now and then, it makes us all jump by making a loud noise.
A wolverine is a very powerful animal that resides up at the northern edges of the boreal forest. They've been known to fight black bears over carrion. The bear is 3 to 8 times its size, this goes a long way towards telling how bold, strong and nasty the wolverine is. Their range crosses over, "that is wolverines and beavers". Wolverines range goes further north and beaver range further south. We have beavers in NYS. Y have go > 500 miles north before on could encounter a wolverine. I've been told by trappers up north that they will eat there leg off to escape a trap But as I mentioned they have a large overlap of territory n the boreal forest of Canada and Alaska.
A wolverine is a very powerful animal that resides up at the northern edges of the boreal forest. They've been known to fight black bears over carrion. The bear is 3 to 8 times its size, this goes a long way towards telling how bold, strong and nasty the wolverine is. Their range crosses over, "that is wolverines and beavers". Wolverines range goes further north and beaver range further south. We have beavers in NYS. Y have go > 500 miles north before on could encounter a wolverine. I've been told by trappers up north that they will eat there leg off to escape a trap But as I mentioned they have a large overlap of territory n the boreal forest of Canada and Alaska.
Some Alaska Costco shoppers say ravens steal their groceries
Some Alaska Costco shoppers said they’ve had their groceries stolen by ravens in the store parking lot.
Matt Lewallen said he was packing his groceries into his car in the parking lot of an Anchorage Costco when ravens swooped in to steal a short rib from his cart, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.
“I literally took 10 steps away and turned around, two ravens came down and instantly grabbed one out of the package, ripped it off and flew off with it,” Lewallen said. ...
Here are some more facts about the wolverine, and avcording to this there have been no recorded deaths caused by wolverines of humans, but they more than likely could.From what I've read about wolverine; they're one animal that I would not particularly want to come into contact with. Here in Britain we have the weasel and stoat; the wolverine is also a mustelid, but weighs as much as 70lbs and has been known to kill deer.
@Jim are wolverine any threat to Humans?
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I don't believe they would attack a person for food. But if Y disrupted it while eating or with young watch out (for the giant raccoon from hell). Any animal that would try to and sometimes does fight with black bears for food and sometimes wins must have power and guts. I've seen the damage a bear (black and barren ground grizzlies) can cause including breaking down cabin doors if ones nor careful with food up north.From what I've read about wolverine; they're one animal that I would not particularly want to come into contact with. Here in Britain we have the weasel and stoat; the wolverine is also a mustelid, but weighs as much as 70lbs and has been known to kill deer.
@Jim are wolverine any threat to Humans?
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I was watching 'Life Below Zero' (a tv show about peole living in the extremes of Alaska) last night, one of the featured characters Sue Aikins, who runs a refueling stop alone in Kavik (about as far north as you can get in Alaska) she had a wolverine in her camp and said "although wolverines have never been known to attack humans, out here alone im not a human to a wolverine, i'm just another food source". She has encountered bears, wolves etc and she says she fears wolverines the most.I don't believe they would attack a person for food. But if Y disrupted it while eating or with young watch out (for the giant raccoon from hell). Any animal that would try to and sometimes does fight with black bears for food and sometimes wins must have power and guts. I've seen the damage a bear (black and barren ground grizzlies) can cause including breaking down cabin doors if ones nor careful with food up north.
Trained by the FSB.
It is sort of common when you are growing up and injury is rare.
You've just got to keep your head down, shield your eyes, and get out of their nesting zone. They'll leave you alone once you've put distance between you and the nest.
...a buzzard (which I didn’t even think existed living wild in Britain)
“...the commonest and most widespread UK bird of prey.”
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/buzzard/
Bizarre tale, though. l can’t help thinking that it must have been sick or injured. l’m not surprised, with an attitude like that...
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