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Day Of The Animals: Tales Of Man Vs Beast (And Man Suffers)

Another cow trampling, September 2022.

Woman dies after being trampled by herd of cows on holiday as she walks her dog in fields

Kathy McKellar, 74, had been walking her dog in Grindleton, Lancashire, during a holiday when she was found trampled to death by cows
The Farmer came across the dog but she wasn’t found until next day.

He said has not had any issues with any of his cows or bulls being aggressive and would sell any showing unusual behaviours or temperament.

He said: “They can be quite protective when they have calves but only in the first few weeks; these calves were around five months old.
“We have two sheepdogs and we have sheep grazing with the cows so they're used to my dogs being around.”
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My wife & I are travelling to Singapore in a few weeks time, so in preparation I was browsing the local news there when I came across this story:

'They took our food and pooped in the house': Punggol resident feels 'unsafe' after monkeys open windows and enter home​

They are unwelcomed guests.

A family in Punggol East feels unsafe as monkeys can open windows and enter their second-storey flat.

Stomp contributor Farhan said the first one came in September last year.

He shared a video taken on Feb 3 showing a long-tailed macaque perched on the laundry rack outside peeking through the kitchen window.

"I got a guest monkey outside my window," said the Stomp contributor

In the video, he can be heard trying to make nice with the monkey by saying: "Hello, friend. Eh, say hi."

But the animal scampered away while in the background, four other monkeys can be seen in the area.

The Stomp contributor said monkeys have entered his flat when no one was home.

"They took our food and pooped in the house," he said.
https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/t...ggol-resident-feels-unsafe-after-monkeys-open
 
Man killed by aggressive pet rooster as daughter shares horror of 'malicious' attack

The daughter of a man killed by his pet rooster has warned of the dangers of aggressive poultry after the bird also attacked her young child.

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Jasper Kraus, 67, suffered a heart attack after the bird plunged its spur into his leg, causing him to lose litres of blood.

Daughter Virginia Guinan, 33, says Jasper - a dad-of-two and grandad-of-two - was an experienced animal handler, and while attacks are rare, warned owners to watch out for signs of aggression.

Trainee healthcare assistant Virginia, from south Roscommon, Ireland, said: "You wouldn't think a chicken can be dangerous - but they can be.

"It was a malicious attack, absolutely brutal. There were litres of blood all over the floor when I arrived.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-killed-aggressive-pet-rooster-29226369

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baboons hurl rocks at intruding hikers breaking three of their legs

Three hikers had their legs broken following an attack from angry baboons who rolled rocks over a cliff at them in South Africa.

The group had just reached a narrow ledge at a waterfall in the Banhoek Mountains near Stellenbosch when two of the hikers rappelled down further.

The remaining five however suddenly came under fire from a barrage of rocks from the baboons above, including a 60kg boulder landing between them.

The giant rock exploded on impact and sent razor-sharp rock shards flying like shrapnel, breaking the legs of three hikers who collapsed in agony.

The fourth suffered a flesh wound and the fifth was hit by part of the boulder and nearly knocked over the edge but was saved by his safety harness.

But the hikers' ordeal was far from over as dozens more rocks rained down on them from the baboons above forcing them to shelter in by the cliff face.
One of the hikers despite being in such a remote area managed to make an emergency call for help and the Air Mercy Service helicopter was mobilised.

A team from Wilderness Search and Rescue was on board.

The baboons had moved on so the WSAR paramedics could be winched down and put the most seriously injured victim in a stretcher and winch him to the chopper.

A baboon expert who specialises in rescuing the primates from urban areas said: "Baboons are capable of throwing rocks but they can only throw them underarm.

‘Their shoulder blades are at a different angle to the ribs than in humans and are flat into their side they have to throw underarm but can throw very hard.

“Whether they were deliberately throwing the rocks at the hikers or just dislodging them I guess will never be known but that was a lot of rocks to accidentally dislodge.

‘It takes a lot to accidentally dislodge a 60kg boulder” she said.
 
baboons hurl rocks at intruding hikers breaking three of their legs

Three hikers had their legs broken following an attack from angry baboons who rolled rocks over a cliff at them in South Africa.

The group had just reached a narrow ledge at a waterfall in the Banhoek Mountains near Stellenbosch when two of the hikers rappelled down further.

The remaining five however suddenly came under fire from a barrage of rocks from the baboons above, including a 60kg boulder landing between them.

The giant rock exploded on impact and sent razor-sharp rock shards flying like shrapnel, breaking the legs of three hikers who collapsed in agony.

The fourth suffered a flesh wound and the fifth was hit by part of the boulder and nearly knocked over the edge but was saved by his safety harness.

But the hikers' ordeal was far from over as dozens more rocks rained down on them from the baboons above forcing them to shelter in by the cliff face.
This happened back in February. The Tabloids picked it up from the WSAR's Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/WSARWester...GY799VwbwwjnJ6TmGfVfhiKbJMC4qRaXbENYDHs1KTVUl

Someone in the comments reported this happened to them back in 2019: In Jan 2019 we were a group of 7 going up Swartboskloof in Jonkershoek, when near the top on a steep section, baboons were rolling multiple large rocks at us. We had to take shelter and it was a traumatic experience for the group at the time.

And someone else said it happened last December:
We we're hiking through duiwelskloof,Banhoek, on the 27th of December and spotted a troup of babboons above us while having lunch.
After lunch we had to traverse over a slab of rock and the babboons started dislodging rocks which rolled down at us. The rocks being dislodged came closer and closer, one shattered and flew a few meters from us at face level.
Clearly worth taking them into consideration rather than just walking past them as we're used to.

So, it's a thing for baboons to assault hikers with rocks.
 
I bet it's not just a black and white situation.

An Ohio man was rushed to the hospital yesterday after his "pet" zebra nearly bit off his arm.

The zebra was highly agitated, aggressively trying to get to the man even after police arrived and blocked the animal from the man with their charger. The animal then "continued to charge at deputies and fire crews, as well as other members of the victim's family" as deputies blew air horns to try to scare it away, according to Yahoo!.

From Yahoo!: ...

https://boingboing.net/2023/03/13/o...after-pet-zebra-nearly-bites-off-his-arm.html
 
I bet it's not just a black and white situation.

An Ohio man was rushed to the hospital yesterday after his "pet" zebra nearly bit off his arm.

The zebra was highly agitated, aggressively trying to get to the man even after police arrived and blocked the animal from the man with their charger. The animal then "continued to charge at deputies and fire crews, as well as other members of the victim's family" as deputies blew air horns to try to scare it away, according to Yahoo!.

From Yahoo!: ...

https://boingboing.net/2023/03/13/o...after-pet-zebra-nearly-bites-off-his-arm.html
Since the zebra died doing what it was evolutionarily evolved to do, I'd have posted this under Day of the Humans: Tales of beast vs man and man prevails

Zebras are wild animals. People are stupid animals.
 

Sloth bites teen during visit to Michigan pet store, ruining lifelong dream​

SAGINAW TWP, MI — Last month, a Saginaw Township teen girl was about to have a dream realized by interacting with a sloth at a local exotic pet store. “A sloth is her favorite, favorite living creature,” said Christina B. Perez of her daughter’s affection for the animal. The experience was marred when the slow-moving, tree-dwelling mammal bit the girl, delivering two deep puncture wounds to her skin. “It was a strike like a snake,” Perez said. “It wasn’t in slow motion at all. It happened so fast I didn’t even realize it happened.”

More weirdness at the link!

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-...ichigan-pet-store-ruining-lifelong-dream.html
 
Toddler’s mystery infection traced back to cake-snatching iguana

It could almost be a fable from Aesop, or a story from the Brothers Grimm: the toddler, the lizard and the cake. But for one small child, whose baked treat was snatched by an iguana, it was a tale with a twist.

Doctors have revealed that the toddler ended up with an unusual infection after being bitten by the reptile as it tried to steal a bite of cake.

In the presentation “Never get between an iguana and his cake: a cautionary tale”, due to be given at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Copenhagen later this month, Dr Jordan Kit Mah, a medical microbiologist at Stanford University, describes how the three-year-old was on holiday with her parents in Costa Rica when the attack occurred.

As she tucked into the treat on a beach, the lizard suddenly appeared and attempted to steal the cake, biting the back of the child’s hand in the process.

“It was trying to mark its territory or something like that,” Mah said.

The girl was disinfected and given five days of the antibiotic amoxicillin, with the wound subsequently healing.

However, five months later the toddler’s parents noticed a lump on the back of her hand, around the size of a coin. Though it was not painful, it began to grow in size and became a reddish-bluish colour....
 
Badger makes Swiss (hole) cheese out of Roderwolde cemetery

It is a bizarre sight. Everywhere in the small cemetery in the Drenthe village of Roderwolde are large holes in the ground. A number of monuments are crooked.

"It's like a cheese of holes here, yo," says caretaker Gerard Pronk to RTV Drenthe. According to him, a badger is the culprit.

The graves themselves are not in danger, as they have been propped up. But for the caretaker and visitors to the cemetery on Pastorielaan, it is a matter of being careful. "A colleague of mine suddenly slumped down when he was standing next to a grave and took a step aside," Pronk said.

When the first potholes appeared, Pronk himself assumed that an otter was at work. He reacted with surprise when a wildlife camera recently showed that it was a badger. "After all, that is quite a big animal, while it dug a 10-centimetre corridor between two graves. That's why I didn't think of a badger," says Pronk.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2469715-das-maakt-gatenkaas-van-begraafplaats-roderwolde
 
Has this venerable video yet been posted (2014 in Germany)?


There are three points:
  • That last attack was brutal.
  • That one sheep had clearly been biding his time for such a moment to arise.
  • And the vehicle just takes off, leaving the shepherd flailing on the tarmac with another charge incoming!
(Edit: longer video posted--point 3 not accurate)
 
From the BBC (a note for US readers - the buzzard is the UK common buzzard, buteo buteo, not the turkey vulture Cathartes aura):

Buzzard attack leaves runner with six holes in his head

A runner has been left with painful claw marks on his head after being attacked by a buzzard.

Ewan Cameron was out for his a run in Friockheim, Angus, when the bird of prey swooped on him.

After sharing his story online, multiple other runners came forward saying they had experienced similar attacks.

Mr Cameron said: "It's like someone is punching you in the back of the head."

He told the BBC Scotland's Drivetime he was running around three miles outside his village when the attack happened.

"The talons are very sharp and they just sunk into the back of my head effectively. I've got a collection of about six holes in my head as a consequence of the attack.
 
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Vid at link.

Two injured after escaped bull charges into crowd at Kununurra rodeo​


This is the moment an escaped bull charges into crowd of people, at a rodeo in Kununurra, Western Australia, leaving two people injured.

Videos on social media show dozens of people line-dancing inside the rodeo arena, before the animal charged through the crowd.

Local authorities say an investigation into the incident is underway.


https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-65745451
 
People suffer but his goose is cooked.

A goose struck an overhead cable and caused a power cut which left more than 2,000 homes without electricity.

People in Bolton and Wigan were affected following the incident at 07:15 BST, Electricity North West said.

The power company said engineers were on site and working to restore power to 2,216 properties.

A spokesman for the Electricity North West said some 95% of those affected had power restored within 45 minutes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-66024036
 

3 camp counselors injured in bobcat attack in Lyme, CT​

Officials with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said one of the counselors was sleeping in a hammock when the bobcat attacked him around 2:30 a.m. Officials said two other camp counselors stepped in, fought off the bobcat, and eventually killed it.
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/middlesex/camp-counselors-injured-in-bobcat-attack-in-lyme/

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Holiday beachgoers face an unexpected peril: aggressive, biting sea lions


As Southern Californians prepare to flood local beaches in anticipation of the Fourth of July holiday and an oncoming heat wave, experts are warning beachgoers to be vigilant about a surprising hazard: biting sea lions.


As of Tuesday, sea lions had injured at least two people at beaches in Orange County. Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, which serves Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, has recorded five recent incidents of animals biting beachgoers, including a surfer, paddle boarder, diver and two people on the beach, according to the facility's executive director, Sam Dover.

So what is behind this unusual behavior — and what should you do if you're bitten?

The marine mammals have been experiencing seizures or sickness by the hundreds because of an ongoing bloom of toxic algae, experts say.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...g-sea-lions-heres-what-you-can-do/ar-AA1dd2yQ

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Holiday beachgoers face an unexpected peril: aggressive, biting sea lions


As Southern Californians prepare to flood local beaches in anticipation of the Fourth of July holiday and an oncoming heat wave, experts are warning beachgoers to be vigilant about a surprising hazard: biting sea lions.


As of Tuesday, sea lions had injured at least two people at beaches in Orange County. Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, which serves Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, has recorded five recent incidents of animals biting beachgoers, including a surfer, paddle boarder, diver and two people on the beach, according to the facility's executive director, Sam Dover.

So what is behind this unusual behavior — and what should you do if you're bitten?

The marine mammals have been experiencing seizures or sickness by the hundreds because of an ongoing bloom of toxic algae, experts say.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...g-sea-lions-heres-what-you-can-do/ar-AA1dd2yQ

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The Sea Lions continue to reclaim their beaches! vid at link.

Sea lions charge at beachgoers in San Diego​

During summer months, tourists flock to a small protected beach in San Diego in order to take pictures of the animals, which are an endangered species.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66305980
 
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