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

Swifty said:

Lincolnshire Wildlife Park hatches plot to 'dilute' parrots' swearing​

'Lincolnshire Wildlife Park made global headlines in 2020 after staff removed five African greys from display for swearing at visitors.
Since then, three more parrots have started to squawk expletives, prompting an urgent change in tactics.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-67990806
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"Ha!" Parroting Parrots, copying the Parroting Parrots ~ Parroting no less!:):lolling:
Be far easier if they just put in place a notice stating that these Parrots are known to swear.
*(parroting = repeating)
 
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Enough to give you paws for thought.

Australian police probably expected a gruesome scene when they checked on a 69-year-old man suspected to have been dead for days.

But when they opened the door to his home, they didn’t expect the approximately 30 cats that came flooding out. Inside, they found the man’s body on the floor, with his face gnawed down to the skull and his heart and lungs gone. As if to dispel any doubt about what happened, one cat was still sitting inside the man’s emptied chest cavity.

“You’d think it was a bear or something,” says Roger Byard, a forensic pathologist at the University of Adelaide who wrote about the case in 2020. (Note for the squeamish: There are disturbing images in the paper.)

The Australian incident wasn’t unusual. “I think we have to come to the conclusion that our pets will eat us,” says Carolyn Rando, a forensic anthropologist at University College London. “It’s just a fact of life.” ...

https://www.science.org/content/article/yes-your-pet-might-eat-your-corpse-s-problem-investigators
 
It makes sense to me..
ramonmercado said:
Enough to give you paws for thought.

Australian police probably expected a gruesome scene when they checked on a 69-year-old man suspected to have been dead for days.

But when they opened the door to his home, they didn’t expect the approximately 30 cats that came flooding out. Inside, they found the man’s body on the floor, with his face gnawed down to the skull and his heart and lungs gone. As if to dispel any doubt about what happened, one cat was still sitting inside the man’s emptied chest cavity.

“You’d think it was a bear or something,” says Roger Byard, a forensic pathologist at the University of Adelaide who wrote about the case in 2020. (Note for the squeamish: There are disturbing images in the paper.)

The Australian incident wasn’t unusual. “I think we have to come to the conclusion that our pets will eat us,” says Carolyn Rando, a forensic anthropologist at University College London. “It’s just a fact of life.” ...

https://www.science.org/content/article/yes-your-pet-might-eat-your-corpse-s-problem-investigators
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Makes a whole lot of sense...a corpse, when seen, is just so much dead meat.
 
Max pushes his luck

The man was hurt in the attack after getting too close to stroke the male deer in Woolaton Park in Nottingham. But the large animal had "had enough of being pestered", bystanders said, and lashed out in defence.

The man then tried to grab the stag's antlers in a desperate attempt to ward it off but ended up being floored. Thankfully, he was not fatally injured. The stag carried on ramming him with its antlers. Luckily, the man was able to pick himself up off the floor and escape the stag before he was seriously hurt.
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hunck said:
Max pushes his luck

The man was hurt in the attack after getting too close to stroke the male deer in Woolaton Park in Nottingham. But the large animal had "had enough of being pestered", bystanders said, and lashed out in defence.



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He'll think twice about getting too close to a Stag next time around though! They are dangerous at certain times of the year.
 
You might feel an urge to examine your nostrils after reading this.

A Florida man is breathing easier now that 150 live bugs have been removed from his nose.

The unidentified patient went to a hospital earlier this month after noticing that his whole face felt like it was on fire, according to a Friday report by Jacksonville’s First Coast News. Although the man first started experiencing symptoms in October, it wasn’t until recently that they became serious.

“Over a couple hours my face just started swelling, my lips swelled, I could hardly talk,” the patient told First Coast News. “I couldn’t even get up to go to the bathroom without my nose starting to bleed.”

The man visited HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville and consulted with Dr. David Carlson, an ear, nose and throat specialist who was on call. Carlson was shocked when he looked inside the man’s nose with a camera. He saw dozens and dozens of bugs feeding on the nose and sinus cavity ― some as big as the end of his pinkie. ...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-man-150-live-bugs-in-nose_n_65d52505e4b0b65d6920e19e
 
ramonmercado said:
You might feel an urge to examine your nostrils after reading this.

A Florida man is breathing easier now that 150 live bugs have been removed from his nose.

The unidentified patient went to a hospital earlier this month after noticing that his whole face felt like it was on fire, according to a Friday report by Jacksonville’s First Coast News. Although the man first started experiencing symptoms in October, it wasn’t until recently that they became serious.

“Over a couple hours my face just started swelling, my lips swelled, I could hardly talk,” the patient told First Coast News. “I couldn’t even get up to go to the bathroom without my nose starting to bleed.”

The man visited HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville and consulted with Dr. David Carlson, an ear, nose and throat specialist who was on call. Carlson was shocked when he looked inside the man’s nose with a camera. He saw dozens and dozens of bugs feeding on the nose and sinus cavity ― some as big as the end of his pinkie. ...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-man-150-live-bugs-in-nose_n_65d52505e4b0b65d6920e19e
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Clearly, this is a man who has never blown his nose or given it a good picking.
 
Authorities taken to tusk after elephant attacks.

"I'm afraid the elephant that killed my father could come back to attack again," says 13-year-old Alna Joseph.

On 10 February, Ms Joseph was returning from morning prayers at her village church in Mananthavady town in the hilly Wayanad district of the southern Indian state of Kerala when she saw a vehicle carrying a bleeding man. When she reached home, she found out that it was the body of her father Ajeesh Joseph, a 42-year-old farmer, who had been trampled to death by a radio-collared wild elephant - the second such death in the district in three weeks.

As soon as the local hospital confirmed his death, protests erupted in the town. They were withdrawn only after the authorities announced a 1m-rupee ($12,067, £9,525) compensation for Joseph's family and a job for his widow. Neighbouring Karnataka state, to which the elephant belonged, also announced a compensation of 1.5m rupees.

Six days later, another wild elephant killed Pakkam Vellachalil Paul, a 50-year-old employee of a state-owned eco-tourism project, while he was on duty in Pulpally town, about 24km (15 miles) away.

Since then, Wayanad district - known for its dense forests - has witnessed massive protests as angry residents blame authorities for failing to protect them from wild animal attacks

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68366869
 
Gila Monsters don't make the best pets.

Colorado Man Dies After a Nip From His Venomous Pet Lizard​

A juvenile Gila monster named Winston is a key suspect in the death of his owner, who is currently suspected of having had a sensitivity to the lizard's toxic saliva.

The Colorado man passed away on 16 February just four days after being bitten by the reptile, potentially becoming just the second person in the past century to have died as a result of Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) venom.

"That's a very unusual consequence of a Gila monster bite," University of Northern Colorado biologist Stephen Mackessy told CBS news reporter Brian Maass.

Gila (pronounced hee-la) monsters are half-meter-long (about 20 inches) lizards native to the US's Southwest and Mexican state of Sonora. With a distinctive bumpy texture, blotchy black-and-orange skin, and a personality that is more mouse than monster, the lizard is prized among reptile collectors. ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/colorado-man-dies-after-a-nip-from-his-venomous-pet-lizard
 

Bear Attacks Pennsylvania Woman Who Shielded Dog Outside Home​


March 6, 2024: A 55-year-old woman was attacked and injured by a bear in Butler Township, Pa. on Tuesday evening.

The bear attacked victim Lee Ann Galante and her dog, Smokey, when she let her dog outside of her house on Bellefield Drive in Butler around 8:30 p.m. Before first responders arrived, Galante suffered lacerations to her head and one to her arm and was bleeding excessively. First responders controlled her bleeding upon arrival.

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Galante’s dog was not injured, but Galante was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital and later Allegheny General Hospital. Galante is being treated for puncture wounds and lacerations to her head, neck, face, and arm, as well as broken bones in her face.

"It was very terrifying," Galante told CBS. "I honestly didn't think I was going to make it. I couldn't believe this was happening."

"She came up behind me and she pushed me down, and my face went smack right into our cement," explained Galante of the mother bear and her three cubs.

"Then she got me by the back of the head and she was pulling so hard on it I thought I was going to get scalped," she said.

“The mama bear started getting aggressive while we were here, and she was euthanized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission," Butler Township police Sgt. Thomas Vensel said, per WTAE. "The three cubs were tranquilized and are currently being transported to be dropped off at an unknown location."

https://people.com/bear-attacks-pennsylvania-woman-while-shielding-dog-outside-home-8605447

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:

Bear Attacks Pennsylvania Woman Who Shielded Dog Outside Home​


March 6, 2024: A 55-year-old woman was attacked and injured by a bear in Butler Township, Pa. on Tuesday evening.

The bear attacked victim Lee Ann Galante and her dog, Smokey, when she let her dog outside of her house on Bellefield Drive in Butler around 8:30 p.m. Before first responders arrived, Galante suffered lacerations to her head and one to her arm and was bleeding excessively. First responders controlled her bleeding upon arrival.

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Galante’s dog was not injured, but Galante was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital and later Allegheny General Hospital. Galante is being treated for puncture wounds and lacerations to her head, neck, face, and arm, as well as broken bones in her face.

"It was very terrifying," Galante told CBS. "I honestly didn't think I was going to make it. I couldn't believe this was happening."

"She came up behind me and she pushed me down, and my face went smack right into our cement," explained Galante of the mother bear and her three cubs.

"Then she got me by the back of the head and she was pulling so hard on it I thought I was going to get scalped," she said.

“The mama bear started getting aggressive while we were here, and she was euthanized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission," Butler Township police Sgt. Thomas Vensel said, per WTAE. "The three cubs were tranquilized and are currently being transported to be dropped off at an unknown location."

https://people.com/bear-attacks-pennsylvania-woman-while-shielding-dog-outside-home-8605447

maximus otter
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Obviously a very traumatic experience to have gone through for the woman, but I don't understand why the Mother Bear was euthanised (a nicer word for shot dead?) when she was probably doing what Mother bears would normally do, which is protect and defend her cubs.
 
When one of my cousins and his wife were visiting friends in Canada they were warned not to go outside at night.
He asked if there was a lot of crime there and was told "No it's the bears".
 
Sid said:
Obviously a very traumatic experience to have gone through for the woman, but I don't understand why the Mother Bear was euthanised (a nicer word for shot dead?) when she was probably doing what Mother bears would normally do, which is protect and defend her cubs.
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This is my nightmare when I walk in the woods (in Pennsylvania, but not very near Butler). Bears are ubiquitous and getting too used to residential areas. A mother bear who is aggressive (she was not threatened), poking around people's homes is a major danger. I'm not upset about this.
 
Sid said:
…I don't understand why the Mother Bear was euthanised (a nicer word for shot dead?) when she was probably doing what Mother bears would normally do, which is protect and defend her cubs.
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The victim was in her own garden. This was a bear that had lost its fear of humans and become habituated to the human environment. lt - and possibly its cubs - were a time bomb.

Don’t be sentimental about wild animals; they don’t return the favour.

maximus otter
 
Sharon Hill said:
This is my nightmare when I walk in the woods (in Pennsylvania, but not very near Butler). Bears are ubiquitous and getting too used to residential areas. A mother bear who is aggressive (she was not threatened), poking around people's homes is a major danger. I'm not upset about this.
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I understand what you are saying.
 
maximus otter said:
The victim was in her own garden. This was a bear that had lost its fear of humans and become habituated to the human environment. lt - and possibly its cubs - were a time bomb.

Don’t be sentimental about wild animals; they don’t return the favour.

maximus otter
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Not sentimental - just thought there might be better alternatives, like darting then moving them back into the wild, before this kind of incident happens. Time bombs usually go off when they are ignored!
Also I doubt if Bears know (or care) about the difference between their territory, and someone's garden!
 
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Iris said:
When one of my cousins and his wife were visiting friends in Canada they were warned not to go outside at night.
He asked if there was a lot of crime there and was told "No it's the bears".
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Bears will act like Bears do - can't expect anything else really.
Scenario: If a person makes the decision to go and live in a Jungle, then gets bitten, by say - a snake, would you then pronounce that any snakes that come anywhere near to where you've decided to live in the Jungle should be wiped out?
If you happen to choose to live within the territories of Bears, (which are apex predators) then there must be blurred borders when either the Bear, or the Human cross over or blur the lines - on both sides.
 
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Sid said:
Not sentimental - just thought there might be better alternatives, like darting then moving them back into the wild, before this kind of incident happens. Time bombs usually go off when they are ignored!
Also I doubt if Bears know (or care) about the difference between their territory, and someone's garden!
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It's not really feasible to make that kind of effort to relocate a full grown, aggressive bear. Bears also come back. The news coverage also didn't widely point out that they were concerned the bear was rabid (but just probably "hangry"), she was aggressive to the responders as well (no surprise). But also, this appears not to be a rural area. The houses looked to be fairly close together, so other people were potentially threatened. Not ideal, but it was a fair choice for public safety. We have bear season in PA because there are too many. 99% of the time, bears run away or don't engage.
 
As long as people build within a known habitat, this sort of thing will happen - You place your bets and you takes your chaNCES.

Killing something should be the last act of control I reckon.
 
Man playing golf in Florida loses hand to alligator:

‘Hand is gone’: Horror moment man loses hand on golf course​

A man had his hand chewed off by a “monster” that lunged at him from a golf course pond over the weekend.
A Florida fisherman had his hand chewed off by a monster alligator that lunged at him from a golf course pond over the weekend, wildlife officials said.
The victim was reeling in a fish in the pond in Leesburg on Monday morning (AET) when the 9-foot, 3-inch gator pounced as golfers and other locals looked on in horror, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

“While the guy was on the ground … the gator got the guy in the hand, and the two rolled,” shaken witness Ron Priest told Fox 35.

The reptile chewed off the angler’s hand, then ditched the badly bleeding man and his catch and retreated back into the water, the New York Post reports.
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https://www.news.com.au/sport/golf/...e/news-story/1edaf8d1d455eaed91062f73399eea28
 
ramonmercado said:
Gila Monsters don't make the best pets.

Colorado Man Dies After a Nip From His Venomous Pet Lizard​

A juvenile Gila monster named Winston is a key suspect in the death of his owner, who is currently suspected of having had a sensitivity to the lizard's toxic saliva.

The Colorado man passed away on 16 February just four days after being bitten by the reptile, potentially becoming just the second person in the past century to have died as a result of Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) venom.

"That's a very unusual consequence of a Gila monster bite," University of Northern Colorado biologist Stephen Mackessy told CBS news reporter Brian Maass.

Gila (pronounced hee-la) monsters are half-meter-long (about 20 inches) lizards native to the US's Southwest and Mexican state of Sonora. With a distinctive bumpy texture, blotchy black-and-orange skin, and a personality that is more mouse than monster, the lizard is prized among reptile collectors. ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/colorado-man-dies-after-a-nip-from-his-venomous-pet-lizard
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Update.

A Colorado man who was placed on life support after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster died of complications from the desert lizard’s venom, a post-mortem examination report obtained by The Associated Press confirmed.

The report also found that heart and liver problems were significant contributing factors in Christopher Ward’s death.

Mr Ward, 34, was taken to a hospital shortly after being bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters on February 12. His death less than four days later is believed to be the first from a Gila monster in the US in almost a century.

The post-mortem examination, conducted on February 18, said Mr Ward was bitten for four minutes and wavered in and out of consciousness for about two hours before seeking medical attention. He suffered multiple seizures and acute respiratory failure at the hospital.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41354500.html
 

Brown Bear Terrorizes Slovak Village, Attacks 5 People​


Slovakia’s brown bears are getting some attention from around the world after a brutal weekend of attacks that left one person dead, at least two hospitalized, and several townspeople still reeling. A series of videos shared to Facebook on Sunday shows one of these bears causing chaos in a village as it runs down the street chasing people. The videos were recorded just two days after a Belarusian woman died while running from a brown bear in the nearby mountains.


The videos, which she has since taken down or hidden from the public, show several different angles of a brown bear running amok in Liptovský Mikuláš, a small village near the Low Tatras Mountains in northern Slovakia (a European country sandwiched between Hungary and Poland). As the bear runs down the street at full speed, people flee in all directions, some climbing fences as they try to get out of its way. In one of the videos, the bear lunges and swipes at a man on the sidewalk.

“According to preliminary information, 5 people were injured (a 10-year-old girl, a 32-year-old man, a 49-year-old woman, a 58-year-old-woman, and a 72-year-old man),” Bizubová wrote in a translated version of the Facebook post that accompanied the videos.

The town’s spokesperson Viktoria Capcikova confirmed that these numbers were accurate. She said the oldest victim, a 72-year-old man, was still being treated in the hospital.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/survival/video-brown-bear-attacks-slovakia/

maximus otter
 
20 years since the previous fatal mountain lion attack on humans.

CNN — One man died and another was injured in the first fatal mountain lion attack in California in 20 years, according to authorities.
An 18-year-old called authorities around 1:13 p.m. local time Saturday to report he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by a mountain lion while antler shed hunting in the Georgetown area, according to an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office news release.
The caller was separated from his brother during the attack and suffered “traumatic injuries” to his face, according to the release. Deputies and paramedics administered aid and took him to a hospital for further treatment.

Deputies searching for the missing brother found him on the ground next to the crouched mountain lion around 1:46 p.m., the release said.
The deputies fired their weapons to ward off the mountain lion so they could get to the brother, according to the release.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/23/...ex.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
 
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