This has become a severe problem in Florida because all the tourists want to feed the cute little raccoons. Then they find out that raccoons can be very vicious and they have a very strong bite force. DON'T feed 'em.
That's cute.
A fine balance between gas and brakes.
Not today Chow-fang. Not putting up with your shit.
He did a really good job of making a really bad situation ... not worse.
Thank you for a little mercy.
I've been hit by one of the jumpers. It can be very surprising as well as very painful.
How do two grown men NOT KNOW that when the wheels drop off the edge that this kind of a load is going to shift ... rapidly.
Stupidity should be painful ... and it can be costly.
Dumbass ... what else can you say. You never win in a train/car battle. And look at all the time you saved.
Writer named Peter Capstick, who spent a lot of time in Africa, wrote of being seriously worried about people on golf courses who'd toss food to alligators. That time in Africa had included time around crocodiles, and he had bit problems with teaching big carnivorous lizards to see you as a food source.
ReplyDeleteSome of the dumbasses in south Florida do that too. My friend down there says that the tourists are freaks about wanting to see an alligator and they will try to bait 'em up. Well the people that live here all year have to deal with the gators after that. Now, he says that most Floridians will get on the ass of anyone they see feeding 'em. It's a really dangerous habit to instill in dangerous wildlife.
DeleteI was assuming the raccoon had rabies, and that's why it was attacking.
ReplyDeleteIn this case, the raccoon was going after the girl's backpack because they have seen snacks and treats being pulled out of bags like that all the time. After she pulled the bag away and the raccoon couldn't reach the bottom of the creek, he retreated. If he had been rabid, he would have likely went after her and he wouldn't have backed off that easy.
DeleteI have a little 5lb dog, racoons have no place here, they are dispatched with prejudice.
ReplyDeleteThey can do some damage to small animals. And regardless of what some people think, they can be pretty damn vicious.
DeleteRaccoons just plain suck! Would.much rather have skunks than coons. Hell, would rather have alligators than coons. I hate raccoons!
ReplyDeleteTom762
So, Tom, I can assume from your comment that you aren't a big fan of raccoons?
DeleteI have no love for the little trash pandas! They would take my koi fish right from the pond. The skunks and yotes would only drink from it. At least you can eat a alligator!
DeleteTom762
Raccoons get into everything. Until we filled it in, the raccoons would get a few fish but it was too deep for them to do much damage. The Kingfishers were the ones that put a severe hurting on the fish population.
DeleteOnly ever had one gator and he was small, about 4 foot, and we just relocated him.
Fuck raccoons. Back when I used to tent camp, I hated the little bastards. They infested every campground and they learned how to open ice chests and totes. It was a war of escalation. I'd buy ice chests with better latches, they'd learn to open them. I finally learned to lock the ice chests, put dry food in plastic totes, then wrap every thing with ratchet straps, then stack them up and put weights on the very top. And then sit just inside the tent with a wrist-rocket sling shot and wait. And wait, and then nail the first couple of bastards that come into the camp site.
ReplyDeleteWow, some serious raccoon hate in the comments.
DeleteWhen I was young, we would hunt or trap 'em and skin 'em except one foot to prove they were coons and sell 'em on the other side of town.
We sold almost as many opossums over there too.
I have never eaten coon or possum. I would get nauseous thinking about it.