From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 27 14:04:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA29375 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:04:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA29331 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:03:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (harconia-1-163.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.133.165]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.0) id QAA22935; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:03:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id QAA28182; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:04:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Frank Pawlak" Message-Id: <980627210408.ZM28181@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:04:08 +0000 In-Reply-To: Josef Grosch "Re: Does it's true?" (Jun 27, 1:06pm) References: <980627053718.ZM23338@darkstar.connect.com> <19980627130610.B26300@mooseriver.com> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: arthur , jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Subject: Re: Does it's true? Cc: Greg Lehey , John Birrell , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, malartre@aei.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Jun 27, 1:06pm, Josef Grosch wrote: > Subject: Re: Does it's true? > On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 01:44:24PM -0300, arthur wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Frank Pawlak wrote: > > > > > On Jun 27, 3:32pm, John Birrell wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: Does it's true? > > > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > > In fact, you're thinking of Australia. Out here in the wilderness > > > > > there's no street lighting, and in the darkness you could get eaten by > > > > > a Tasmanian devil. > > > > > > > > But that'd be after dusk, when the "wildlife" comes out to play. A few > > > > months ago I was late getting home and I came across another bike rider > > > > lying on his side on the road having spoilt the nice paint job on his > > > > bike. He didn't hit the kangaroo. It jumped on _him_. What else can > > > > you expect just outside a town called Kangaroo Ground? > > > > > > > > Definitely safer to stay inside at night here. > > > > > > We have problems in the US, at least in the upper Midwest, with deer on the > > > highways getting hit by automobiles and trucks. But have never heard > > > of one hitting someone on a bike. So we must be relatively safe here > > > in the Great Lakes region of the US. :-) > > > > > > Frank > > > > > At first glance I thought the biker attacking kangaroo story might have > > been a joke, but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. Here > > in Nova Scotia, Canada we have the same problem with deer walking out into > > traffic from time to time, and when that does happen most insurance > > comapnies will only pay the claim if you can prove that the deer ran into > > you, not the other way around. But we do have stories of Moose that will > > actually chase down a vehicle to ram it. > > > > When I lived in northern Minnesota, around Ely and Duluth, I drove a truck > that had the very large dent in the side where a full grown male moose had > rammed it. This moose took offense to me being in his territory and chased > me. The only think that save me from being trampled was my truck. A moose > is not an animal to be trifled with, especially so during the rut. > > > Josef > > -- > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 > jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses >-- End of excerpt from Josef Grosch Hi good to here from you. I used to live in the Twin Cities for a few years, and liked Minnesota a lot. Do you still live in Minnesota? I have left and am now in Wisconsin. Your's it not the first that I've heard of this happining. Your response is understandable, as it is my experience that when you enter an animals natural habitat you are putting yourself at some risk. The animal is only doing what the animal does, that is to protect its' territory, young etc. Even the deer, a relatively small animal during the rut can pose a danger. And that leads me to my point. Knowing what the animal is all about before entering its' environment enables you to minimize the risk of harm and allow the animal to live right along side of you. Regards, Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message