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Post by khara on May 2, 2024 22:20:09 GMT -5
So, gemfeller With you being in Arizona it would’ve been a black bear that killed your neighbor I believe. I vaguely remember you talking about this a year or so ago. Was there ever any investigation into why it happened? Sounds unprovoked and like the man was completely caught off guard. Did the bear kill for food or was there a physiological issue, like the bear had young or was underweight? We have had occurrences here where mountain lions/cougars have attacked humans, runners or mountain bikers. It seems most stories I’ve heard it’s a young lion doing it, some have been undernourished. It’s “not common”. But it does add to the concern of being out in the woods. I guess I’m equally as concerned about animals as I am crazy humans. Here’s a recent one (warning, not for the faint of heart): www.themeateater.com/conservation/general/new-details-emerge-in-gruesome-lion-attack-on-cyclists
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Post by khara on May 2, 2024 22:53:57 GMT -5
titaniumkid If I ever see a kangaroo while out for a walk (zoo doesn’t count), that’ll be a pretty cool day. I’ve been northwest and west coast all my life. At one point I was on a road trip to Texas via the coast and then Arizona and New Mexico. I saw armadillos and roadrunners for the first time. Coolest thing ever. And, Road Runner and Wile E Coyote were always my favorite Looney Tunes. I was surprised at how small the roadrunner actually is! The cartoon sort of corrupted me. AND, he was ACTUALLY running down the side of the road!🤣 It really is neat, the differing scenery and critters here. Never encountered a tag checking creepoid, thankfully.
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Post by realrockhound on May 3, 2024 14:58:59 GMT -5
So, gemfeller With you being in Arizona it would’ve been a black bear that killed your neighbor I believe. I vaguely remember you talking about this a year or so ago. Was there ever any investigation into why it happened? Sounds unprovoked and like the man was completely caught off guard. Did the bear kill for food or was there a physiological issue, like the bear had young or was underweight? We have had occurrences here where mountain lions/cougars have attacked humans, runners or mountain bikers. It seems most stories I’ve heard it’s a young lion doing it, some have been undernourished. It’s “not common”. But it does add to the concern of being out in the woods. I guess I’m equally as concerned about animals as I am crazy humans. Here’s a recent one (warning, not for the faint of heart): www.themeateater.com/conservation/general/new-details-emerge-in-gruesome-lion-attack-on-cyclistsTwo high school kids got attacked by a cougar in Washington not too long back (brothers) one ended up dying. Goes back to my saying of being prepared for the unexpected. Can’t live your life in fear. But it’s nice to be packing in the slim chance you need it. Stranger things have happened
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Post by gemfeller on May 3, 2024 16:11:52 GMT -5
khara I've tried to respond twice but a glitch has caused problems. Third time's a charm, I hope. Yes, it was a black bear. It was a sneak attack, probably motivated by hunger. The victim had no warning at all. It started to eat the victim while neighbors tried to scare it away. It was killed by the authorities, who said it wasn't rabid. Very unusual behavior for a Black bear. Bears often wander through our area and seldom cause problems. A notable recent incident was a bear checking out the Safeway store parking lot where I shop. No shoppers were injured during that incident although a number suffered from increased heart rates. One brave person took a head-on image of the bear from about 15 feet away. We live next to a wild land area and have lots of animal visitors: coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, deer, various snakes and especially javelina. Lots of birds too, it's raven paradise and we have hordes of hummingbirds and lots of migratory species as well as your roadrunners. We call them Little Dinosaurs (named by hummingbirdstones ) and keep them away from our yard because they devour our little skinks, my wife's pets. We also have to shoo tarantulas out of our garage and sometimes they pay us visits in the evening as we sit outside enjoying Arizona's spectacular sunsets. The javelina are trruly ugly creatures, something similar to wart hogs, but the babies are adorable. The only time they seem to be dangerous is when they perceive a threat to their young or when they're interrupted while scavenging through tipped-over garbage cans. Until its recent demise from unknown causes, a giant King snake made its home in our little courtyard. It grew so large by eating rattlesnakes, rodents and other pests. We were vary sad it died. It had many benefits, among which were its appearances when door-to-door salesmen were calling on us. When we lived in southern California there were numerous incidents of mountain lion attacks on hikers and bikers in the L.A./San Diego areas. They were mostly hungry young cats. I seem to recall a couple of people being killed. Many cats were tagged and tracked, especially in the Santa Monica Mountains. A couple I recall were killed trying to cross the busy 101 Freeway when we lived there.
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Post by stardiamond on May 3, 2024 16:16:53 GMT -5
I leave water in my trays. I top of my higher grit tray and refresh the lower grit tray when I use it for lower grits. A little standing water attracts mosquitos and they can be pests.
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Post by realrockhound on May 3, 2024 16:31:46 GMT -5
I leave water in my trays. I top of my higher grit tray and refresh the lower grit tray when I use it for lower grits. A little standing water attracts mosquitos and they can be pests. I’m in a trailer where I do all my work. So never have issues with anything like that. Left the door open as I usually do. Damn thing flew in and decided to tag me. Hopefully that’s a first and last
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Post by Rockoonz on May 3, 2024 22:20:03 GMT -5
Africanized bees are attracted to diet Mt Dew for sure, when I would bring it in to the shop out back they wouldn't leave me alone, even had one literally crawl into the straw of my fountain soda cup, I can imagine if I had taken a drink it woulda really tickled my innards.
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Post by chris1956 on Jul 16, 2024 20:49:23 GMT -5
I’m honestly not sure what these were. They weren’t the sweet little honey bees that visit our flower baskets. Definitely bigger and aggressive. Probably hornets. Out here, we have two different types of hornets. A smaller version that got me, which have yellow and black banding. Then the bigger bald face hornets (which I’ve been stung by as well) they are black with a white face. Then we have wasps which are skinny and longer that have yellow and black banding. The hornets are aggressive as all hell. Get close to their nest and they attack. Mind your own business, they attack. Nothing more gratifying than blasting their nest with a shotgun 😂. Strike first before they strike you haha. When I originally read this I was kind of poo pooing your sting. Not any more. On Sunday, one of those bald face suckers got me on the arm in the barn. I think that is the first time I have been stung by one of them. Blood started flowing out right away and I ended up with an inch and a half streak of blood on my arm. The thing still itches worse than an oak mite bite.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 16, 2024 21:36:47 GMT -5
Probably hornets. Out here, we have two different types of hornets. A smaller version that got me, which have yellow and black banding. Then the bigger bald face hornets (which I’ve been stung by as well) they are black with a white face. Then we have wasps which are skinny and longer that have yellow and black banding. The hornets are aggressive as all hell. Get close to their nest and they attack. Mind your own business, they attack. Nothing more gratifying than blasting their nest with a shotgun 😂. Strike first before they strike you haha. When I originally read this I was kind of poo pooing your sting. Not any more. On Sunday, one of those bald face suckers got me on the arm in the barn. I think that is the first time I have been stung by one of them. Blood started flowing out right away and I ended up with an inch and a half streak of blood on my arm. The thing still itches worse than an oak mite bite. It’s definitely not like I was dying. But yeah… they ain’t pleasant by any means. I also may be slightly allergic to them. It took way longer than it should have for the burning and itching to subside. I had a nasty welt on my arm for a lil over a week.
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