I took a puss to the upper arm once when I walked through a tight space near some shrubbery. -1 out of 10, do not recommended.
I experienced instant intense pain. I could clearly see where all the spikes hit me at on the arm. I looked around the bush to see and was shocked to see an extremely furry caterpillar on the shrubs. I was clueless on what they were but my arm started throbbing and I got a little dizzy so I called my boss at the time. “Boss, this might sound really stupid but I think I have to go home because of a caterpillar that I brushed up against and now I can barely move my arm and it hurts like hell.” He asked me if it was furry and then proceeded to tell me that yeah, they are not to be fucked with and head home. This was in the mid-late morning and I was basically useless the rest of the day. The intense pain gave way to some swelling and throbbing that came in waves and I could not use that arm/hand for the rest of the day and it was a little sore for a couple days after. Also had really bad stomach cramps.
I’ve always been along the lines that big cats are the most terrifying. You’re not going to know they stalked you for miles until they’re on your head gnawing your neck to death.
That doesn’t seem really smart, that looks like a great way to end up in the fucked around and found out thread.
Hey that's at the Toledo Zoo. I'm one of the sponsors for these bears (and a cougar, thanks to TMB secret santa). Definitely not chicken wire
Have a bunch of friends in the hills that are perfectly fine knowing that mountain lions are regularly hanging around their property and their jogging spots. Most of them are tagged now and you know the general whereabouts but I can't imagine having kids with wild mountain lions around. We recently had our most famous hills mountain lion P-22, pass away: "A mural honoring P-22 was unveiled in West Hollywood at 450 North Doheny Dr. The mural features P-22 wearing a golden crown, along with four white doves and the text "Long Live the King". The mural also includes a QR code that links to resources for saving endangered wild cats"
Mountain Lion attacks are super super rare, to the point I wouldn't ever worry about it imo even with kids. They do not want to be near humans.
I think this stat is still correct - there has been a grand total of one (1) verified death of an adult human caused by mountain lion attack in North America (and that was likely due to a cascade of complicating environmental factors specific to that particular lion). Kids and pets are another story, but no US adult should be terrified about mountain lion attacks.
Tigers are more aggressive to humans in the wild I always assumed? Or are the stores of them stealing humans and babies and shit just lore?
We have random mountain lions show up at the local golf course on a regular basis but all that happens is a few cats go missing
It seems like cats and small dogs are the M.O. for the hills mountain lions and coyotes. We had a jogger/hiker get attacked not that long ago though I believe.
I know there was one near a couple of beaches on the Oregon coast and therefore were closed down for a few days. I understand safety is a top concern, but it seemed a tad unnecessary.
The Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh is the area probably best known for tiger attacks. Over 130+ incidents per year is crazy. There’s an entire documentary about tiger attacks in the Sundarbans. And here’s a video of a guy who was attacked by a tiger while fishing in the Sundarbans. Probably don’t open if squeamish. Spoiler
They are more aggressive all around when compared to other big cats. They dgaf about humans and in that area where the attacks in India are they are sacred and protected so they know they can hunt at will.
I've posted on the board before about it, I've been around a domesticated* lion a lot but none of that same group even think of having tigers which makes me assume there have been some bad attempts in the past. They're built different for lack of a better term.
Ive heard it’s because they’re solo hunters unlike lions so they’re much more aggressive. Again, I’m no animal expert or anything but they’re also big af. I don’t think people realize how much bigger they are than all the other big cats.
If you haven't read this, it's really good: Siberian Tigers are incredibly rare nowadays, but absolute apex predators. edit: amazon links still busted
Fucking fantastic read. Can't recommend highly enough. Here's another similar book (maybe even better):