“You have never met any one of these people in real life?”
People who frequent the desert? No, maybe one or two, counting you! One of my former co-workers used to go rock climbing every year, but I don’t really know where he’d go to do that.
I take it you are in Australia? Do you really have bears there? A bear in the desert, that’s really too much.
How about the kangeroos, can/do they hurt people in real life? I assume they wouldn’t actually eat one. Of course, you’ve got the dingoes, we know about them! I guess they are cousins to our coyotes.
Actually, currently I am living in NorCal (Northern California) here in the USA. I am originally from Oz, but have settled down here in the mountains where it is quite, quite different from the lifestyle I lived for so many years in Silicon Valley.
We have bears up here. Also Mountain Lions (Cougars), deer, geese, quail -and SKUNKS!!!
Most of then try to avoid you, however. My post was intended for those loons that I encounter on a regular basis on My Little Homestead in the mountains away from the regular townspeople.
Yes they do ask those and so many other stupid questions...
As far as Oz, yes, Roos are dangerous -even if they are not carnivorous. They can jump 2 and a half meters (about 8 feet) easily, and 3 meters (roughly 10 feet) is not unknown. (note: I am not an expert on meters-to-feet ratios. You can look up the differences online if you've a wish to.) Anyways, as I were saying, those powerful legs are dangerous if they decide to attack you. Aside from the powerful kick itself which can indeed break bones, the claws on the ends of their feet can rip through an unprotected abdomen quite easily. Not to mention, you cannot outrun them (out-hop them?) if you try.
Dingos are not the same as coyotes. They are much bigger and stronger. Not really a danger to your everyday average human adult, but they have little fear of humans and can be a danger when one encounters one of the packs that roam about. As long as you keep your wits about you, they will cautiously ignore you in favour of easier game. Do not take any chances with them, however.
Oh, I forgot; the descriptive ‘roo-bait’...
Roughly translated, it means someone who has the relative intelligent capacity of a some manner of vegetable. In other words, someone who can not comprehend real life in any manner of acceptable way.
Perhaps the American idiom of “Squirrel-Bait” is the best way to understand this.
Squirrel-Bait. And what are squirrels most associated with? That’s right; “nuts”. *grin*