I love this picture-he looks like he is ready to mow on my hand, but...it is all theater. He does forget once in a while with his claws, but it because he is an enthusiastic playmate.
Posted on 11/02/2020 6:57:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
A man in Florida was mauled after paying $150 for a "full-contact experience" with a black leopard.
Dwight Turner, 50, has undergone two surgeries since being attacked by the animal on Aug. 31, his wife, Natushka Turner, said in a sworn written statement to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
Dwight Turner and the leopard's owner, Michael Poggi, 54, arranged for him to "play with it, rub its belly and take pictures" on Poggi's property in Davie, FWC said in a captive wildfire report.
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It was weird. One more drink gave me such clarity. However, four drinks later I came to realize she was a goddess. Thank goodness we went to her place instead of mine and I was able sneak away in the early morning hours. I was spared what the light of dawn may have revealed to me (my stomach was queasy already). Sigh, live and learn, at least I never gave her my real name and have never been back to that bar. lol....
Leni
Heeerrre.... kitty, kitty.
Yeah, well, he’s suing. If he wins, he’ll have had his cske and eaten it, too.
But what’d he expect? Cheetahs gonna cheat and leopards gonna leap!
Ouch. Good one!
C’mon man. You want a piece of me?
At the risk of seeming dumb, how do you post photos here?
LOL
I’d say he got his money’s worth. He wanted “full contact”. Just what did he expect the leopard to do?
LOL. I can relate.
You never walk up to a cat without a large cardboard box, a laser pointer, and a feather toy.
We’ve had that would lay on its back and demand you rub his belly. When he was satisfied, he’d attack your hand, why? Because he was an a—h-—.
We’ve had a cat that would lay on its back and demand you rub his belly. When he was satisfied, he’d attack your hand, why? Because he was an a—h-—.
Next thing you know, he’ll be trying to catch a tiger by the tail.
Oh, we have five, and the male - fixed, BTW - will do what we call a ‘flomp’ (kind of a face-first shoulder roll onto his back) and beg you to scratch his belly. If you stop before HE’S done with you, he’ll grab your hand with his front paws and pull it back. Mind you, I said he was fixed, not declawed. We’ve learned to get pretty quick and dexterous with our scratching hands. The little jackass. But, he’s my buddy. And I don’t even really like cats, I’m a dog guy. My wife’s the Crazy Cat Lady. *chuckle*
I love this picture-he looks like he is ready to mow on my hand, but...it is all theater. He does forget once in a while with his claws, but it because he is an enthusiastic playmate.
Ha - when our resident knuckle-nibbler steps over the line, he immediately knows it and tries to suck up to you to avoid a smack on the butt. :-) He knows it wasn’t deliberate, so we generally let it slide. Is that window perch heated? We got one.
Exactly! All five of ours are of direct lineage. Four are gray tabbys, but the matriarch of the entire clan is a black tuxedo cat. My sister and her family adopted our male’s brother as a kitten, and he’s a black tuxedo cat like his grandma. Doesn’t look a bit like his brother. After eight years, I’m still adjusting to the needs of cats vs. dogs. But, the kids are grown and have families of their own now, I’m on disability, so it’s nice to have the little buggers here to keep me company when the wife isn’t here, even if all they do is sleep and cack up hairballs. LOL!
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