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1 posted on 08/19/2024 1:14:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hunger?


2 posted on 08/19/2024 1:16:43 PM PDT by FatherofFive (we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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What a stupid question......


3 posted on 08/19/2024 1:18:30 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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Good character judgment?


4 posted on 08/19/2024 1:19:10 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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Invading their personal space ?
Human-phobic ?
Hungry ?
Hangry !?!


5 posted on 08/19/2024 1:20:22 PM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
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It's not true of all animals. I saw 9 deer today and not a single one tried to attack me.

Avoid zoophobia! Not all animals want to eat you.

6 posted on 08/19/2024 1:22:16 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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“Her dog’s barking then distracted the bear long enough for her to run to the highway and call for help.”

Dogs are fearless.


7 posted on 08/19/2024 1:22:38 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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No fangs, no claws, no armor but lots of meat.


8 posted on 08/19/2024 1:24:56 PM PDT by sjmjax
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Nothing surprising here:

a) they were running/moving, which triggers the predator reflex to pursue;

b) they startled the animals;

c) they were unarmed.

9 posted on 08/19/2024 1:25:52 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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Why do humans attack animals in the wild?


10 posted on 08/19/2024 1:27:49 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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Have these researchers tried to reason with a hungry grizzly on “Why are you doing this to me”? A casual conversation over a game of chess, bring it up and see what ensues.


11 posted on 08/19/2024 1:28:22 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I heard what you did for a Klondike bar. . . . . (call me))
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Part of it is hunger. Young lions especially get driven away from the food source by the mature lions, so people and their pets become an option.

Part of it is threat response. People surprise them or get into their space, and they leap. Millions have seen the video of the mother lion who hissed at the hiker in Utah because he was near her kittens.

Part of it is reflex. Predators are created to leap at things that move, so joggers and bikers get jumped.

And part of it is really dumb people pressing the red Darwin button.

If you walk outside of your house, be aware of the possibilities.


13 posted on 08/19/2024 1:34:13 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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This has got to be one of the stupider questions I’ve seen discussed in the press in a long time.


14 posted on 08/19/2024 1:34:57 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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ask them.


15 posted on 08/19/2024 1:38:38 PM PDT by xoxox
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Because it’s far more complicated to attack them in houses. Most animals haven’t mastered the Doorknob Principle yet.


17 posted on 08/19/2024 1:39:57 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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How many billions were given for this study? And it all went to city folk who don’t even know how to feed a house cat.


18 posted on 08/19/2024 1:42:38 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Welcome to the party, pal.


20 posted on 08/19/2024 1:52:24 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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Overpopulation and under-hunting to keep them in fear of humans are the actual reasons.

Since WA/OR/CA did away with dog assisted hunting of big cats, the population has exploded, driving the younger cats closer to human habitation. They have no fear of humans anymore.

Groups of humans accompanied by baying hounds tended to instill fear and avoidance of all humans in them.


22 posted on 08/19/2024 1:58:50 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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Lack of guns?


24 posted on 08/19/2024 2:12:48 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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All women, jogging or biking in the wilderness. Then amazed when something sees them as prey.


25 posted on 08/19/2024 2:18:00 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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...when two cougars ran out in front of them.

...when she saw three grizzly bears.


Cougars are solitary animals, a Mother and her cubs are not?

Grizzly bears are solitary animals, a Mother and her cubs are not?

There's your answer.


26 posted on 08/19/2024 2:19:56 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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