Musk ox invasion keeps Nome wildlife managers busy

Anchorage Daily News ^ | comJuly 2, 2014 | SEAN DOOGAN

[skeptoid]

Nome is used to rowdy residents, but some relatively new transplants are making a real nuisance of themselves -- although unlike the colorful characters of the early 20th century gold rush days, these visitors have four legs, not two.

Musk oxen are wandering into the city on the Seward Peninsula, and despite loud noises, water hoses and even a blow-up bear coated in ursine urine, they don't want to leave.

[Monkey Face]

The farmers added the magnets to prevent high surgical bills at the vet’s, for why the cattle are bloated. If they ate a magnet, most of the iron/steel things would be held in place.

[NicknamedBob]

"And then what, cows that can outrun cars while trying to eat various things, getting magnetically stuck to vehicles, causing mass panic."

Why do you think I want to make Dragons?

Point one: Herbivores, for the most part.
Point two: They produce ethanol in abundance. (That could be handy, eh?)
Point three: They can fly!

[Darksheare]

“Did that dragon just...just...flip me off?!” the town councilman was outraged at the insult.
Even more so since the dragon and his mundane passenger were actually moving while he, a councilman, was stuck in traffic!

[NicknamedBob]

"The farmers added the magnets to prevent high surgical bills at the vet’s, for why the cattle are bloated. If they ate a magnet, most of the iron/steel things would be held in place."

Yeah, I know. But it's funnier my way.

Imagine a cow developing a hankering for something, simply because the magnet in its stomach had a feeble attraction to it.

It almost explains teenagers, except not.

[GeronL]

lol

[NicknamedBob]

On my Dragonworld, the dragons are respected, or the consequences are instructive.

It works both ways, too. A man who can stand his own in the presence of dragons is considered a part of their social circle.

It is, necessarily, a feudal society, at least as far as the dragons are concerned. Their world is changing, but they are slow to change.

[Monkey Face]

Dragons have some SERIOUS gas!!!

And for now, Bob, I will bow to your superior gaseous knowledge...No way am I going to research THAT!

[Monkey Face]

Bob, you are a dreamer, for sure! LOL!

...It almost explains teenagers...

Teenagers will eat ANYTHING! Oh. Wait. I'm sorry. You never had BOYS! That explains it... Sorry...

[Tax-chick]

Nothing explains teenagers. Their survival is anti-Darwinian.

[Monkey Face]

The survival of teenagers is actually something that belies logic.

Especially the boy-kind...they all need a STRONG mother!

Girls? THEY need a strong DAD!

[Tax-chick]

And they all need miracles to make it through each day.

[Darksheare]

Rebellious dragon teen, listening to dragon metal bands, hanging out with like minded rebellious human, drive by disrespecting the councilman?

[NicknamedBob]

Ethanol and dragons are a sensible combination.

For flight, the ethanol is pure. It gets sprayed into the fire-lung and ignited, just like our internal combustion engines. This provides the power for the “power stroke” that gets them airborne.

But dragons can use the ethanol defensively, too. In that instance, it’s more like napalm; it has a stickiness to it, as if mixed with “dragon saliva”. Once it hits an object, it sticks to it, and burns.

The dragons evolved on their world. When man came to it, he had to adapt to them.

[Monkey Face]

And the days will reveal how many miracles are available for the teens. The experiences they endure will form them all...it’s called “The Refiner’s Fire.” The kids will overcome because that’s what they know how to do.

[Monkey Face]

It works for me!

[Tax-chick]

I would like the residents simply to get up in the morning.

Oh, here’s Tom with a lot of grilled meat. Jake just LOVES him!

[NicknamedBob]

"Rebellious dragon teen, listening to dragon metal bands, hanging out with like minded rebellious human, drive by disrespecting the councilman?"

Adolescent dragons are not entirely herbivorous. As growing youngsters, they do need a bit of protein in their diet.

At this stage, they normally go out on their own. It's sort of a rite of passage. An adventurous ne'er-do-well, who manages to team up with such a youngster, can manage to "train his dragon" in ways the adult dragon society might not approve.

The councilman would do well to let them pass.

[Monkey Face]

Did Tom save enough grilled meat for me? I’m SUCH a carnivore! Tell him I will be glad to pay him on Tuesday for the hamburger he gives me today. ;o]

[Monkey Face]

What?

[Monkey Face]

WHERE AM I????