Posted on 07/26/2014 7:46:12 AM PDT by Scoutmaster
Washington (AFP) - Giant anteaters in Brazil have killed two hunters in separate incidents, raising concerns about the animals' loss of habitat and the growing risk of dangerous encounters with people, researchers said.
The long-nosed, hairy mammals are not typically aggressive toward people and are considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), largely due to deforestation and human settlements that encroach on their territory. [snip]
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You’d think that a hunter might have been carrying a gun to protect himself. I guess they hunt differently in Brazil.
I submitted a story idea to Nickelodeon.
ROCKY THE FLESH-EATING FLYING SQUIRREL AND BULLWINKLE.
I never heard back from them.
Bear to hunter, “you don’t really come here to hunt, do you?”
Maybe the Brazilian hunters had been chewing Kola leaves, became very sluggish and started making dumb decisions. One of the stoned hunters may have tried to interrupt an anteater during his meal. “You didn’t dig those ants, we did! I’m getting my fair share right now! Move on, Slowpoke!”
You know, if that thing was holding a beer, I would swear it was a photo of my cousin Artie.
You're kidding me right?
An old classic. :=)
There is an article here of Fr (cannot repost from iPad) from 2007 where a zookeeper was killed by one. They can get up to 7 feet long and are known to be a threat if aroused. Who would have thought?!?
Yes. . .and next thing ya know. . . due to Global Warming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeMHg5IaUg8
LOL!!!!!
Now that’s the kind of story that makes you hop out of bed on a Saturday morning and grab that magazine and pour yourself a bowl of Cheerios with scotch and sugar.
The very first thread I posted was about a dog eating a man’s toe.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2564160/posts
“So, Ted, where are we going on our date today?”
“I thought we’d go down to the swamp and get in a knife fight with some giant turtles.”
“Well, that might make my boobs fall out of my blouse.”
“I’m counting on it.”
Would that then be:
LGBTQA
?
There’s a lesson to be learned from those magazine covers. Stay out of the water! Forget the sharks and crocodiles! A pack of weasels can strip a body to bones in 30 seconds!
“Never go into the woods without a can of WEASEL-OFF! Studies have shown that WEASEL-OFF can repel weasels for up to 8 hours.....unless you go in the water. Then you’re on your own and boy howdy, you haven’t had pain until you’ve had a weasel in your pants. Available at these fine retailers.”
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