It wasn't as momentous as Gary Larson's comic showing a pilot looking out his cockpit window and exclaiming "Hey! What's a Mountain Goat doing up here in these clouds?" but it did make me do a double take!
Posted on 03/13/2023 6:11:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Pickaway County, Ohio deputies killed a zebra on Sunday evening after it mauled a man’s arm, nearly ripping it from his body.
Deputies with the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a zebra attack in Circleville, Ohio just after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
During the 911 call, Ronald Clifton, 72, said he was attacked by a zebra, and requested that the rescue squad be sent right away.
The dispatcher sounded shocked and needed to make sure that Clifton said he was attacked by a zebra, and he confirmed it.
“I think he tore my arm off…send a chopper,” Clifton said.
The dispatcher asked if the animal bit his arm, Clifton said, “Oh hell yes.”
When deputies arrived, they found Clifton laying on the ground.
According to the police report, one deputy attempted to position his cruiser between Clifton and the zebras when a large male zebra charged the driver side door and acted “very hostile.”
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Most zebras are docile, some are aggressive, FALSE
Most zebras are aggressive,
Groan
The poor guy’s in his 70s you’d think even a zebra could have tell he was ‘armless
‘Could have “? COULD!
Zebras are black, white and brown.. so they are 66% White Hispanic or at least white adjacent.
They just hate people.
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Amish zebras.
Good point.
25% of riders can expect a broken bone.
“On an episode of Yellowstone, Kayce Dutton advised a neighboring rancher to get some donkeys, “mean ones,” to turn out with the cattle and keep the wolves away.”
Burros go Dr.Jeckle and Mr. Hyde, my sister had a couple on her farm years ago. She doesn’t raise livestock any longer. She told me those burros “know their work but were too damn noisy.”
“Here comes a candle to light you to bed...and here comes a chopper to chop off your head!”
It wasn't as momentous as Gary Larson's comic showing a pilot looking out his cockpit window and exclaiming "Hey! What's a Mountain Goat doing up here in these clouds?" but it did make me do a double take!
Exactly!
Yipes stripes!
Scientists dress horses up in coats to uncover why zebras have stripes
I wasn’t aware the zebra problem had gotten so bad in Ohio. We may have to bring back hunting season for those critters.
I feel bad for the man as I didn’t think zebras were that aggressive, but I guess males of all species are a bit aggressive during mating season if they feel threatened. Hopefully, his arm wasn’t totally torn off and with surgery and physical therapy he can recover some of its use.
LINK: Guy explains horse behavior...
Not so funny for that guy, and I'm sympathetic because he doesn't know any better. Probably watching too many movies about Horse Whisperers!
Years ago we had a woman work with us who had a stallion only she could manage. One day it jumped a fence and tore a kid to pieces.
The dad then shot the horse. The death of the child really affected the woman mentally.
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