Dog 1: Oh, s***, I guess we have to stop making fun of Francis.
Posted on 04/02/2005 4:09:11 PM PST by DogBarkTree
You bet!
Bump--I think it's a fake, also.
From Snopes:
"Origins: We don't yet have any leads on when, where, or by whom these pictures were taken, so we can't say anything definitive about what they depict.
It's quite possible that, as often happens, the photographs are real, but someone has fabricated an inaccurate description to accompany them. For example, in the first picture the mountain lion appears to have a trap and/or chain fastened to one of its legs, and none of the photographs convincingly demonstrates that the big cat was alive at the time the pictures were taken. It might be, therefore, that the mountain lion had already been caught and killed by other means, and this sequence of photographs simply shows the equine picking up its lifeless body.
Last updated: 25 January 2005"
Jeffhead posted this a few weeks back but it was deleted right away. I always wondered why it was deleted.
That MUST be a Missouri mule!!! Go mule!!
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I don't understand how an herbivore learns to kill like that.
I'd've been snapping photos too.
A mule OR a donkey WILL attack a mountain lion. They will ALSO attack anything that resembles a dog/coyote/wolf. They will attack anything that is in 'their' acreage, that doesn't belong. They will NOT quit until the 'threat' is DEAD or run off.
I had a mule a few years ago that would toss the rider (mainly me) anytime a dog came within ten feet of us and then he would go after the dog. He absolutely hated dogs! A lot of people around here keep mules or donkeys in with their cattle to keep the wild dogs and coyotes away. I can see a mule killing a Cougar, in a heartbeat. They are pretty tough critters and not as spooky and timid as horses. I never was able to break him from tossing me in the presense of dogs and ended up selling him. The lady I sold him too was a Vet/Trainer and had two large sons that trained the hard cases. He probably made a good riding mule, eventually. I've broken and trained a lot of horses and never ran up on a horse that bucked as hard as that little mule. LOL I got too old to keep flying through the air and landing on my back. :-)
That is one bad-ass ass!
Man! That cougar was Womped, Stomped and Piddled on! Go Mule!
Where can I get me a mule? I had to shoot a rabid racoon in broad daylight today. If I had me a mule, I could've saved 25 cents! It took three .22 cal to bring that 'coon down today. It was totally out of it's haid.
Comments: Thus far, we have received reports that the preceding photos were taken in Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico. It can't be all three, obviously, so prudence dictates that we take the various anecdotes accompanying the images with a grain of salt — including the claim that the mule attacked and killed the mountain lion, which frankly appears lifeless throughout the series of photographs.
Those issues aside, the American Donkey and Mule Society says the images could be authentic and do show "exactly the mode of attack a mule or donkey would use" in fending off a predator (both have been known to attack dogs in this fashion). "While we are neither supporting nor condemning the photos," the ADMS Website says, "we do believe them to be a true depiction of what a mule or donkey would do faced with the situation of a predator invading their territory."
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Thanks, don't have my HTML for dummies book handy.
Self defense. Lots of herbivores are not to be messed with when they're feeling threatened, including moose, rhinos, elephants, hippos, etc. They know that the best defense is a good offense, and are very good at it.
The rider probably fell off, but was not deliberately thrown, when the mule went into cat stomping mode.
I've had little personal experience with mules, but I've read they are very protective and will stomp most anything smaller than themselves. They will work in groups too, even though this one seemed to be solo.
Thanks, don't have my HTML for dummies book handy.LOL!
That's O.K., SENTINEL...You apparently DO know how to use a "moose-hammer." ;)
Which is a really good thing, for both you -- AND your dog. :o)
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