Blackbriar 8,568 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 I was at school with a little Welsh kid, who went running home, very excited. "Look what I've found, can I keep it ? Can I keep it ?" He put a shoe box on the table, which his mother opened - to be greeted by a very pi55ed off Funnel Web spider ! (To this day, it's beyond me how he got it into the box without getting bitten !) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Kerny92 said: That's only 4...... And it's not a Blue Ringed ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,822 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Couple of days ago Darwinism in action,tried to take a selfie with a sloth bear........................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 I was at a birthday party, and a few of us Pommie kids were at the bottom of the garden, whooping and squealing. One of the parents came to investigate - to find their beloved children happily poking sticks at a Mainland Tiger snake ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumfelter 3,032 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 1 hour ago, mackem said: Seen one in the Philippines,not what I expected. Did you expect it to be large with red stripes. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,207 Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 11 hours ago, Blackbriar said: Bigger isn't always better. The blue ringed octopus is only a few inches across, and has a naturally docile nature - which is just as well......... Toxicity The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in.[8] No blue-ringed octopus antivenom is available. If one of these nips you, you won't even make it to the phone ! I've suffered from red ring after drinking too much in the wrong establishments. I wonder are they related because it's a nasty bite too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,822 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 10 hours ago, stumfelter said: Did you expect it to be large with red stripes. Yup 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOKEL 2,122 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 I can't believe this thread has made 8pages without mentioning the honey badger!!! Yokel 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackmaggie 3,375 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Or even the mention of Sunderland fc 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,453 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Bit rough on the Lion! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,182 Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 anybody so stupid or fecked up in the head enough to get in with big predators deserve everything they get. if them big predators could have been domesticated then our ancestors would have already done it. theres a reason why we have dogs, as us n dogs needed each other to survive, the dogs raised the alarm and the human hunters killed the threat if it didn't run from the dog 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 I just seen a rangers 3 yr old boy followed his nanny outside at night in Africa and got taken by a leopard , apparently they found his skull the next morning . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,566 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/toddler-3-eaten-by-leopard-at-tourist-park/ar-AAwSRJ0?ocid=spartandhp Edited May 7, 2018 by greg64 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,822 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Toddler, 3, eaten by leopard at tourist park A toddler has been snatched and eaten by a leopard at a national park in Uganda that is popular with tourists. The three-year-old boy, named by Ugandan media as Elisha Nabugyere, was the son of female ranger Doreen Ayera, who works at Queen Elizabeth National Park. Ms Ayera had left the child in the care of a nanny at the unfenced staff headquarters of the Mweya Safari Lodge, Ugandan news site the Daily Monitor reports. Wildlife authority spokesman Bashir Hangi said the child had followed the nanny outside the main house and towards a kitchen. He said a leopard was hiding nearby and mauled the toddler before dragging him to a bush at about 9pm on Friday. Mr Hangi said: "The rangers immediately swung into action (and) searched for the baby but they found only a skull in the morning under a tree." He says rangers are hunting the leopard because it now has a taste of human blood and may want to kill again. Mr Hangi said: "The maid was not aware the child followed her. "She heard the kid scream for help, she intervened but it was too late." The Queen Elizabeth National Park in southwest Uganda has one of the highest populations of predators such as lions, leopards and hyenas in the country. Rangers are employed to live within the grounds to protect the animals from poachers. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/toddler-3-eaten-by-leopard-at-tourist-park/ar-AAwSRJ0?ocid=spartanntp Advertisemen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJones 7,973 Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 An award-winning film director was headbutted to death by a giraffe while shooting footage at a safari lodge in South Africa. 'We Are Not Going To Shoot Gerald, He Was Not In The Wrong' #GiraffeLivesMatter 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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