Just a small bear

I've made it a rule to stay away from
any animal that would find me
soft on the outside, crunchy on the inside. So to say.
This rule follows closely the rule of stay away from girls named Bambi, Stacyi or Barbi .
regards
Froley

 

So, more generally, stay away from chicks with stripper names?

 

My fun times have all been with girls who have those sort of names. I think you're missing out on something

 

Yes, but I prefer my fun times not to have to be paid for by the hour.

 

When you (pre)pay by the hour, you know *exactly* what you're getting

 

How are you for swimming in the ocean?

 

Well
the natural world is good...and I'm sure you appreciate nature respectfully and in the proper manner...
but the wildest animals I come close to are my two Boston Terriers.

I could never understand the guy, you know that guy we all know, who would poke a snake with a stick until it bit him..... that kind of thing...or the adventure guys on tv I've heard of wrestling alligators (we don't have tv so this is office gossip). The--- let me train really, really, dangerous animals and put them on stage in a cage with me people...or the people who climb over the fences at zoo's for that perfect picture....

We humans are still a tasty, and once caught, noisy for a few moments, treat that can't run too fast to a mountain lion...and always will be.
I like my wild animals at a distance i just don't like the idea of getting----- bitten--poisoned---mawled---stung---clawed--gored---pulled underwater---or stomped.
Everybody loves the cute monkeys till they throw their crap at you...
another example
Horses----horse people adore an animal with power of a bulldozer, and the brain of a chicken....and they usually walk with a limp.
Animals---we have an agreement---they don't come into Starbucks---I don't go where they are hanging out.
regards
Froley

 

Come visit some time Froley, we have some lovely wild life hanging around our homes.




And there are more. None of these care to eat you but they can kill you all the same.
Fortunately I don't have funnel web spiders (shiny black) in my back yard here in Adelaide. I do have redback spiders and Brown Snakes in the area though. Redbacks love living under window ledges outside.

 

We have a close cousin to the Redback: the Northern Widow. On the other hand, our snakes are pretty tame.

Tom

 

We do have a salamander known as the hellbender, which is just cool.
[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender]Hellbender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

In the better safe than sorry vein, it's best to assume everything in Australia is made from poison.

 

What's really hilarious is sneeking up on a sleeping Grizzly ... then screem real loud.



Our 1st Kalispell home (outside of town) was maybe 400 yards to the paved road and the mail box. Moma bear & 2 cubs near by ... 'oh, maybe I'll get the mail later' ...

 

Funny for everyone else, maybe. Here's a shot of a smiling bear, and another of baby bear with mom, just to show the size difference.

 

SSshhhhhh! You're leaking my secret plans for a new high protein food substitute

I can't stand monkeys, they're filthy disgusting things. Where do you think the phrase "running monkeys***" came from?

Don't forget that horses and cats have one thing in common: they're both too curious for their own good. Yes, as a kid I sometimes walked with a limp. I like horses, but also respect them too

Oh, you're just going to LOVE lamas!

 

That's the part I just don't understand. If they can easily kill you, *especially* if you croak in horrible screaming pain, they might as well go ahead and eat you

It would be even more entertaining if they started nibbling on you while you were still in the process of croaking

That's the only thing I like about our plentiful garter snakes

Common Garter Snake: Natural History Notebooks

is that they are very tame and easy to get along with. I've actually felt very guilty about accidentally running over one with the lawn mower, fortunately it was instantly killed

I've seen both the black/green and the black/red garter snakes. They have an amusing trick they perform in public: if a woman is nearby, in either a dress or a bikini, the garter snake will silently curl around her feet.

She suddenly senses something cool coiling around her feet, looks down, and screams like only a woman *can* scream. I usually giggle until I pass out

I agree. Just make eye contact with the average Australian wildlife, you're doomed. If you're very lucky, you'll instantly croak. If not, use your emergency first aid kit pistol to blow your brains out, so you won't have to suffer for 10 days

You first!

Yes, mama bear is *very* protective of her cub

 

You're INSANE! Garter snakes are a KNOWN TERROR! There was only one less death due to garter snakes in 2007 than there were due to sharks!

The safest thing is to curl up in a corner in a fetal position completely covered by a blanket.

 

Well, if you were a bit further north, there's always this...

 

Me - afraid of a bear?

BTW - this cat is from Josey near Philly...if Michael Vick considers catfighting and runs into him....