Alligator Attacks Our Tractor

[Jarrett]

Mmmmmmmm..gators

[john_bud]

Interesting thread!

I don't know about any of you, but there's far greater chance of dying from an attack by a 2 legged critter than from a 4 legged one. And there is about 50 times the chance of dying from a run in with a 4 wheeled critter. Heck, there's 3000 times more chance of dying from an encounter with the kind of critters that run in a pack -- of 20 that is ....(smokes).

Still, I wouldn't want to find an 8' gator ringing the doorbell!!!


jb

[JimR]

I thinkin I had me some Gator Bites once. If'n I recall they's pretty darn good too.

[Westendorf-RR]

My husband was out driving his sales route on a two lane highway in North East Nebraska, when he spotted what he swore was a kangaroo hopping across the plowed field off in the distance. He noticed it was coming towards him so he stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway. He had an experience he'll never forget. It was a big mountain lion, male with a scraggly mane and it crossed the road right in front of the car, about 15 feet away, and it was looking directly at him. He said those eyes were like nothing he'd ever seen, there was nothing (absoultely NOTHIN) that would have made him get out of his car. He said he got this funny feeling like he was being considered as lunch. The guys at work still tease him about bringing his digital camera so he can get a picture of that Kangaroo he saw.

[toddler]

That'd be exciting, but . . . Mountain Lion . . . Mane. . . ? Don't doubt your husband saw the cat, but can somebody clarify if our American lions have manes.

Of course, a couple of states closer to CA and it could have been somebody's former pet.

Todd

[woodlandfarms]

I wonder were my Roo went. Getting on a plane to Nebraska to get our pet back...

[3RRL]

There's a big Bass Pro shop that went up here recently. They have an associated restaurant where they serve gator. I tried it and it was pretty tasty but pretty chewy too. I would eat it again though.

Far as I know, most mountain lions don't have manes, not real manes anyway, but stranger things have happened. Big cats have that way of looking at you, that cold stare with nothing in it, no fear, no emotion at all. Kinda creepy. I think it evokes our deep primordial feelings.

[4720 OWNER]

Up here Cabelas has ostrich, VERY tasty.

The cows have that same look in their eyes when the calves are around and have to be checked. I think we all taste like chicken, or maybe it is grass to them.

Rarely see coyotes here, but in past years there have been hunts in the area and they come up with 80 or 90 each year.

[PaulChristenson]

Originally Posted by john_bud

Still, I wouldn't want to find an 8' gator ringing the doorbell!!!


jb

What about a LAND SHARK???

The Season 1, Episode 4 skit, titled "Jaws II," featured the "Land Shark," a cunning urban predator (voiced by Chevy Chase). As narrated by John Belushi (playing the Matt Hooper character from Jaws), "the Landshark is considered the cleverest of all sharks. Unlike the great white shark, which tends to inhabit the waters and harbors and recreational beach areas, the Land Shark may strike at any place, anytime. It is capable of disguising its voice, and generally preys on young, single women."

The skit showed the Land Shark attacking several people by knocking on their doors and pretending to be repairmen, door-to-door salesmen, and the like. Once the victim opened their door, the Land Shark would swoop in for the kill. The skit is typified by the following exchange:


[Scene: A New York apartment. Someone knocks on the door.]

Woman: [not opening the door] Yes?

Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Arlsburgerhhh?

Woman: What?

Voice: (mumbling) Mrs. Johannesburrrr?

Woman: Who is it?

Voice: [pause] Flowers.

Woman: Flowers for whom?

Voice: [long pause] Plumber, ma'am.

Woman: I don't need a plumber. You're that clever shark, aren't you?

Voice: [pause] Candygram.

Woman: Candygram, my foot. You get out of here before I call the police. You're the shark, and you know it.

Voice: Wait. I-I'm only a dolphin, ma'am.

Woman: A dolphin? Well...okay. [opens door]

[Huge latex and foam-rubber shark head lunges through open door, chomps down on woman's head, and drags her out of the apartment, all while the Jaws attack music is playing.]

[wvtechs]

Originally Posted by SkyPup

our 2,000 acre cattle pasture prairie

I wouldn't know where to begin if I owned that much land.