Tuesday, March 31, 2009

British Invasion: Black Widows

October 14, 2008. Britain.

"Deadly black widow spiders could soon establish colonies in Britain due to warmer weather."

Mountain Lion vs White Fluffy Dog

March 30, 2009. Boulder, Colorado.

The mountain lion was subsequently tranquilized, and moved to a remote location where it will be "hazed".

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

41 Snakes Found Under House

March 16, 2009. Westminster, Colorado

My goodnesssssss, that'sssssssssssss a lot of ssssssssssssnakesssssssssssss.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Foxes Prefer Gentlemen

Drawing conclusions from Google search counts is problematic for all kinds of reasons -- but hard to resist.



QueryResults
"coyote attacks man"119
"coyote attacks woman"627
"fox attacks man"6300
"fox attacks woman"871
"wolf attacks man"2860
"wolf attacks woman"7

Friday, March 13, 2009

Zoo Chimp Flings Crap At Visitors

March 10, 2009. Furuvik, Sweden.

No, not that kind of crap. "Zoo minders have uncovered hundreds of stone caches being used by the chimp to hoard ammunition to hurl at visitors. ... He also managed to break lumps of concrete into manageable sized missiles by checking for their weak points."

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

New England Coyotes Picking On Small Dogs

February 26, 2009. Bristol, Rhode Island.

Coyote takes down a "tiny toy Schnauzer named Sassy" ...

February 26, 2009. Raynham, Massachusetts. Coyote "gang" kills a miniature Doberman.

January 10, 2008. Griswold, Connecticut. Maltese runs into the woods to bark at a coyote; tables are turned.

April 20, 2007. Haverhill, Massachusetts. Cockapoo assaulted by coyote.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Take That, Coyotes

March 8, 2009. Broomfield, Colorado.

Sequel to the last post. Police sharpshooters killed five coyotes in Broomfield, to avenge the February attack.

Coyote Attacks In Broomfield

February 24, 2009. Broomfield, Colorado.

Man walking his dog. Dog sees coyote and chases. That coyote was a decoy -- with the dog distracted, another coyote ambushed the man and bit his arm.

This follows a January 15 coyote attack, also in Broomfield. Oddly enough, a dog was involved that time as well.

Sturgeon Strikes

July 4, 2007. Suwannee River, Florida.

New York Times article on sturgeons that time their jumps to collide with boaters.

From the article -- only two precautions to take: "Slow down", and "pray".

Carp Breaks Teenager's Jaw

September 8, 2008. Lake Chicot, Arkansas.

Kid on an inner tube tow; Asian Silver carp jumps out of the water and busts his jaw. Ouch. Yikes.

While researching this story, I discovered that bowhunting carp is now a popular sport. Sounds a little primitive, but whatever works.