Nature is Horrifying

[Shirley]

If they're as savvy as the ppl in my neighborhood groups, my $ is on bobcats.

In mine, it would be a black snake.

"Is this a copperhead???"

[DaveInSeattle]

[mister d]

Up here we'd just say "snake", Shirley. #progressivenortheast

[bfj]

[EnochRoot]

4.5 miles deep on the ocean floor. That's insane.

[Steve of phpBB]

[sancarlos]

[EnochRoot]

I get why joggers might carry bear spray to stop a bad guy approaching their person when out running in the morning, but FOH with carrying bear spray to actually stop a thousand pound grizzly barreling at me. If I'm going to be in the mountains like that, gimme a shotgun with the serious ammo, not that buckshot crap. Either that, or I'm walking around like I'm one of the percussionists in a marching band.

I guess if you were birding, that might not be the way to go though.

[sancarlos]

Guns aren’t allowed in the Canadian parks. It was night time and they were in their tent. It was a very old, undernourished bear with bad teeth. Probably looking for an easy kill.

[EnochRoot]

Guns aren’t allowed in the Canadian parks. It was night time and they were in their tent. It was a very old, undernourished bear with bad teeth. Probably looking for an easy kill.

So an old, weakling bear with gingivitis(!) wasn't thwarted by an entire can of bear spray.

The endorsements sometimes just write themselves.

Seriously though - it's interesting that guns aren't allowed in Banff national park, yet train tracks permeate its entirety. Trains kill bears almost as much as guns do.

[sancarlos]

I don’t know - I’m just guessing - but I figure the anti-gun rules are to protect people, not bears.