I'm pretty sure my wife would be beating me into the pit if one of our kids dropped in
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two year old boy mauled to death at Pgh zoo..
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Originally posted by Fresno Bob View Postwow, I mean, just wow, how do you not jump down there, if not as soon as your kid falls, then once the dogs go after him“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by madducks View PostI don't understand it either. Even if it was somebody else' kid that i didn't know, i couldn't just stand there and watch them be mauled. I would hate myself. Hopefully i wouldn't lose too much flesh off of my legs from the dog bites and could make the jump without breaking an ankle. But, that wouldn't matter compared to saving a kids life. They look like little dogs. I imagine an adult male could remain standing despite being bit on the legs and make his way to the nearest exit. Perhaps even fend some of the dogs off with a belt with the free hand while carrying a kid over the shoulder with the other hand. Maybe i'm wrong, but i would have to give it a shot. Even if i was unsuccessful saving the kid, at least i would know that i tried. Of course, the chances for success would be greater if more than one adult jumped into the pen."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by madducks View PostI don't understand it either. Even if it was somebody else' kid that i didn't know, i couldn't just stand there and watch them be mauled. I would hate myself. Hopefully i wouldn't lose too much flesh off of my legs from the dog bites and could make the jump without breaking an ankle. But, that wouldn't matter compared to saving a kids life. They look like little dogs. I imagine an adult male could remain standing despite being bit on the legs and make his way to the nearest exit. Perhaps even fend some of the dogs off with a belt with the free hand while carrying a kid over the shoulder with the other hand. Maybe i'm wrong, but i would have to give it a shot. Even if i was unsuccessful saving the kid, at least i would know that i tried. Of course, the chances for success would be greater if more than one adult jumped into the pen.
Adults typically weigh 18–36 kilograms (40–79 lb)
Some packs also include large animals among their prey, including zebras, warthogs and humans.
You better be damn quick Madducks"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by Mithrandir View PostThe African wild dog has a bite force quotient (BFQ, the strength of bite relative to the animal's mass) measured at 142, the highest of any extant mammal of the order Carnivora, although exceeded by the Tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore.
Adults typically weigh 18–36 kilograms (40–79 lb)
Some packs also include large animals among their prey, including zebras, warthogs and humans.
You better be damn quick Madducks“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by TS Garp View PostI didn't take it as a joke -- I thought he was serious. I'm not in favor of zoos."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by madducks View PostThey looked smaller in the Zoo video shown on the news, but those may have been pups. I never said the odds would be in my favor."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by joncarlos View PostAsk your wife if she's be OK with some stranger jumping in to save your kid"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Originally posted by Mithrandir View PostBut isn't it really educational that people can see animals that they would never get to see if not in a zoo?
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Originally posted by Mithrandir View PostI thought about that and figured someone would bring it up. Let's hope none of us ever face this situation. Would you jump in to save a stranger's kid? and possibly risk death?If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
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Originally posted by TS Garp View PostI'm not a fan. The animals are often in confined spaces that aren't natural for them, and when you combine that with a lot of the idiots who taunt them, some of the animals are miserable and sometimes mentally ill (you can see this when some of them walk around in circles constantly or rock back and forth even). It's not black or white -- some zoos are much better than others and some animals have better conditions than others. Most people who works at zoos are terrific and truly care, but I'm not a fan, in general, and much prefer larger animal parks where animals can live in their natural habitats with space to roam, and without bars in front of them and people leering at them."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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Here are some more details of this story; there were 11 wild dogs in the exhibit and none of the crowd of witnesses jumped in. Zoo officials not only were shooting darts at them but even entered the exhibit to separate the dogs and could not separate 4 of them. So no offense, but those of you who said you'd have jumped in are completely full of ****.
If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
- Terence McKenna
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
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