Let's Talk About Animals

[scotchandcigar]

One claw ripped the center of my nose wide open.

I've mentioned before that my first job was a newspaper delivery boy. I'd ride my bike around the neighborhood tossing the papers onto people's driveways. I had a german shepherd run up to me and latch onto my thigh with his mouth, and I had to go to the ER. That was the end of that job.

 

[HecticArt]

I got bit by a shark once.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I got bit by a shark once.

Pretty adventurous shark making its way all the way to Toledo.

 

[HecticArt]

Pretty adventurous shark making its way all the way to Toledo.

Lake Erie can be pretty rough man. Don't let your fingers dangle in the water. Sharks patrol these waters.

 

[sadchild]

^Just heard that song for the first time a few weeks ago

 

[HecticArt]

Loved those guys. Sandman got sooo much out of a 2 string bass and a slide.
I saw them play in Chicago and then ran into them at the airport in Copenhagen Denmark a few months later.
Stopped to talked to them for a minute. They were on their way to play the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. They said that they hadn't ever been recognized while traveling before. He said it was a little weird for them, but then asked us some questions about where we were from & where we were going.

 

[JHDK]

One claw ripped the center of my nose wide open. I still have a vertical line running down the center of my nose from it.

Getting cuts like that in places where cuts never happen make them so much fucking worse. And then I hate it when you get a cut in an area that you use all the time so every time you sniff your nose the cut opens back up. That's the worst.

Did bump into a jellyfish once at the beach. Leg area turned red and kind of burned

A jellyfish bite is interesting. I mean I've heard about it a bunch but it's never happened to me. Apparently it's not that big a deal? You said it only hurt for like a few hours?

had a german shepherd run up to me and latch onto my thigh with his mouth, and I had to go to the ER.

You win. You clearly win. You had to go to the ER because a fucking police dog bit you. That's what German shepherds are.

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I mentioned it before but I have great memories of my mom letting me take my game boy to church and I would play paperboy during those boring ass sermons.

I got bit by a shark once.

I find this type of humor highly offensive.

Back in the '70s my grandmom was swimming in the ocean off the coast of Long Island, a little town called Amity... She went a little too deep into the ocean and then her legs kicking back and forth to stay afloat attracted this great white that ruined my family. And then we hired this guy named quint to go out on a boat and get revenge But we didn't provide him with a large enough ocean fairing vessel... he mentioned something about that ....and it was a whole fucking ordeal bro.

I think they made a documentary about it.

 

[HecticArt]

I find this type of humor highly offensive.

Don't think of it as a post, think of it as a public service message.

 

[Jon]

Pretty adventurous shark making its way all the way to Toledo.

 

[HecticArt]

That, my friend, is the result of evolution due to global warming.

 

[JHDK]

Watch: Crocodile and alligator battle it out in Everglades National Park

A crocodile and an alligator were seen snapping, biting and hissing at each other in Everglades National Park.

www.livenowfox.com

I've said it before but I live in Jurassic Park.

 

[HecticArt]

Damn. That little short guy was getting punked by the big guy. At least he got some good face shots in.

 

[JHDK]

Damn. That little short guy was getting punked by the big guy. At least hr got some good face shots in.

I learned probably 6 to 8 months ago that South Florida has salt/freshwater crocodiles. I thought they were all alligators. Anyway in the video the big guy is the croc and when that thing stands up fully it is way more intimidating than an alligator.

But yeah the gator definitely got that one shot in where it like clamped the Crocs jaw closed. That was cool.

 

[JHDK]

I will always be team alligator. Alligators are the more American dinosaur relic. Crocodiles can go kick rocks in Australia.

 

[Channel98]

This story makes me think of a line from Peaches & Herb's 1979 hit Reunited: "Reunited and it feels so good....."

She lost her dog after a 2020 hurricane. He was just found at a frat house 300 miles away

A Louisiana woman reunited with her dog Kingston five years after they were separated by Hurricane Laura in 2020. The Yorkshire Terrier is delighted to be home.

www.usatoday.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

Today appears to be turtle day in the region. We have a snapping turtle that's trying to dig a spot to lay eggs.




It looks like she's trying different places. She showed-up in our front yard, and eventually made it to our back yard. She digs a trough, and then I assume the hour she spends straining is meant to produce eggs, but I haven't seen any yet. On our drive to do a hike with the dogs, we passed another turtle making it's way across a side street. And I'm also seeing local reports on Facebook about turtles digging to lay eggs.

We have a bag of pistachios; maybe she'd like those.

 

[Channel98]

I asked Professor Google if turtles can eat pistachios:

"Turtles should not eat nuts, including pistachios, because they contain phytic acid, which prevents calcium absorption. Calcium is essential for turtles to thrive, and a lack of it can lead to metabolic bone disease (MBD). Foods high in phosphorous, such as nuts, seeds, fish, beef, and beans, can also contribute to MBD."

 

[scotchandcigar]

 

[scotchandcigar]

 

[JHDK]

We have a bag of pistachios; maybe she'd like those.

Hahahaha. I thought you were serious there for a second cuz I imagine a turtle would eat a pistachio. I totally forgot about those Super bowl commercials.

Anyway, I live next to a canal which is part of my rat problem, but the cool part about it is the turtles. They're definitely not snappers. I don't know what they are but there's a shit ton of whatever they are down here.

Every now and then one wanders away from the canal and into my front yard and starts getting close to the the big road and then I have to go grab it and put it back near the canal. And it's fun watching it the walk towards the water and then when it gets to the ridge it basically just tumbles back into the canal.

This one is from October 2024.

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And this one is from June 2023.

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So I guess it happens once a year or so. The first one's way scarier cuz he made it all the way from the canal to the front of my office where the parking lot is or right above the parking lot.

I would be both sad and disgusted if I had to clean up a turtle that got run over by a car so I'm more than happy to grab them.

And who knows, if they ever get infected by Ooze and become teenage ninjas maybe they'll remember my good deed and then I'll get to hang out with Ninja Turtles and that would be fucking awesome. So that's really the reason I do it.