Not too many years ago there used to be a lot of copperhead snakes in my area of northern Maryland. A guy that worked with me used to catch them and put them in jars with formaldehyde or something to display them. You just don't see them here anymore.
Most dangerous animal in each state
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Bison? What is this, 1820?
I do know that when our family lived in Hawaii my dad had a friend that was killed by a shark. This was in the 60s. I was very young.
I'm just glad the movie Jaws came out after we moved back to the mainland. Because I swam a lot there. I have seen a adult cougar about three years ago coming into the neighborhood. I was in my car getting ready to leave our street. He jumped a guardrail to cross into the woods in our hood.
You know what Mark Twain says about statistics, and I would add polls.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, ****ed lies, and statistics"
Edit: I forgot no swearing. The reason for the missing letters in the word, my bad.
I'm just glad the movie Jaws came out after we moved back to the mainland. Because I swam a lot there. I have seen a adult cougar about three years ago coming into the neighborhood. I was in my car getting ready to leave our street. He jumped a guardrail to cross into the woods in our hood.
You know what Mark Twain says about statistics, and I would add polls.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, ****ed lies, and statistics"
Edit: I forgot no swearing. The reason for the missing letters in the word, my bad.
North Dakota doesn't have Grizzly Bears.........Fake News.......But Moose are our most dangerous. Killed a few people when hit by cars.
Bison are very dangerous animals, especially to people lacking the knowledge to respect these animals.
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I've seen the videos of tourists walking up to them, crazy.
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And some of that endangered by python proliferation
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When I was a much younger man, I was raised/trained by grandads to be a hunting and fishing, trapping lover. From about the age of 12 all thru my 20s and into my early 40s I spent many days a week either in boats fishing or walking thru deep snake infested swamp lands. In all those years about the most dangerous things I ran across was snakes or at night I would sometimes run across entire herds of big and small wild hogs who would stampede if you startled them. Sometime around the years 2008 thru 2010 all of a sudden i started to see gators everywhere. These days there is no way on earth I would venture into those swampy deep , water and mud filled areas I once walked all over in the swamps or forests. All of the old timers who lived in my area and who grew up trapping and hunting and selling gator meat and skins have all retired or died out. So, there is no one any longer in the area who keeps the populations of gators in check like they once did. They are definitely NOT ENDANGERED near me any longer.
We had the rare privilege of having a Mohave Green rattlesnake in our back yard a year ago last July. Of course, it died. A shovel just below the head will do that. I sent a picture to the wildlife office and they confirmed it was a Mohave Green. It was not scary, except I was worried about the dog getting too close and getting bit.
Mohave because that is how we spell on this side of the river. In Arizona it is illegal to kill a rattlesnake, with exceptions. I leave rattlesnakes alone when I encounter them in the wild.
I do not kill them unless I wake up with one In my tent. Years ago I relocated a baby speckled rattlesnake from my porch about a mile away from my house.
I put him in a metal coffee can and quickly put the plastic lid on. Then took the buzzing can in my jeep to drop him off. Kicked the lid off and away he went.
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LoL. Now that HAS to be some Man's best friend, and a cutie at that.
Hahaha. A deep sleeper or knocked unconscious by the shoe!?
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When my FIL was still driving an 18 wheeler, he talked of a mysterious type of lizard that could be found where all the trucks parked overnight. Apparently they were in every state and were to be avoided like the plague..
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A DINGO ATE CHA BABYWhat breed is it?
It looks like Dingo. Hopefully is not that dangerous.
LoL. Now that HAS to be some Man's best friend, and a cutie at that.
Hahaha. A deep sleeper or knocked unconscious by the shoe!?
She runs hot and cold, finally moved out of the puppy sharp teeth stage.What breed is it?
It looks like Dingo. Hopefully is not that dangerous.
She's a real mix of shepherds and various hairy dogs, large and small. with some pit. Complete love bug, great guard dog, smart and stubborn.
Some smart animals are usually stubborn.
SD is probably drunken Sturgis bikers in Custer State Park and Wind Cave and Badlands NP's. I've seen idiots out of their car in the Custer SP wildlife trail. Where are the Nebraska interactions?
