20 Feb 09
Originally posted by SuzianneApes are tailless, monkeys have tails, except for the tailless monkey of Gibralta, The great apes are Gorillas, Orang Utan, Chimpanzee, and Man. The lesser apes are Gibbons or Siang. Adult male Chimps are formidable and can be extremely dangerous.
No, not as I understand it.
Chimps are apes, not monkeys.
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21 Feb 09
Wild animals that have been raised by humans are unpredictable. The lady who came over to 'help' with Travis never should have, not without protective gear. I would never help with a friend's pet tiger, at least not by getting into an enclosure and exposing myself. It's too bad that hindsight is necessary after a life-threatening mauling.
Human imprinted birds are the same; it's nearly impossible to figure out why they are ok with one person and attack the next.
Leave working with, raising, or rehabilitating wild animals to the professionals. They are not pets and the moment one treats them as pets is the moment one is asking for big trouble.
21 Feb 09
Originally posted by Badwaterprotective gear is usefull for eagles claws, but aint gonna do much vs a chimp, they are very strong (although this1 kinda looked like a fatty....but is still strong)
The lady who came over to 'help' with Travis never should have, not without protective gear.
ud need to be in a tank:p
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21 Feb 09
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Originally posted by zozozozoKevlar clothing and a helmet. Armed with a pole noose. Very effective.
protective gear is usefull for eagles claws, but aint gonna do much vs a chimp, they are very strong (although this1 kinda looked like a fatty....but is still strong)
ud need to be in a tank:p
The thing is, the lady that was mauled was not experienced in the situation she was in and had no idea the inherent danger. Like I say, leave dealing with wild animals to the pros.
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21 Feb 09
Originally posted by zozozozoUm, no.
protective gear is usefull for eagles claws....
Eagles exert in excess of 1500 lbs of force in each foot. If the have a grip on you it takes pliers to remove the talons, but they can break your bones by crushing alone.
Take it from a pro. 😉
23 Feb 09
Originally posted by BadwaterWe now have bald eagles here the year round, but I saw something the other day that made me do a double-take. Hubby was driving the car or I'd have missed it. We have a herd of about 60 whitetail deer that move into a cornfield from the shelterbelt a half mile away every evening and cross the highway again at dawn to return to the trees for the day. So we always slow down if we drive through at the times they are moving. This was at 3:00 p.m. so there were no deer in sight but as I glanced to my right I saw two black vultures gobbling away at a deer carcase some distance from the road. They were not what locals call turkey buzzards as they did not have the bare red heads. I have never seen these birds before but my husband saw one on the gravel road that abuts our acreage once. It was also eating a deer that had been hit. That was about 20 years ago.
Um, no.
Eagles exert in excess of 1500 lbs of force in each foot. If the have a grip on you it takes pliers to remove the talons, but they can break your bones by crushing alone.
Take it from a pro. 😉