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Deteriorata posted:My son encountered a deer in the road once. He panic braked and managed to stop just in front of it. Then it freaked out and jumped straight into his car anyway, denting the front fender. Deer are still running from their old playbook when the game has changed. Their tactic of random moves, sudden changes and whatnot is really good for predators that are jumping around. They really don't expect this predator (a car) to just keep moving in a straight line. That's why they'll sometimes end up doubling back and running right into a vehicle. Also because they are retarded as gently caress.
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Kangaroos are also pretty bloody stupid. They'll bound along next to your car for a while and then suddenly jump right in front of you.
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shortspecialbus posted:Herman the German is still going strong 75+ years after being built. I wrote the article most of that wikipedia entry is based on
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Kangaroos are also pretty bloody stupid. They'll bound along next to your car for a while and then suddenly jump right in front of you. I read about this, and apparently the problem is that animals like kangaroos have learned to confuse predators by suddenly cutting in front of them. It takes the pursuer more time and effort to swing themselves around than to simply turn a little and follow. The problem is the kangaroos underestimate just how fast cars are.
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Feb 19, 2018 16:19
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kangaroos suck anyway
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Feb 19, 2018 16:21
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I creamed a dog once that darted out, cleared me, changed its mind, went back, cleared me again, then changed its mind again and tried again.
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Pepperoneedy posted:I wrote the article most of that wikipedia entry is based on That is neat! Thanks for linking it, I'll give it a read. Edit: your other articles on that site look neat too. Bookmarking for future reading! ssb fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Feb 19, 2018 |
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Feb 19, 2018 16:41
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Squirrels also have an evolutionary reason for the things they do on the road. When a tiny prey animal notices a predator in the area, the first thing they do is freeze -- maybe the hawk or whatever hasn't seen the squirrel yet, and its camouflage might keep it hidden, but as soon as it moves it's given away. They'll remain frozen until the predator leaves the area. If it looks like the hawk has already spotted them and is heading straight for them -- well, the best thing to do is to wait until it's in a terminal dive, when it's heading for the squirrel on a ballistic path and can't easily change direction, and then dodge away at the last second. And as far as squirrels are concerned, cars work the same way
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Feb 19, 2018 18:36
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I hit a deer once and then saw it spinning away like a top in the rear-view mirror. RIP road rat
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Feb 19, 2018 19:12
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Part of day 1 training for all of our drivers is not to veer for deer. The last thing you want to try in a sudden road varmint situation is  ACTION DRIVING.
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Feb 19, 2018 19:20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvxOuC7Bhc An oldie but a goodie. To this day I still say "now we have angered the machine" when something goes wrong.
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Feb 19, 2018 19:31
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 At least the guy seems to be taking the "Call a professional" advice to heart.
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Trabant posted:
Similar to that, I just saw this posted to my city's subreddit today:  
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Feb 19, 2018 20:18
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FuturePastNow posted:I hit a deer once and then saw it spinning away like a top in the rear-view mirror. RIP road rat I did the same a bunch of years ago driving late at night. Dumb bastard decided the 3 second gap between cars would be plenty to cross the freeway. My parents had a deer suicide on my dad's truck a couple of years ago. They were driving home and mama deer just couldn't take it anymore, bolted out of the woods, and blammo, into the rear driver's side door  Baby deer evidently paused in a WTF moment and sort of wandered back into the woods.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Part of day 1 training for all of our drivers is not to veer for deer. The last thing you want to try in a sudden road varmint situation is As a person who learned to drive in northern MN: 1. Take the deer, not the ditch. Comp covers hitting a deer, it does not cover the ditch. 2. If a deer jumps out in front of you, steer into it. That way you pass behind. If you steer away, you'll hit it. If it changes direction, you and it were screwed anyway. 3. There's no such thing as one deer. If you see one, look behind it for the other. Come to a complete stop if you have to. 4. Save the deer and eat it if you can. If you break it's neck clean and don't smush it, there's good meat there. If anything, you can save the hide. Once the cop or game warden calls it good, enjoy your venison. They don't mind. 5. Do not hit the deer dead on. If it comes through your window, it will not die and will be quite upset. An angry deer sitting on your lap will likely kill you. 6. The deer *will* jump in front of you. It's a given. They always do. I once had a buck break it's neck by ramming the car while we were passing it slowly. They are silly creatures.
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a mysterious cloak posted:I did the same a bunch of years ago driving late at night. Dumb bastard decided the 3 second gap between cars would be plenty to cross the freeway. The Bambi reboot will be 8 minutes long.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:The Bambi reboot will be 8 minutes long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wUdetAAlY
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Feb 19, 2018 23:39
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Good thing they're tasty.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Similar to that, I just saw this posted to my city's subreddit today: Oh hey I used to live in Burlington.
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Feb 20, 2018 00:51
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I spent a year there one weekend.
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mostlygray posted:As a person who learned to drive in northern MN: Northern Minnesota? What are your driving rules for moose?
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Whooping Crabs posted:Northern Minnesota? What are your driving rules for moose? Run. They're predators.
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Whooping Crabs posted:Northern Minnesota? What are your driving rules for moose? Moose will kill you and your car dead as gently caress
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Mustached Demon posted:Run. They're predators. No way, predators are a bunch of candy rear end pissbabys compared to moose. Moose don't even own guns, never mind lasers, explosives, and armor plates.  Would have been a very different movie if they had to be unarmed and naked while they try kill Schwarzenegger. Facebook Aunt fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Feb 20, 2018 |
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Feb 20, 2018 02:12
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mostlygray posted:As a person who learned to drive in northern MN:  Deer needs some non-slip shoes.
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Captain Foo posted:Moose will kill you and your car dead as gently caress White Tail Deer Male: 150 lbs Moose Male: 840 – 1,500 lbs (Adult) 1958 Volkswagen Beetle 1610 lbs Hitting a moose is like slamming into an angry Volkswagen Beetle.
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Bum the Sad posted:Wikipedia stats Also, the moose is structured so that most of that weight is up high enough to clear your bumper/hood and impact directly on the windshield. It's like they were designed to take the driver with them when they got hit.
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haveblue posted:Also, the moose is structured so that most of that weight is up high enough to clear your bumper/hood and impact directly on the windshield. It's like they were designed to take the driver with them when they got hit. You're right, it's a loving battering ram on stilts.
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Feb 20, 2018 02:26
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If you hit a moose you're breaking its legs and then the remaining 1300 lbs falls through your windshield onto your lap
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mostlygray posted:They are silly creatures. But so majestic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfcpADtpP8w
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEhM2Byk7w&t=78s
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Captain Foo posted:If you hit a moose you're breaking its legs and then the remaining 1300 lbs falls through your windshield onto your lap Or you don't break it's legs, it gets up, and murders you because you dared to get between it and wherever it was going. Moose will murder for pleasure so you're hosed if you actually piss one off.
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Mustached Demon posted:Or you don't break it's legs, it gets up, and murders you because you dared to get between it and wherever it was going. MurderMoose would be a great Canadian death metal band name.
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Zil posted:MurderMoose would be a great Canadian death metal band name. It's gotta be deadmoo5e How does OSHA treat animals as a hazard anyway? What sort of PPE is there for bears besides spray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLsM2ijRao
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I had a friend hit a brown bear in her 2 week old RSX years back in highschool. It basically just fell over, slid along for a few, got up, swiped at the car a bunch of times while growling and then hosed off.
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Captain Foo posted:If you hit a moose you're breaking its legs and then the remaining 1300 lbs falls through your windshield onto your lap Also fun to be snoozing in the back seat and wake up to crashes and screaming and a lap full of warm guts. I was eight.
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Or that mother fucker "breaks it's legs", smashes your hood, windshield, roof, rear windscreen, trunk lid and bashes your rear tailights, and then that motherfucker is all like "lol whadup" and gets up and peaces out into the woods. ""hope you have comp rear end in a top hat!"
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If you think regular meese are dangerous, just go camping and wait for a drop moose to land on your tent. That's what actually happened at Bodom lake. e: I just remembered one of the suspects was called Assmann 
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Sometimes the deer doesn't run off, it comes back and roadrages the driver who hit it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgDEmuMwSSI
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