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Do alligators actually bite people unprovoked? The reason I ask is that down here we have saltwater crocodiles (which eat people) and freshwater crocodiles (which don't). Alligators are much closer in size to a freshie than a saltie, so I don't know if they view humans as prey.
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The Lone Badger posted:Do alligators actually bite people unprovoked? Like somebody said upthread, toddlers (aka food-size creatures) who get too close to a pond are not safe. Mostly a gator isn't going to attack something that's too big to eat, unless it feels threatened.
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The Lone Badger posted:Do alligators actually bite people unprovoked? Oh. Those are a lot bigger than I would imagine. 
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As if a basset hound were a lizard
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Splode posted:I remember reading about snapping turtles in a picture book when I was a little kid. Don't forget coyotes, bobcats, foxes, wolves, white-tailed deer, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and various subtypes of sasquatch.
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The Lone Badger posted:Do alligators actually bite people unprovoked? Rarely, but there are certain factors that lead to attacks. Children are more vulnerable due to size. If they are nesting or breeding, they're far more territorial. They also hunt more around dusk. So if you were to, say, jump into waters of a nesting territory for an 11 foot gator around dusk, after someone pointed out the "NO SWIMMING BEWARE OF ALLIGATORS" sign, and especially seconds after you said "gently caress that alligator", welp https://www.gawker.com/gently caress-that-alligator-man-killed-seconds-after-mocking-1715887134 You end up being the first Texan to be eaten by a gator since 1836.
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mycomancy posted:Don't forget coyotes, bobcats, foxes, wolves, white-tailed deer, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and various subtypes of sasquatch. Ma! Skunk ape's in the chicken coop again!
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NoWake posted:Come on over to the last place I worked and you can do it all day for $14/hr. The rubber is black Styrene-Butadiene and the rollers are double the size of oil drums. Okay okay, that sounds like poo poo now.  I'll keep alway from the maiming machines.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW9eDc_nd7M This welding demo ..
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VictualSquid posted:i noticed that there hadn't been any reposts of the scary signs blog recently.  inquiring minds want to know
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Methylethylaldehyde posted:OSHA IV: If you think the e-stop will save you...think again.
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Private Speech posted:Oh. Those are a lot bigger than I would imagine. LOL I literally spent a lot of my childhood there at weekend sleepovers. Lots of Nintendo, football in the paddocks, jumping random fences to retrieve footballs (as fast as possible)
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Wistful of Dollars posted:
The b-word is buggered. They couldn't be buggered. Hth.
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BrassRoots posted:The b-word is buggered. They couldn't be buggered. Hth. that wasn't the part i wanted to know but 
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VictualSquid posted:i noticed that there hadn't been any reposts of the scary signs blog recently. This is  erasure
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Wistful of Dollars posted:
Why is this sign made out of carpet? Or felt. Or something. Alright, who's going to tell me that this thing straight out of an sci-fi anime is actually a huge death trap and will probably seek out my family after devouring me? Take the fun away, quickly.
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Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:https://twitter.com/cocainebear/status/1598013839202693120 My dog scored some cocaine, but it just made her sick and not an insane killing machine. The vet was going to call the the cops but we called first. We told those dickheads that if they want to chase cocaine dealers down our street and said dealers throw their product out the window before hitting the pole at the corner, they should perhaps pick that poo poo up. They told us that if we should find any more "product" in the yard we should just throw it away. That's how Suzie became COCAINE DOG.
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Yeah but did your dog start talking and tweeting?
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mycomancy posted:Don't forget coyotes, bobcats, foxes, wolves, white-tailed deer, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and various subtypes of sasquatch. Coral snakes, bark scorpions, elk, various sharks, and Americans
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The White Circle getting an upgrade for the modern era.
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Cthulu Carl posted:LOL, this is one of Ray Liotta's last movies. Didn’t he die in South America? Was he down there for a shoot? Does it say if he was in the middle of filming anything when he passed?
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sigher posted:Why is this sign made out of carpet? Or felt. Or something. Maybe the OSHA is that it's being filmed from a second gantry crane on the same track, and they don't have hard limits set up to keep em from smacking together? Though I'm pretty sure systems as advanced as this looks will have software proximity lockouts so they don't hang from the same span and overload it.
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Pham Nuwen posted:And also the other states where they live (Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming) Yeah but who cares? No one lives there. But more seriously, according to this page those three states and Washington currently have about 3200 brown bears combined at most. Alaska has 30,000 grizzlies. I don't think grizzlies are the biggest worry for inhabitants of the four other states. And in case anyone goes "3000 bears is still a lot of bears", those four states have a combined area of 399,958 square miles. That's 125 sq miles per bear, or 1 bear in every 10 x 12.5 mile rectangle if evenly distributed, but, again, they're not evenly distributed, they're in the loving mountains and the woods (and Yellowstone), just don't go in the mountains and woods (and Yellowstone), and if you do, bring a big fuckoff gun, this is America and those four states in particular are very gun friendly. Or bear spray if you think that'll work (I would go with the gun). Alaska is by itself 665,400 square miles so that's 22 square miles per bear, five times more densely populated, and most of Alaska is forest and mountains (not going to bother calculating but I mean there's only two "cities" and they each have a population less than 35,000 people). I'm not saying you're gonna find a grizzly around every corner but if I were going hiking in Alaska I'd be loaded for bear. I understand the moon units don't make sense to the Aussies but I'm gonna just be an rear end in a top hat American and not bother converting for you - here, South Australia is 379,725 square miles and Queensland is 715,300 square miles so if you imagine those first four states as SA plus a bit and Alaska as slightly less than Queensland that should give you an idea of how many bears are where.
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SyNack Sassimov posted:Yeah but who cares? No one lives there. Lol
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I'm honestly kind of surprised any animals have enough of an appetite for cocaine to just eat any amount of it. It tastes like gasoline, aren't mammals generally averse to things that taste like they might be poisonous?
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SyNack Sassimov posted:. I don't have a pathological fear of spiders, though I don't love them either, but a huntsman a foot in diameter popping out from your toilet seat, behind your clock, or, as I understand it, from above your car sunvisor, is not on my list of desired daily experiences. We do have dangerous snakes and spiders (and scorpions) here but most people don't encounter them unless you go out in the country. Ive gotten into my car after work, slammed the door, and had the huntsman (i was looking for at the begining of the day, and run underneath the bloody car) drop on my head.(i knew exactly what is was the instant it dropped as i knew the spider was in the car. Its not as bad as you expect) When i eventually managed to get it out of my car it scurried across the road, (it was a big one even by huntsman spiders as you could see it in dim light) I no longer park in that spot just incase it remembers my car and wants a ride home. BUT, the best thing about huntsman spiders Is that they are semi cooperative, and live in family groups, so there is NEVER just 1. So yes, over the next few weeks i battled another 2 before work. (The last one i pretty much said gently caress it, went to coles during my lunch break and got a can of bug spray and absolutely sprayed every part of my car, inside and out. - last bugger was in the recess of my boot door handle. Yes i drove to work both times knowing they were somewhere in my car if you are asking)
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NoWake posted:Maybe the OSHA is that it's being filmed from a second gantry crane on the same track, and they don't have hard limits set up to keep em from smacking together? Though I'm pretty sure systems as advanced as this looks will have software proximity lockouts so they don't hang from the same span and overload it. I think it could use a flashing light underneath as a warning when it is in operation.
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nomad2020 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW9eDc_nd7M there's something satisfying about it
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Mister Speaker posted:I'm honestly kind of surprised any animals have enough of an appetite for cocaine to just eat any amount of it. It tastes like gasoline, aren't mammals generally averse to things that taste like they might be poisonous? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCY6xAsmaes once it hits your capillaries it tastes so good
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Mister Speaker posted:I'm honestly kind of surprised any animals have enough of an appetite for cocaine to just eat any amount of it. It tastes like gasoline, aren't mammals generally averse to things that taste like they might be poisonous? Not the mammals I know.
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sigher posted:Why is this sign made out of carpet? Or felt. Or something. 1) That really looks like a novelty door mat? That someone has nailed on the wall. 2) I would be concerned about whatever fumes rising from that mass if it is wet enough to ferment. Or if it's dry I would be worried about dust explosions. I'm not sure what is going on there though, seems excessive for a cattle shelter but I'm not sure what else it could be?
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I like huntsmen. They're like eight-legged dogs.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Coral snakes, bark scorpions, elk, various sharks, and Americans You're right, I forgot about Appalachian orangutans
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Nenonen posted:1) That really looks like a novelty door mat? That someone has nailed on the wall. it's weed
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Mister Speaker posted:I'm honestly kind of surprised any animals have enough of an appetite for cocaine to just eat any amount of it. It tastes like gasoline, aren't mammals generally averse to things that taste like they might be poisonous? In real life, the bear probably sniffed a busted open package, liked the feeling, and kept loving with them. It also died not long after consuming it and didn’t harm anyone. They just found a dead bear who ODed. The movie looks like silly fun, though.
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Arivia posted:it's weed That explains why he's so high then. Probably shouldn't be operating any machinery...
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US has moose, too. Larger, more angry elk. Fairly territorial and will smash your car because it's fun to them.
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NoWake posted:Maybe the OSHA is that it's being filmed from a second gantry crane on the same track, and they don't have hard limits set up to keep em from smacking together? Though I'm pretty sure systems as advanced as this looks will have software proximity lockouts so they don't hang from the same span and overload it. It's a weed warehouse and the dude is hotboxing in the cab...
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