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Elionwyr · 06-01-2004, 10:02 PM

I work as a part time zoo keeper, so..

My worst professional encounter involved having an alligator attempt to remove my thumb from my right hand. By the time I'd pried her mouth open to get my thumb back, she'd bitten 5 of my fingers and I still have some tooth embedded in my left thumb.

Worst at-home incident was when my soon-to-be-ex-husband's german shepherd mix - a fear-biter - latched onto the back of my skull, right at the base...a nice little killing bite, if I'd been a bunny. I still don't know exactly how I got the pooch off of me. I *can* tell you that (a) I shook for an hour, (b) I have NEVER been that scared of anything EVER, and (c) it left me with some mighty curious scars on my skull.

06-01-2004, 10:02 PM	#45
Elionwyr Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 89	I work as a part time zoo keeper, so.. My worst professional encounter involved having an alligator attempt to remove my thumb from my right hand. By the time I'd pried her mouth open to get my thumb back, she'd bitten 5 of my fingers and I still have some tooth embedded in my left thumb. Worst at-home incident was when my soon-to-be-ex-husband's german shepherd mix - a fear-biter - latched onto the back of my skull, right at the base...a nice little killing bite, if I'd been a bunny. I still don't know exactly how I got the pooch off of me. I can tell you that (a) I shook for an hour, (b) I have NEVER been that scared of anything EVER, and (c) it left me with some mighty curious scars on my skull.