Sept 22, 2009: Saltie Adrenaline - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 09-23-2009, 11:40 AM

I think it'd be thrilling, but not that scary. Fun-scary, maybe.

Sheldonrs · 09-23-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I think it'd be thrilling, but not that scary. Fun-scary, maybe.

Like straight sex?

ZenGum · 09-23-2009, 09:05 PM

How would you know?

you been batting for both teams?

Sheldonrs · 09-25-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

How would you know?

you been batting for both teams?

Nope. Hence the question mark. hehehe

TheMercenary · 09-25-2009, 09:52 AM

We have some big gators around here but holy hell. That thing is huge. I bet if we had those our kids wouldn't be so careless water skiing past the ones on the river banks.

Cloud · 09-25-2009, 02:55 PM

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Huh. And I thought it was cruel for my daughter to wave a chunk of steak in front of my dog's nose and then pull it away.....

my reaction was similar. A cruel tease? or animal "enrichment"?

Shawnee123 · 09-25-2009, 03:15 PM

Oh no...don't even LOOK at the animals, it's cruel and unfair.

Hey mom, there's a cow!

LOOK AWAY! WE ARE NEVER TO LOOK AT THE ANIMALS.

sorry cloud, that just struck me in a funny way

TheMercenary · 09-25-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

my reaction was similar. A cruel tease? or animal "enrichment"?

I go with "enrichment" if they get to eat a small child every now and then.

Cloud · 09-25-2009, 03:58 PM

dunno--when I saw the pic, I just thought--that's just mean.

to the poor crocodeely.

(cries you-know-what tears)

Shawnee123 · 09-25-2009, 08:06 PM

I have that kind of sensitivity towards animals, cloud. I've been deep water scuba diving, and one of the training sessions I took was underwater naturalism (or some such title.) One of the things I remember was my instructor talking about natural environment, and how if you pick up a tiny little creature and move him a few feet, you have just separated him from what is natural to him. Maybe a few miles without GPS

in human terms.

So, I hadn't thought about that angle, when thinking how neat it would be to see close up like that.

You're right...though we don't know if the animals are happier or sadder...it's not up to us to know, we should just let them be in their own damn environment. They shouldn't be fodder for us thrillseekers to brag about.

There are plenty of thrills in the ocean, in the sky...without disturbing any of it.

Sorry to wax badly poetic.

Thanks, cloud.

richlevy · 09-26-2009, 12:59 PM

I don't know. The way that croc is clinging to the box it looks like he's trying to hump it.

ZenGum · 09-26-2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We have some big gators around here but holy hell. That thing is huge. I bet if we had those our kids wouldn't be so careless water skiing past the ones on the river banks.

I think there is a bit of camera-angle trickery going on there, but still, it is Biiiiiig. Big old bull salties can reach 6 metres and weigh over 1,500 kg, and aggressively defend their territory.
So if a big one establishes itself in a piece of river too close to human habitation, it gets trapped and relocated to a crocodile farm/tourist trap, where it lives out it's days as shown here. I wish they'd lower bikini chicks in glass cages into my living room.

richlevy · 09-27-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

I wish they'd lower bikini chicks in glass cages into my living room.

They're safer with the croc.

09-23-2009, 11:40 AM	#16
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think it'd be thrilling, but not that scary. Fun-scary, maybe. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-23-2009, 09:05 PM	#18
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	How would you know? you been batting for both teams? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-25-2009, 09:52 AM	#20
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We have some big gators around here but holy hell. That thing is huge. I bet if we had those our kids wouldn't be so careless water skiing past the ones on the river banks. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-25-2009, 03:15 PM	#22
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh no...don't even LOOK at the animals, it's cruel and unfair. Hey mom, there's a cow! LOOK AWAY! WE ARE NEVER TO LOOK AT THE ANIMALS. sorry cloud, that just struck me in a funny way __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-25-2009, 03:58 PM	#24
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	dunno--when I saw the pic, I just thought--that's just mean. to the poor crocodeely. (cries you-know-what tears) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-25-2009, 08:06 PM	#25
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I have that kind of sensitivity towards animals, cloud. I've been deep water scuba diving, and one of the training sessions I took was underwater naturalism (or some such title.) One of the things I remember was my instructor talking about natural environment, and how if you pick up a tiny little creature and move him a few feet, you have just separated him from what is natural to him. Maybe a few miles without GPS in human terms. So, I hadn't thought about that angle, when thinking how neat it would be to see close up like that. You're right...though we don't know if the animals are happier or sadder...it's not up to us to know, we should just let them be in their own damn environment. They shouldn't be fodder for us thrillseekers to brag about. There are plenty of thrills in the ocean, in the sky...without disturbing any of it. Sorry to wax badly poetic. Thanks, cloud. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-26-2009, 12:59 PM	#26
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I don't know. The way that croc is clinging to the box it looks like he's trying to hump it. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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