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Colombia: When Hippos Attack

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Speaking of classic Safari stuff, it seems that feral Hippos are now a problem in Colombia. Someone had better call the guy from the Safari Boat ride at Disneyland to go down there, it's the only way to be sure.

(On a Side Note, if they make controlling this problem a serious priority, maybe some Safari enthusiasts may no longer have to go to Africa - With the Hippos an invasive species, one could hardly fault a push to round them up.)

P.S., if you know someone who wants a Hippopotamus for Christmas next year, here's place that you can find one ;)

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/colombia-has-a-hippo-problem
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shep854
stand watie said:
shep854,

Only the humans, who are nominees or winners of the Darwin Award, are generally consumed/digested.

yours, sw
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Sheeple for the slaughter? :p
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shep854,

Only the humans who believe that they are smarter than they actually are. = As an example, AFTER 2 people were attacked just off the beach near my adopted family's place on Oak island, NC in the Summer of 2015, the island police closed the beaches to swimming/wading.

A local man named Cecil F. R___________ was heard by other customers at a local diner saying, "Those stupid AHs can't tell me where & when that I go swimming."

About 5PM the next day, his tackle box, bait bucket, shoes & blue jeans were found on the beach by 2 joggers. The police later found his PU in a nearby parking area.
Mr. R_______________ hasn't been seen since that day.


yours, sw
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stand watie said:
shep854,

Only the humans who believe that they are smarter than they actually are. = As an example, AFTER 2 people were attacked just off the beach near my adopted family's place on Oak island, NC in the Summer of 2015, the island police closed the beaches to swimming/wading.

A local man named Cecil F. R___________ was heard by other customers at a local diner saying, "Those stupid AHs can't tell me where & when that I go swimming."

About 5PM the next day, his tackle box, bait bucket, shoes & blue jeans were found on the beach by 2 joggers. The police later found his PU in a nearby parking area.
Mr. R_______________ hasn't been seen since that day.

yours, sw
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:rolleyes: Stiff penalty for feeding the wildlife...
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csmkersh
I hate wade fishing or swimming. I know where the sharks cruise and I've had them leave me with just heads on my stringer. :(
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csmkersh,

And you wonder why I no longer swim in the ocean?? And gave up wade-fishing for a boat, too.

yours, sw
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Only the humans, who are nominees or winners of the Darwin Award, are generally consumed/digested.
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There is a special kind of human who is a candidate for digestion. Most of the world calls them "clueless"; in the flying world we say that they lack "situational awareness."

I got an eyeball roll from my teenage daughter yesterday as I sat in traffic. A guy was trying to make a right turn out of a parking lot into my lane, so when the light changed I waited, opening up a space for him.

And what does our candidate do? Why, focus his attention in exactly the opposite direction while I sit there waving him into line and risking the wrath of those behind me. After a few seconds I gave up and drove on.

"That's the clueless gazelle that drifts away from the herd and gets eaten by the lions", I muttered. Daughter feigned shock, but she instantly grasped the metaphor.
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CaptainGyro,

VERY TRUE. = My grandfather called such creatures, "Dodo birds", who spend all their time with their head inserted "in a place that's always dark & smelly".

I often wonder how such "birds" get up from their beds, shower, shave, dress & go about their daily routine, unassisted.

yours, sw
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CaptainGyro,

WELL SAID, imo.

yours, sw
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shep854
CaptainGyro said:
There is a special kind of human who is a candidate for digestion. Most of the world calls them "clueless"; in the flying world we say that they lack "situational awareness."

I got an eyeball roll from my teenage daughter yesterday as I sat in traffic. A guy was trying to make a right turn out of a parking lot into my lane, so when the light changed I waited, opening up a space for him.

And what does our candidate do? Why, focus his attention in exactly the opposite direction while I sit there waving him into line and risking the wrath of those behind me. After a few seconds I gave up and drove on.

"That's the clueless gazelle that drifts away from the herd and gets eaten by the lions", I muttered. Daughter feigned shock, but she instantly grasped the metaphor.
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One of my pet driving peeves. There's also the 'too helpful' driver: Recently, I was stuck in a line of cars behind a driver who waved a steady trickle of cars in from a side street. :banghead:
Had I not been driving a loaded passenger van, I would have gone around him to his right.
Oh, and...'It's the banana separated from the bunch that gets peeled.":wink:
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Bring the Hippos to Florida and let them stomp on the Boa's that are killing everything.
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