The Fort Worth Zoo used to have the mountain goat exhibit above the lion exhibit. Until a baby mountain goat fell into the lion enclosure. And the lion ate him. In front of a tour of elementary school kids...
I am suddenly hungry for some of that deer hamburger in the freezer. Ah, the circle of life in action.
When I was in Las Vegas I went to that "big cat" exhibit in the Mirage that was built by Seigfred and Roy for, ur, "big cats". Lions, tigers, a cougar, a panther, several cheetas and so on. And for some bizarre reason, several liamas in a corner cage next to the lions. You want to talk about some jumpy herbaviors, they were it. I thought they were going to drop dead from stress or a flash photo.
This is the first time I've ever seen a raptor as creepy. The whole time he was casually dragging that baby goat off of a cliff, I imagined him singing "I Believe I Can Fly."
Actually I don't even think he was thinking that. Probably something more along the lines of "Crap, I still need to pick up the kids at daycare and the dry-cleaning. I need to fix that faucet when I get home and Maude has been bugging me to trim the hedge too. Got to get that done before the Football game tonight."
The scary thing was he seemed to be approaching this as a job. No glee, no "behold I am noble animal doing noble animal things". Just a 9 to 5 grind of bringing home the goat.
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The Fort Worth Zoo used to have the mountain goat exhibit above the lion exhibit. Until a baby mountain goat fell into the lion enclosure. And the lion ate him. In front of a tour of elementary school kids...
Ah, so THIS is why ringwraiths and fingernails on chalkboards bother us...
Bingo! Prehistoric evidence shows giant eagles used to eat us too. I suspect the invention of the spear put a bit of a damper on that one, though.
I am suddenly hungry for some of that deer hamburger in the freezer. Ah, the circle of life in action.
When I was in Las Vegas I went to that "big cat" exhibit in the Mirage that was built by Seigfred and Roy for, ur, "big cats". Lions, tigers, a cougar, a panther, several cheetas and so on. And for some bizarre reason, several liamas in a corner cage next to the lions. You want to talk about some jumpy herbaviors, they were it. I thought they were going to drop dead from stress or a flash photo.
Heh, the image is still funny.
Putting llamas next to macro-felines is just cruel. They should be dispatched quietly and brought out steaming on a tray with Sangria instead.
This is the first time I've ever seen a raptor as creepy. The whole time he was casually dragging that baby goat off of a cliff, I imagined him singing "I Believe I Can Fly."
Bird: "..and you know why I sing that?"
Goat: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Bird: "Cuz I'm pissin on ya."
Goat: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Actually I don't even think he was thinking that. Probably something more along the lines of "Crap, I still need to pick up the kids at daycare and the dry-cleaning. I need to fix that faucet when I get home and Maude has been bugging me to trim the hedge too. Got to get that done before the Football game tonight."
The scary thing was he seemed to be approaching this as a job. No glee, no "behold I am noble animal doing noble animal things". Just a 9 to 5 grind of bringing home the goat.
Or we have a very smart raptor who has figured out that high altitude impacts shatter bones allowing one to get at the marrow.
There is a reason that Eagles are symbols of power and might, and this video proved it.
True that. It just isn't the same image with a Turkey...
Good thing we don't have mountains!!
Goats are going into the freezer soon, and hopefully we'll have lots of bacon in a couple of months as well.
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