The Extremely New Pic Thread

[Rhino_NQ]

Rockies with a stub ie holder strapped to the wrist, nice!

Part of the travelling uniform. Take a big bag of them to give out to locals as well as little koalas, flags etc. They love it. Also always had a footy with us, we went out on the field behind me and had a kick around but gave it the ass after the 4th person nearly broke their ankle tripping over a marmot hole lol

 

[Apey]

We used to let whisky out pretty often, he would go explore the block and come back and wait at the front door. One day he didn't and i feared the worst (he was only about 3 at this time). Spent the next 12 hours looking for him (or a pancaked version of him on the road) to no avail. Had to get some sleep and the next day we started again (giving out posters to mail boxes etc etc). My brother was driving when we saw a pretty dodgy looking lady walking down the street around the corner from us and after asking her if she had seen him replied "Yeah he is at my place can you give me a lift to the shops?".

The lady was actually a drug addicted prostitute that lived 2 streets from us that according to her gets strays that follow her dog home all the time and pretty much kidnapped him for the night. Told the bitch to give us our dog back first and went to the place to see him in the window sill waiting for us but when i went in to grab him all i could smell was piss. "You need to toilet train him" she say, "I did, he was trying to tell you to let him out". Whisk had pissed all through the house lol

haha, epic. Yeah we used to live in a dead-end street when she was 1 - 8 and basically let her roam more often than she was fenced in during the day time (we had a massive backyard anyway), never lost her once.

 

[9701]

We used to let whisky out pretty often, he would go explore the block and come back and wait at the front door. One day he didn't and i feared the worst (he was only about 3 at this time). Spent the next 12 hours looking for him (or a pancaked version of him on the road) to no avail. Had to get some sleep and the next day we started again (giving out posters to mail boxes etc etc). My brother was driving when we saw a pretty dodgy looking lady walking down the street around the corner from us and after asking her if she had seen him replied "Yeah he is at my place can you give me a lift to the shops?".

The lady was actually a drug addicted prostitute that lived 2 streets from us that according to her gets strays that follow her dog home all the time and pretty much kidnapped him for the night. Told the bitch to give us our dog back first and went to the place to see him in the window sill waiting for us but when i went in to grab him all i could smell was piss. "You need to toilet train him" she say, "I did, he was trying to tell you to let him out". Whisk had pissed all through the house lol

I wish i had a neighbour like this, could possibly get discounts on 2 for tuesdays.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Trust me, you wouldn't even if she paid you

 

[Kiwi]

We used to let whisky out pretty often, he would go explore the block and come back and wait at the front door. One day he didn't and i feared the worst (he was only about 3 at this time). Spent the next 12 hours looking for him (or a pancaked version of him on the road) to no avail. Had to get some sleep and the next day we started again (giving out posters to mail boxes etc etc). My brother was driving when we saw a pretty dodgy looking lady walking down the street around the corner from us and after asking her if she had seen him replied "Yeah he is at my place can you give me a lift to the shops?".

The lady was actually a drug addicted prostitute that lived 2 streets from us that according to her gets strays that follow her dog home all the time and pretty much kidnapped him for the night. Told the bitch to give us our dog back first and went to the place to see him in the window sill waiting for us but when i went in to grab him all i could smell was piss. "You need to toilet train him" she say, "I did, he was trying to tell you to let him out". Whisk had pissed all through the house lol

haha, epic. Yeah we used to live in a dead-end street when she was 1 - 8 and basically let her roam more often than she was fenced in during the day time (we had a massive backyard anyway), never lost her once.

and this is called being a crap and irresponsable dog owner.

 

[Apey]

irresponsable, lol, straight out of the QLD dictionary

 

[Kiwi]

irresponsable, lol, straight out of the QLD dictionary

Oh so sorry didn't realise I was dealing with the spelling and grammar police. I guess you have to be good at something, because clearly dog ownership is not what you are good at.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

the street loved him. 2 other houses did the same so the 3 of them used to run around as a gang playing together. Was great. We had neighbours come up and ask if he was ok because they hadn't seen him for a few days lol.

Didn't really put being abducted by a crackwhore in the risk assessment. Didn't let him out much after that. Now he is old and grumpy and barks at people so he stays inside.

Now for something completely different. Was staying in a lodge type thing on a small mountain just outside of Banff and had some freetime i put some washing on and went for a walk while my bro and the others in our cabin slept or did some shopping. Went off for a piss and had an eerily feeling i was being watched. Turned around to this

Had the camera strapped to my wrist, only way i took the photo. Was about 5m away from me in this shot, got told not to run and to make yourself look big and shout at it to convince it to piss off. If they start to look threatening you start to back away slowly and if it charges then you run.

When he got to about 3m away from me and could smell it's breathe i decided to start backing away. Now i'm nearly 6'4 and about 120kg and this thing dwarfed me so some poo was coming out at the time lol. In the end i saw about 5 grizzlies and a few black bears and had another close encounter with a grizzly while i was on horseback (couldn't get the camera out for that one). Awesome feeling but also terrifying

 

[9701]

Bugger that mate i would not of been able to stop myself from running instantly

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Bugger that mate i would not of been able to stop myself from running instantly

Best thing to do to convince something to chase you.

Have been nose to nose with a polar bear back when i worked at seaworld during uni. The cage inside behind the scenes is only chain link wire and were literally touching noses and it even licked my face. At the time he was close to 8 feet tall on his hind legs and weighed 650kg and was eating frozen popcorn out of my hand lol. Wasn't allowed to take any photos of that but was the reason i was pretty calm when this happened. Bears are more curious then they are viscious

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Bears are more curious then they are viscious

Bears are not noted for their viscous properties...:sarcasm:

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Bears are not noted for their viscous properties...:sarcasm:

drop bears are

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

drop bears are

:lol:
I stand corrected. Nasty business, what with those drop bears getting involved and all...

 

[Rhino_NQ]

:lol:
I stand corrected. Nasty business, what with those drop bears getting involved and all...

Had some of the poms on our trip who have australia booked in next convinced they were a massive problem lol

 

[9701]

we always convinced the exchange yank soldiers there were drop bears and hoop snakes

 

[Danish]

I always assumed the "don't run from bears" thing was simply because they are way too fast to outrun anyway. Grizzlies I think can get up into the 30-40km/h zone, which means unless you are of west african descent you are pretty well f**ked.

Only chance you have is that they don't take interest in you

 

[Skinner]

I've done a fair bit of chemistry, but I could not tell you the normal viscosity of a bear.....

 

[Apey]

Oh so sorry didn't realise I was dealing with the spelling and grammar police. I guess you have to be good at something, because clearly dog ownership is not what you are good at.

 

[Bazal]

I always assumed the "don't run from bears" thing was simply because they are way too fast to outrun anyway. Grizzlies I think can get up into the 30-40km/h zone, which means unless you are of west african descent you are pretty well f**ked.

Only chance you have is that they don't take interest in you

In terms of any predator, your best chance is generally not to run, because it will often trigger their prey instincts. In general we aren't on the menu for most big predators, so unless you give them a reason to attack even the scariest predator will usually leave you be (there are always exceptions, of course). Making yourself appear intimidating is the usual method for that sort of situation. Not many animals will attack something they think can hurt them, even if they know full well they can take it. A broken jaw (for example) can be fatal to a bear and they're smart enough to know it, so if you're lucky they'll leave you alone.

One of the craziest stories I ever heard was from a bloke in Malaysia...he was on a hike with a tour guide, they basically stopped for a drink and heard a noise in a tree. They turned around and there was a big f**k off tiger in a branch about 3 feet above them. It sort of looked at them, yawned, and went to sleep. They got some awesome pictures before they lost their nerve... I can imagine pants were shat though

 

[Kiwi]

wow aren't you a smart one with such witty replies :roll:. I guess when you have no real answer or come back it's all you have.