Tag: when animals attack
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The Wildest Ride: A Wildebeest River Crossing in the Serengeti
“This is not at all like the shows on NatGeo,” my restless mind was thinking. “This is actually sort of….boring.” We’re sitting in a beige, pop-top Toyota Land Cruiser in the midday African heat with four other people. All six pairs of eyes are trained on the nervously shuffling, brownish-gray mass of wildebeest on the…
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Balinese Eats that Will (Probably) Not Result in a Spider Body Possession
When I came across this article about Bali, I had to click on it, even though I knew I didn’t really have the “stomach” to do so. (PUN INTENDED) Also: (Heads up: the article I’m referring to involves an Australian tourist and stomach-burrowing tropical spiders. Soooo….yeah. Nothing fun there.) You see, we went to Bali…
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Maybe the Hogs Were Concerned About the Impact of a Potential Bacon Shortage?
Those animals, man. They are totally out to get us. I don’t think I’m being paranoid (anymore) when I say that the animal kingdom has thoroughly turned on us. The evidence is stacking up and has been well documented on this website. Think badgers are cute little woodland creatures incapable of eating a midget porn…
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Freaky Friday: Bagel Heads, Ghosts, Attack Owls
It’s been a bit of an odd Friday around here. For example, I was trapped at a work-related event for a large portion of the afternoon and when I returned to my own floor at around 2:30, no one was around. It was actually pretty creepy. Just empty chairs in every office and cube. Even…
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Beavers, Preppers and Chelsea Handler
Oh crap. The beavers are at it again. From the Washington Post: The beaver leapt out of the water and onto the dock and was seen acting aggressively and chasing the children, police said. An animal control officer responded to the scene, cleared the area and shot the beaver, police said. Leapt out of the…
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Sharks Apparently Have Nothing on Beavers
Hey there! Remember me? Has it been five days? How can that be? Five whole days since I’ve blogged?? I’m so, so sorry. But here’s the facts kids: I’ve been pretty dang busy. So busy, in fact, that I haven’t watched any reality shows lately, nor have I been reading any celebrity gossip magazines (I…