I've seen Polar bears in the Arctic & found large clawless (cat) prints in Wisconsin woods.
Yes, Cal. I'm quite aware there are times & places we might move down a few links on the food chain. Become a menu item, if you will. Or an hors d'oeuvre.
If you've ever heard a deer being taken & eaten by canine predators...Well, let's just say a deer shot by a skilled marksman is a very LUCKY deer.
Search: Veterans For Peace. Also: YouTube, "War is a Racket" - Marine Corps Major General and twice Medal of Honor recipient Smedley D. Butler.
There IS, indeed, a big difference between getting it yourself & simply getting it super-sized, Ken. (Hey, Ken...different pic. Almost didn't recognize ya. )
I'm prior USCG. Such stories are a good deal more common than y'all would suspect. The huge majority of such silliness simply doesn't get the publicity this guy did.
It's absolutely incredible the number of ways people concoct to essentially try to get themselves killed. This story has a relatively happy ending!
I was at a potluck & they had Cabernet Sauvignon. As Mimi once drew the comparison between that & my PBR, I thought I'd give it a try...just to see what I might've been missing.
Favorite Autumn/Winter garden veggie? Mine is kale. Incredibly hardy. It gets better tasting with cold weather & survives temps well below freezing. One rather mild year, I brushed away snow & cut fresh kale...for Christmas dinner.....in Wisconsin. Collards are nearly as hardy, also.
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts..."
Also, I've found it's good to question why I think the way I do, who/what would want me to think in such a way, and how I may have been influenced to think as I do.
We must IMMEDIATELY empanel a Blue Ribbon Commission to study this situation and submit their recommendations to the appropriate agency. Through the appropriate channels.
Getting people to WANT to do what YOU want them to do?
You might also substitute "think" for "do".
When someone says what he thinks, it's good to question who/what would benefit from having someone think in such a way... And HOW they get them to think that way.
RE: Photo Ratings...
Elementary, Calliope! OBVIOUSLY, there are more horses use this site than people.