Saturday, June 11, 2005
When Animal Attack
It's cows in Nigeria and crows in London.
I don't know why, but it really bugs me that we are becoming so "civilized" that we cannot even figure out how to behave around very common animals. I live in the middle of one of the largest cities in the world, and even I have enough common sense to stay away from any animal's young unless I have a previously developed trust relationship with that animal.
Among the mandatory training that people should probably have (overseas travel being #1) should be a few weeks on the farm and a few weeks camping, just to remember the world is bigger than than the few city blocks where they live.
Nigerian police have arrested a cow that killed a bus driver who was urinating on a highway, a police spokesman said Thursday.Urination marks territory, chances are good this guy invaded the cows territory and she defended it. Straghtforward.
Joggers are today being warned about violent crows in London parks after an attack left a man bloodied and needing hospital treatment.At least the article explains it this time.
Justin Keay was swooped on by two crows in what experts have called a severe case of "mobbing" - where two or more birds gang up on an assumed predator to keep them away from their young.
I don't know why, but it really bugs me that we are becoming so "civilized" that we cannot even figure out how to behave around very common animals. I live in the middle of one of the largest cities in the world, and even I have enough common sense to stay away from any animal's young unless I have a previously developed trust relationship with that animal.
Among the mandatory training that people should probably have (overseas travel being #1) should be a few weeks on the farm and a few weeks camping, just to remember the world is bigger than than the few city blocks where they live.
