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Post by Scoutcraft Piratess on Aug 13, 2007 7:48:30 GMT -5
So I was listening to the radio... and apparently over in Conneticutt some lady was out with some kids in the wood when a rabid racoon bit one of the kids and would not let go. So the lady strangled it to death.
I just thought that was pretty freakin' cool.
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Post by mike on Aug 13, 2007 7:50:29 GMT -5
I on the other hand find it sick and wrong... I mean rabid raccoons are something you don't usually encounter everyday...
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Post by Scoutcraft Piratess on Aug 13, 2007 7:55:33 GMT -5
Think about it, though. Usually you have to assume without proof that the animal is rabid and get shots you possibly don't need. Here they had the animal as proof. Rabies shots SUCK.
And she had to defend the kid!
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Post by nabusan on Aug 13, 2007 7:56:20 GMT -5
Wow, hope the kid didn't get rabies  |
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Post by mike on Aug 13, 2007 8:04:37 GMT -5
Think about it, though. Usually you have to assume without proof that the animal is rabid and get shots you possibly don't need. Here they had the animal as proof. Rabies shots SUCK. And she had to defend the kid! No I mean that the idea or even existence of a rabid raccoon is far beyond sick and wrong... but hey that's life.... |
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Post by nabusan on Aug 13, 2007 8:15:49 GMT -5
Lol, I hope no one ever mistakes a rabid racoon as the friendly kind from Over the Hedge ^^
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Aug 13, 2007 8:34:09 GMT -5
Racoons are one of the animals that have rabies all the time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#Rabies_in_the_United_States"Rabies was once rare in the United States outside the Southern states, but raccoons in the mid-Atlantic and northeast United States have been suffering from a rabies epidemic since the 1970s, which is now moving westwards into Ohio." Poor Racoons. Bats, racoons, squirrels... basically any wild animals can have it. That's why they give dogs rabies shot. |
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Post by mike on Aug 13, 2007 8:37:08 GMT -5
OMG that's horrible.... poor poor animals they don't deserve that.
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 13, 2007 8:44:54 GMT -5
This is why when a possum got into my attic, my first thought was to reach for my .22.
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Post by mike on Aug 13, 2007 8:47:44 GMT -5
OMG... I'm just going to say poor possum...
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Post by nabusan on Aug 13, 2007 10:19:17 GMT -5
lol. that randomly reminded of a creature from Avatar. Possum Chicken ^^ *is a dork*
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 13, 2007 10:41:42 GMT -5
Possums are just giant ugly rats with fangs and bad attitudes.
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Post by Lord FunkyHoof on Aug 13, 2007 11:42:14 GMT -5
If I had a kid and some rabid racoon was latched onto them, I probably would've done the same thing!
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Post by Guru Mandi (will return) on Aug 13, 2007 11:56:20 GMT -5
Lol, I hope no one ever mistakes a rabid racoon as the friendly kind from Over the Hedge ^^ Well, I wouldn't be surprised. You know us Americans...  |
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Aug 13, 2007 12:36:13 GMT -5
I only saw one possum in my entire life. And my first reaction?
Run and scream with my younger cousin following me into our house to where my aunt (and his mum) was.
I recall that very vividly and can see my aunt with a big stomach (she was pregnant), so I can assume this was late '96 or early '97.
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Post by idontfinishthings on Aug 13, 2007 14:29:33 GMT -5
One time, I was sitting on a brick lamp post (which was lit) at the end of our driveway, at night. All of a sudden I feel the air of something rushing under my legs and when I looked up, I saw that it was a decent sized possum, and then he scurried off behind the garage.
I was like: "Holy crap!"
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Aug 13, 2007 14:32:35 GMT -5
It was near your legs? Ugh!
We have decent sized frogs around our house. I'm not a fan, and I got all freaked out when my grandma showed me one that residing in one of the potted plants out front on Saturday morn (it's gone now).
I think I saw a tiny one too. But, frogs aren't able to get rabies, so off topic.
Speaking of rabies, I need to see Old Yeller. I've never seen it but I bet I'll cry.
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Post by kp/hp-lover on Aug 13, 2007 14:45:15 GMT -5
that is so stupid theres diffrent ways to control a animal  srry but i love animals theres people killing people but all they get most of the time is jail |
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Aug 13, 2007 14:46:57 GMT -5
It was a rabid racoon.
I don't like people harming animals each other but... the person did what needed to be done.
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Post by The Yetimonster on Aug 13, 2007 15:14:51 GMT -5
I'd rather see a black bear or a cougar in the daylight than a darned raccoon or possum.
I don't even hesitate when I see a possum or coon in the yard in daylight. The coat, boots, gloves, and baseball bat come out and when I'm done I call animal control.
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