tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post6101766449135004028..comments2024-03-28T13:50:13.707-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: About that hippo . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10477426351275473132015-01-14T09:53:06.401-06:002015-01-14T09:53:06.401-06:00IIRC the photographer Alan Root almost got killed ...IIRC the photographer Alan Root almost got killed by a hippo. The bull's tooth punctured Root's diving mask, missed his eye by a quarter inch or so. I saw that, then read _Death in the Long Grass_ and decided that I like large animals best when we are separated by metal bars or a moat (like the Atlantic).<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71174095119199751752015-01-14T07:45:30.858-06:002015-01-14T07:45:30.858-06:00From what I've read, hippos kill more people t...From what I've read, hippos kill more people than rhinos and elephants. They're dangerous as hell. There was a clip floating around a while back of one chasing an (IIRC) Kenyan park ranger, and that guy was running like he was out to top Usain Bolt.Toastridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-47925708854818321742015-01-14T07:18:06.333-06:002015-01-14T07:18:06.333-06:00Yep, clueless and not even in Seattle... sighYep, clueless and not even in Seattle... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56496938250178102372015-01-13T17:59:08.900-06:002015-01-13T17:59:08.900-06:00Don't Hippos kill more people in africa then c...Don't Hippos kill more people in africa then crocs?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616078884796070608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90833801335899037402015-01-13T17:58:49.052-06:002015-01-13T17:58:49.052-06:00Kayak Guy was just stupid, and the hipsters in the...Kayak Guy was just stupid, and the hipsters in the boat, laughing at their impending doom, would likely not have thought it so funny had that boat suddenly run aground.<br /><br />I would have, though. But I'm like that.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56284005298015640682015-01-13T16:00:13.952-06:002015-01-13T16:00:13.952-06:00Once running away is complete, I'd yell the fo...Once running away is complete, I'd yell the following "I don't want your women! They are FAT COWS!".<br /><br />A remark I once addressed to an enraged bull (while I was several steps up a steel windmill tower).<br /><br />Proper remarks add some dignity to an otherwise awkward situation.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826464928376433382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45588221512301058842015-01-13T14:58:59.896-06:002015-01-13T14:58:59.896-06:00Will,
The more educated they are the more cluele...Will, <br /><br />The more educated they are the more clueless they are. What I've seen those with Ph.Ds and Masters and jobs studying marine mammals do reveals their cluelessness. I once watched the "scientists" chasing down a Orca male, female and calf to biopsy via shooting them with an arrow carrying a little cylinder to extract a chunk. The male disappeared, they finally got the calf then the mother, then the male reappeared. They aren't known as killer whales for their polite disposition. The male surfaced and dove coming up on opposite sides of RHIB for quite some time. I wasn't sure I wasn't going to witness a scene from Moby Dick. In the end, they got their biopsy from him and we moved on. The scientists and boat crew couldn't see him moving underneath them as I could from the ship. But you couldn't tell them anything, they were the "experts".JK Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-4542372755047670822015-01-13T14:31:55.241-06:002015-01-13T14:31:55.241-06:00Wow, talk about a boat full of clueless individual...Wow, talk about a boat full of clueless individuals! Laughing about what they think they know, indicates they really haven't processed the information in a practical sense. I would say that is the case for a good part of first world denizens. Too remote from reality.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.com