Ex-Marine kills bear with log, gets ticketed (MSNBC)

[Benny]

Yeah, I think she should have done it ...

Oh, sorry. I'll edit that.

 

[armyvern]

Yeah, I think she should have done it ...

Why yrys???

Was your ESP not working for you girl?? Seeing as how you aren't the one who brought up his rank in the first place ...

a MOD questioned him on it, just to sort that little tidbit out.  

 

[Benny]

Why yrys???

I typed the wrong name there, and have modified it as stated.

 

[Trooper Hale]

Well TSM looks like you've got yourself in a pickle. Haha. The rank of TSM is a bit of a joke here, but its also a little serious. Whenever you need someone to complain about how things were better in there day, TSM is the man to see. Seriously though, he's the senior dig, and he knows a lot. While its not official i think most boys would recognise it.
Now, who needs their knickers untied? Ben? ;D

Thats strange that laws change depending on the park. We have National parks so its all pretty much standard.

 

[Benny]

Given your experience with bears Hale, wouldn't the odd tasty tourist have served to help your escape?  ;D

Also note that the TSM is only required to pretend to care about complaints, and only when he isn't busy making them himself.

 

[I_am_John_Galt]

Failing to stop your stuff getting stolen by animals is a crime in the US?

Wow.

The bears here (N.A.) aren't exactly the cuddly Koala vareity ... not securing food poses a very serious danger to the general public.

 

[Trooper Hale]

Koala's arent exactly the cuddly type either. Though they wont go you like a grizzly or brown bear, it takes more then suction caps to climb those trees and i'd be very surprised if you were still smiling after one of them dug its claws into you. The little bastards are vicious beasts. And dont even get me started on drop bears and koala fires....

 

[armyvern]

But Koalas are just so darn cute and irresistible. 

 

[Benny]

Koala's arent exactly the cuddly type either. Though they wont go you like a grizzly or brown bear, it takes more then suction caps to climb those trees and i'd be very surprised if you were still smiling after one of them dug its claws into you. The little bastards are vicious beasts. And dont even get me started on drop bears and koala fires....

No kidding. I'm not sure many tourists actually realise the damage they can do. Every time I've seen tourists allowed to handle one, the keepers have put 'gloves' over the koalas paws to stop the otherwise inevitable claw insertion.

Frigging drop bears on the other hand are an absolute menace. A little hard to put gloves on something that only comes out of the trees to kill things and eat them.

 

[Trooper Hale]

And koala fires! Those things are just plain scary. We all know how Koala's eat nothing but eucalyptus leaves, well the oil from the eucalyptus leaves builds up around their faces and upper bodies. And the little koala arms just arent long enough to clean it off. So more and more of the oil builds up. Then, during the summer, you can have a group of Koala's, known as a flare, crossing the ground for greener trees. One of their claws strikes a little bit of flint or rock or something, up goes a spark and WHOOSH! You've got yourself a bush fire as the burning koalas panic and spread the flames through the bush. Often thats how our big summer bush fires start.
Its quite tragic, especially with the species in such small numbers at the moment.

 

[241]

And koala fires! Those things are just plain scary. We all know how Koala's eat nothing but eucalyptus leaves, well the oil from the eucalyptus leaves builds up around their faces and upper bodies. And the little koala arms just arent long enough to clean it off. So more and more of the oil builds up. Then, during the summer, you can have a group of Koala's, known as a flare, crossing the ground for greener trees. One of their claws strikes a little bit of flint or rock or something, up goes a spark and WHOOSH! You've got yourself a bush fire as the burning koalas panic and spread the flames through the bush. Often thats how our big summer bush fires start.
Its quite tragic, especially with the species in such small numbers at the moment.

So is that true, the flaming Koalas, or is that some kind of Australian running joke?

 

[the 48th regulator]

It happened after a Canadian introduced snow snakes to Australia.

Did't you watch that episode of the Simpson's?

dileas

tess

 

[Benny]

So is that true, the flaming Koalas, or is that some kind of Australian running joke?

I haven't heard of it, but it wouldn't surprise me. Eucalyptus is all they eat, and it ferments. They sleep roughly 20 hours a day because of it.
So you've effectively got an animal full of alcohol and oil. It's a good thing they are generally slow moving unless on open ground (which they avoid).

They are reasonably rare though. I llived in the bush for 10 years and only ever saw one of them.

 

[Benny]

It happened after a Canadian introduced snow snakes to Australia.

Did't you watch that episode of the Simpson's?

dileas

tess

That was cane toads, which did actually happen. Brought in from hawaii by someone who reeeeaaally didn't do his homework.

 

[Trooper Hale]

If it were a running joke, then that would mean that every single Australian would have to be assembled and told it. And we simply cant afford to pay for that as a nation. Its shocking, shocking but true. Ask Wes or Benny, they'll tell you.

 

[the 48th regulator]

Yes, but the snow snake was the one that actually made the Koalas run, not their search for Eucalyptus.

Honest, a friend told me

dileas

tess

 

[Benny]

Koalas don't live in alpine areas, as the type of eucalypt they eat doesn't grow there. So no 'snow' animal is going to scare them.
I don't know the exact type, but its the most common crappy oil laden fire hazard type that they eat. Not the redgums or snowgums.

 

[Michael OLeary]

Drop Bear

Those flaming koalas

Koala fire attack system

Eucalyptus Oil MSDS

 

[Trooper Hale]

No! That cant be right, Drop bears are as real as...Celine Dion's credibility!
I hate it when people actually do research on something :-[

 

[Benny]

Drop Bears are NOT EXTINCT!

I love the reference to koala's food being 'diesel fuel' though.