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Most humans are incapable of accurately assessing risk. Those same folks probably drive around in cars, and even talk on cell phones while they're doing it. That's far more dangerous than any wild animal, but so far they haven't declared an open season on the nut behind the wheel.writelots wrote:This is so true... This came up not long ago when the mountain lions were coming down into Sabino Canyon. People wanted them killed - even though no one had been attacked. Just seeing them there made them worry for their lives and the lives of their children.
I think it's all about the unknown. We all are so familiar with the danger of automobiles, crosswalks and caffeine that we become numb to it. But a cougar? Now there's something you'll never know about until it's hit you, and you have zero control over. Well, except for just not going where there could be cougars...but who wants those kinds of restrictions placed on their freedom?big_load wrote:Most humans are incapable of accurately assessing risk.
cathymocha wrote:LOL...you are so funny...I think we can tell you have finished your exams and papers.azbackpackr wrote:It really seems also that a human never need starve in these urban-wildland interface neighborhoods... Pigeon pie, BBQ javelina, roast quail, etc. You could probably eat a coyote, for that matter. I mean, in parts of SE Asia, China, the Rosebud IR and other exotic locales they do find dog to be quite tasty. I myself have eaten mountain lion. Then there are your snakes...breaded and fried. You could just move into one of those foreclosed houses and put out dogfood and water, (which you could steal from the neighbors, since they keep putting it out) and voila, dinner would show up nightly! All you need is a bow and arrows, some snares, and other stealthy hunting tools.
YUP and a summer of loafing and hiking awaits...I have already started doing both, in fact.