Perhaps nowhere else is the term “safety in numbers” more apt than in the wild. Very few animals, from the cunning coyote to the massive mound of muscle that is a grizzly bear, will attack groups of humans without provocation. However, a pipeline crew operating 55 miles south of Grande Prairie, Alberta found out that there are exceptions to that “rule.” According to the Edmonton Journal, a mountain lion stalked and ambushed a crew of pipeline workers in a forested area on Friday, inflicting serious but non-life threatening injuries upon two men.
Stephen Campbell, 31, one of the victims, told Global News that it was the most terrifying experience of his life.
“I felt a weight on my back and I thought, initially, one of the boys was coming around to horse around,” Campbell said. “Then I felt the cougar bite into my skull and sink its claws into the sides of my face.”
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Because in Canada you are not allowed to defend yourself with a gun.
ReplyDeleteThey were very, very lucky.
DeleteThe mountain lion is probably desperate for food, because of "global warming" the moose population has been decimated.
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During a $750,000 research effort to blame "global warming"...
"In response to the dramatic decline of moose in northeastern Minnesota, over 100 moose were equipped with radio-collars that could alert biologists to the moose's impending death, allowing biologists to account for the deaths of 35 calves and 19 adults. [...] 13 calves (37%) calves died due to mother abandonment. Eleven were caused when the mothers abandoned the calve during the act of attaching the collars, 2 were abandoned later."
Of course, silly me, why didn't I think of that.........? :)
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