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Old 06-21-2012, 10:56 PM
 
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I'm not sure that i'd be willing to test that out with bengal tiger trailing me .
Dont. Even if it were true, which it is not, a tiger would quickly spot the deception and ignore it. Which leads to the next point; a tiger will attack from any direction, rear, front or side.
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Old 06-23-2012, 01:04 PM
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Speaking of tigers, did anyone see this? Wow!


Tiger attacks mahout on elephant! - YouTube
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Old 06-23-2012, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Orange County, N.C.
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The link appears to be broken, but any respectable list would list rats, mosquitos, and hippos.
Unfortunately, Hippos are the largest mammalian killers of man (in both senses of the term) in the animal kingdom,
Hippos attack man/and-or canoes because they have bad eyesight. Adult Hippos have no natural enemies, the young Hippos are preyed upon by Crocodile, a person swimming, or a dugout canoe have the same silhouette as does a crocodile, well....at least....it does if you are as blind as the Hippo is. Hippos attack man and canoes because they are protecting their young. A Hippo is half the size of an Elephant, those large teeth are quite capable of crushing the back of crocodiles, they eat lily pads, those big teeth are not much good for eating, Hippo fangs are a defensive weapon. Things I learned during that year I spent in W. Africa.

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Old 07-19-2012, 03:05 PM
 
Location: West Egg
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Wow. Didn't know that. Like they say "you learn something new every day."
They'd probably be right at home in Antarctica.

But it would be one impressive pioneering polar bear or two to make that first journey across about 10,000 miles or so of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical territory to establish a new southern population!
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Old 07-19-2012, 04:32 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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They'd probably be right at home in Antarctica.

But it would be one impressive pioneering polar bear or two to make that first journey across about 10,000 miles or so of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical territory to establish a new southern population!
Just like when people think Penguins are in the arctic LOL
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Old 07-19-2012, 05:13 PM
 
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The point being made is that while only a very small number of humans have been killed by polar bears, it is because human/polar bear contact and interaction is very limited because of where they live and because of the tiny human population and travel in their territory. Many of these bears have never seen a human, and when they do, have no instinctive fear of them and may regard them as prey.
Some might say, nonsense.

Polar bear attacks on humans are rare. In almost all cases, the polar bear in question was undernourished, frightened, or provoked. Scientists expect human polar bear-encounters to increase as the sea ice continues to melt and hungry bears are driven ashore. Over the past few years, more polar bears have been turning up in northern coastal communities and sometimes found wandering hundreds of kilometers inland.

Churchill, Manitoba is the Polar Bear Capital of the World. Since 1717, only two townspeople have ever been killed by polar bears.
Attacks and Encounters - Polar Bears International

"People talk about polar bears stalking and hunting humans," polar bear expert Tom Smith of Brigham Young University told me once, as we looked out at a bear sleeping on the tundra. "If that's the case, they're doing a pretty poor job of it." In the 125 years prior to our 2008 conversation, he noted, polar bears had killed just eight people in Canada and two in Alaska.
Polar Bear Attacks Surprisingly Rare : Discovery News
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Orange County, N.C.
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Anything that Steve Irwin (RIP) dealt with:
salt water crocs, komodo dragons, black mambas, great white sharks.

From watching other documentaries, I would put hippos toward the top of the list. The boat that was filming had to speed off and was being chased by one.

Elephants are odd. While I've heard they might interact well with man and be used to do work, I've also heard they go bonkers and go on stampedes.
Only the Asian Elephants (small ears----relatively speaking) can be domesticated, African Elephants are non-domesticable and do not hold humans in high regard.
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:24 PM
 
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Churchill, Manitoba is one place

Nome, Alaska is another, in the airport at Anchorage, Alaska is a stuffed Polar Bear, this bear is absolutely HUGE!!!! It was shot by a dentist on a hunting trip to Alaska and had to shoot the beast in self defense. They are the only member of "Ursus" that will actively seek man out as a food source.
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Old 07-24-2012, 11:02 PM
 
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Well as Mathguy mentioned above Russell's Vipers are pure bad news. I believe they kill more people then any other snake.
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Old 07-25-2012, 12:22 AM
 
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I can vouch for the site but:


The approximate number of deaths by snakebite, and the species most likely to have been responsible, according to major regions of the world are as follows:

North America (10 - 12): western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) and eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake (C. adamanteus).

Europe (10 - 15): sand viper (Vipera ammodytes).

Australia (2 - 4): tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) and eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis).

Africa (1,000): puff adder (Bitis arientans), saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) and Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).

South America (2,000): pit viper (Bothrops atrox), other Bothrops species, the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus and coral snakes of the genus Micrurus.

India (10 - 12,000): Indian cobra (Naja naja), Russel's viper (Vipera russelli) and the saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus).

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