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Friday, March 12, 2010

Florida provides more proof that nature hates us


What kind of proof, you ask?

Rabid otter mauls Venice walker, 96


The otter is normally thought of as a reasonably adorable creature. Except in Florida, where they attack the elderly. Yes, a 96-year-old man was brutally savaged by a rabid 3-foot-long otter.

Fortunately for the victim, instead of being discovered by your average sun and crack-addled Floridian, a good Samaritan came to his aid. Here's the money quote from the 911 call:

"There's a man on the ground with an otter on him..He's lost a lot of blood. This otter is nonstop...Please hurry."

They finally beat the otter senseless with a shovel. The victim survived; the otter's condition is unknown.

Florida--if it's not the alligators, it's the g*ddam otters...

Friday, January 26, 2007

It wouldn't let go!


The American can-do spirit in action:

Wife uses pen, branch to fight off mountain lion attacking husband


And the woman in the story is 65 years old. Take that, forest predators.