19 May 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHthis will seem tame next to the flesh eating giraffe...
Okay, respond if you can offer something helpful. Otherwise, just read and weep.
Second oldest girl, eight years old, needs my permission to go to the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo. I try to give my kids everything they want, whenever possible. I like them happy and having a sense that the world revolves around them--- to a degree--- because my world--- a ...[text shortened]... to peer pressure and hope no polar bear crashes the gate and turns her into his human Popsicle?
and,
i thoroughly understand the field trip iz already been and gone...
but,
next time...
send her packing heat...
a beretta 9mm doesn't weigh all that much and iz easy to learn to use...
every child ought to have one...
i offer my services az an instructor when the time comes...
rookie
19 May 10
Originally posted by rookie54As darvlay's, refreshingly honest and worthwhile. Thank you for the gift.
this will seem tame next to the flesh eating giraffe...
and,
i thoroughly understand the field trip iz already been and gone...
but,
next time...
send her packing heat...
a beretta 9mm doesn't weigh all that much and iz easy to learn to use...
every child ought to have one...
i offer my services az an instructor when the time comes...
rookie
19 May 10
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThe sheer absurdity of the story aside (to get a giraffe to bite you, you pretty much have to stick your hand in its mouth), the fact that such an obviously dramatic and brutal incident (with cops cordoning off the area!) didn't show up at all in the news, let alone in connection with Houston Zoo, convinces me you made it up.
Strongly worded accusation, Bosse, though not the first such reaction on these public forums
and probably not the last. "If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth." -L.P. Smith
19 May 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotI found a story from 2002 about a 'rogue giraffe' in Kenya who was the prime suspect in a murder case.
Google News is only good for a few months or so. or a year or whatever.
WWW birth day is 1992 or so.
A story like Grampy's would be archived by giraffe haters the world over. Yet many zoos have giraffe feeding programmes precisely because giraffes are famously gentle.
No, giraffes have killed people in the past, but always in the same way: kicking them repeatedly until dead.
Maybe the girl had covered her ear in irresistibly delicious acacia leaves. Maybe Grampy has walked on the moon, too.
For all you dog lovers out there: stay the F away from giraffes:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1277773/Giraffe-kicks-woman-death-trying-protect-calf-dog.html
19 May 10
Originally posted by Bosse de NageOr maybe the girl had lost her ear earlier or had been born without it, but people who didn't know this saw the giraffe getting close to the girl, and then they saw that the ear was missing and blamed the giraffe.
Maybe the girl had covered her ear in irresistibly delicious acacia leaves.
Or maybe Grampy mixed things up, and it was actually the girl who bit off the giraffe's ear.
19 May 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotFront teeth at the bottom only, like sheep. So they can't bite, the way a horse can bite.
well, they DO have front teeth. so maybe your other assumption is wrong, as well.
Then there's the three fences or walls the giraffe 'snaked' over. Guess what? A giraffe's neck is not that long.
19 May 10
Originally posted by Bosse de NageIt may have been a long-necked Kungusian giraffe (also called snakiraffe). They became extinct a few hundred years ago, but this probably happened when Grampy was young. Snakiraffes were famous for biting off noses, but there may have been instances of ear-biting, too.
Front teeth at the bottom only, like sheep. So they can't bite, the way a horse can bite.
Then there's the three fences or walls the giraffe 'snaked' over. Guess what? A giraffe's neck is not that long.
19 May 10
"no front teeth" is not the same as "no upper front teeth".
i've been face to face with a giraffe. i was on a platform at a small private ranch-style zoo 🙂
look at the size of the teeth in the photos! i don't think those giraffes would have much difficulty taking an ear off, even if the top half is gum only.