Kimstu: “Other animals not know we want protect them”.
ROTFLMAO
good , man.
I believe the alligators and mountain lions were there first. But if you want to duel with them for the territory, go for it – but just to be fair, leave the gun behind, and do your fighting with your God-given fists and feet and teeth. 
Well,
Andros your idea would be ideal but not very realistic. What I am saying is that human life should come first. If an area is known to be a swimming area, and if a gator is spotted it should be removed. Like I said I was in a “well known” skiing area. If there is a swimming off a beach, every reasonable effort should be made to discourage sharks from coming around there including open fishing for sharks a certain distance from shore. As far as moutain lions people should be allowed to carry guns in the woods in case of being attacked by a mountain lion or be able to shoot one that enters on the owners property.
Myr21,
I don’t think man has learned how to control lightning like we have animals so I don’t see how your point is relevant. Second the govt does all kinds of things to insure our safety in vehicles including cops, seatbelts, airbags, traffic light and most of all speed limits. As far as muggings again let people carry guns & you will have less muggers.
Heard a commentary on shark attacks on NPR this morning. They were interviewing the director of the Shark Attack Files, who said that the number of shark attacks this year will probably be below average.
Take it for what it’s worth.
Dr. J
Nonsense- God gave WB a brain, too. If WB wants to do like Kirk and build his own gun, let him.
-Ben
Ok ben who is Kirk? Some guy that probably blew his head off with a homemade or something?
Wow. So human recreation comes before animal habit.
Here’s an idea. Since human population continues to increase, and our desire to goof off in the water and forests along with it, why don’t we kill off all the nasty critters now?
Or, we could just cart them off to the places we will never want to go. Sharks in southern Utah, cougars in Antarctica, that sort of thing. Hell, it worked for the Sioux.
I don’t that we’ve learned to control sharks all that well. So far, it seems to me that your definition of “control” is “shoot the living heck out of.” By that reasoning, we can control all these rascally lightning strikes by blowing away all that atmosphere. It’s about as environmentally sound as your plan, and eliminates a far greater danger :rolleyes:
You’re right. It isn’t. Neither is your’s. It’s just a rant, and an ill-thought-out one at best.
Ahh, but does the government give me the right to blow away any car that puts me at risk (gosh, that car drove towards me, just like that gator swam towards you)? I feel far more threatened by cars than I do the odd mountain lion that will probably never face me.
Therefore, I demand the right to shoot cars that encroach upon my personal space, even if I am walking down the left lane of I-95 (their territory)!!
James Tiberius Kirk, Captain, NCC-1701 “Enterprise.” He built a makeshift cannon/musket out of naturally occurring diamond, saltpeter, and sulphur to defeat his Gorn opponent in the episode “Arena.”
You’re reaching myrr21 really reaching. I am saying people should be allowed to protect themselves within a beach area. I am not saying going out in the middle the ocean start wasting sharks. I am saying do within an exceptable range from the shore. And once sharks see buddies not doing so well close to shore maybe they will stay a little further away from people.
Actually andros I like your idea. Why don’t we put these animals where people aren’t seems like it would be good for both are species. Unless of course you think people should remain a food source for wild predators.
How about this: if an area is a known habitat for alligators, don’t go swimming there! If a beach is known hunting ground for sharks, don’t go swimming there! If an area is known to be inhabited by mountain lions, don’t go wandering around out there!
It’s really not that difficult, Bill. It’s not like they’re coming looking for you; you’re invading their space, why shouldn’t they have every right to defend it?
Why don’t I have every right to blow its stinking head off if it approaches me? Remember I ski in well know skiing areas and I don’t go out in the ocean anymore because of stupid sharks. Man, if what happened to me happened to ya’ll I bet ya’ll would have different attitudes.
Andros,
I cannot believe you got Captain Kirk out of what Ben saying just “Kirk” ya’ll must be some major trekkies. I did love that episode though.
Or maybe they’ll continue to come near to shore when their food sources move that way. Or maybe they won’t learn (sharks not being the brightest tacks in the box), and we’ll have to kill them all–with all the problems that entails.
We’ve already shown that people are not a food source for wild animals; attacks are very rare. Here’s another plan: why don’t we put you where there is essentially no danger of running into these animals? After all, it’s much less difficult to, say, move one guy to the Eastern Shore of Maryland than shoot all the gators, mountain lions, and other varmits hanging around Texas.
. . . well, you got me there. I’m actually speechless.
I’m sorry, but that’s about the weakest argument anyone can come up with for anything. Hell, in this article, one of the surfers bitten over the weekend – in fact, the most seriously injured of the six people attacked-- is quoted as saying, “Whenever I get the chance to go back, I’m out there.”
[Spicoli]Du-uude, it’s just a scratch, man. Surffss up[/Spicoli]
You saw that there were boats pulled over to the side, and yet it didn’t occur to you to pull over as well and see what the hub-bub was about…instead, you tried to show off, wiped out, and got chased out of the water by an alligator. Sorry, Bill, but that wouldn’t happen to me, so I’m sure my attitude would not change.
Pl,
I could be wrong but I am going out on a limb. I think an alligator attacks more vicously than a shark. Because a shark alot of times is just nimbling at ya. A gator on the other hand is going to try to eat you. He also grabs a limb and spins ripping off your arm. I do not want to wake board with one arm or one leg.
I think there is plenty of places for gators in the swamps of Lousianna and Florida without them being in my favorite skiing river. And if I see one there, I WILL kill it dead before it could hurt or kill my family or me.
Hey McFly knock knock knock remember I am “skiing” I don’t have control of the boat.
Fair enough; Wildest Bill can use whatever weapons that he builds by himself. And I don’t mean wimping out by buying parts from the local Wal-Mart and assembling them – if he wants a gun, he’s going to have to mine his own metals, forge his own barrels, the whole nine yards. Using a Visa and a $100 kit is wimping out of the highest order. 
(Me? Hey, when I end up in unfamiliar territory, I automatically assume everything is dangerous and take appropriate precautions. I use my God-given brain to avoid the sharks and gators, thankyouverymuch…)