Ghetofarmulous wrote: » I once told an Ex that a group of badgers will climb a tree and wait for a dear to walk under then they all drop at once and tear the dear apart. I got a lot of Mileage out of that one.
Wibbs wrote: » I've a few living down the end of my garden. A few years back one in particular used to show up every evening in the summer months around 8 and look in the porch window at whatever was going on. They seemed very curious. Would stick around for about thirty minutes having an oul gander. All that was missing was a bag of popcorn. They're also into digging holes in lawns and flower beds and making a racket of grunts and growls in the middle of the night. Even more years back an elderly neighbour of mine and very sound bloke used to sit out of a summer's evening and feed them. They'd walk single file right up to within a metre of him and eat. Very cool to watch. They seemed to recognise him specifically and wouldn't show if there was anyone else with him. Very cool. I've encountered one or two down the years in daytime. Once quite close up. We both got a shock at seeing each other and both of us froze. The badger made the first move and slowly backed away, with the odd backward glance, back to his gaff. "Here Anne, I just bumped into one of those monkey things. Jaysus they're only feckin huge up close. Smell bad too".
ArchXStanton wrote: » That last part made me laugh, reminded me of a few years ago sitting on a riverbank fishing and along comes a mink, didn't notice me, then we locked eyes and it was bit like the standoff scene in the good, the bad and the ugly, it went for ages
Bob Harris wrote: » I saw this with my dog and a semi wild cat. There was a small patch of grass surrounded by a wall on 3 sides, open on the other. The dog was sniffing in by the wall and I could hear kittens crying somewhere on the other side. The mother cat came back and they see each other and both freeze and the dog know's shes cornered in a tight spot. After a bit they both begin to move, the dog ever so slowly to her right and the mother cat to her right, both going anti-clockwise until the dog is on the outside and the cat on the inside and then hops the wall to her young. The dog trots off all casual but you could see she was shítting herself seconds before.
ArchXStanton wrote: » Probably sensed the motherly protective instinct from her, there was a wildcat with kittens under a sheet of galvanise just up the road from me with a hole as an entrance, my mutt made the foolish mistake of sticking his nose in it one evening, he did a wide circle around it in future whilst giving it dirty looks
Bob Harris wrote: » An angry cat is a scary thing. As for badgers I've only ever seen them dead on the road and a lot in the UK when I'm there where I see an inordinately high amount of roadkill in general compared to Ireland.
mgn wrote: » The may not break your leg, but the will do a lot of damage before the let it go.
RobertKK wrote: » The department of agriculture cull them near where I live as they were spreading TB. But the department of agriculture started culling after many cases of TB in the area and badgers were dying in fields and on the road. It did seem to solve the TB problem in the area.
Bio Mech wrote: » How many badger maulings were there in Ireland last year? I am guessing zero.
mgn wrote: » So your guessing, in other words you haven't a clue.
Effects wrote: » Zero reports of any badgers attacking humans in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
mgn wrote: » Badgers don't attack humans, unless their cornered and no way out, and when the do it's not pleasant.
Effects wrote: » Except there are no records of any badgers attacking humans for the past number of years. It's pretty hard to corner a badger by accident anyway. It's stupid when people talk about how dangerous badgers are when they don't actually attack people. You are far more likely to be attacked and killed by a cow.
mgn wrote: » Since when did we start keep records of every accident in this country?
Effects wrote: » At least 20 years ago or so.
mgn wrote: » And i suppose you have access to all that information too.
Effects wrote: » No. Not all of it.
gozunda wrote: » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZkuMfQdHU
mgn wrote: » Since when did we start keep records of every accident in this country?,how many people got legs broken from kicks from cows last year, where are you getting your statistics from. As for cornering a badger its very easy for them to get caught in an old shed or house.
mgn wrote: » So going back to my original point, you haven't got a clue.
