Yoiks! interesting thread . . . funny how our (ok my) assessments of what is scary are trivial to the natives. As a funny example from this corner of the globe, allow me to interate my horror in watching a man once stride boldly right up to a fairly large (200 kg) elk (or wapiti, a large N American deer) with a full rack and in rut, maybe 20 'points', and start taking pictures as it thrashed the bush not five feet in front of him - this fellow was completely oblivious and only looked up from the camera when a group of horrified onlookers started yelling at him - he moved pretty fast then, I'll tell ya. The elk was satisfied with his accomplishment and continued thrashing the shrub, lucky for him.
Don't even ask about the picture of my grandad sitting on a highway divider next to a black bear, sharing his sandwich - my dad has the picture to prove it somewhere even . . . think I'll stick to Corvettes when it comes to stingrays, though
PS - SAllen - that guys' pretty buff, sure you won't take credit? You could say you hadn't had lunch yet . . .
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