Re: NANFA-L-- FRENCH Creek, not BeaverPA in July?

marxxx (marxxx-in-earthlink.net)
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:46:09 -0500

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Very few are "unprovoked". Most snakebites are caused by harrassment or =
accidentally stepping on the animal. Many animals are threatened by =
being to close to them or are territitorial, and defend their area.=20

Many of these encounters can be avoided by looking-in-the situation =
before you enter it. Seeing an animal and walking around it, not =
directly-in-it. Watching where you walk to avoid stepping on something =
(snapping turtle in the water ring a bell). Looking-in-bushes and trees =
and noticing that there are bees present, or spotting a goose nest =
before you are on top of it. All of these things help to avoid those =
uncomfortable meetings in the wild, and let us observer their natural =
behavior, not their defense mechanism.

Good point of view, I often wonder how many so called unprovoked attacks =
by wildlife really are unprovoked.

Moon
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Very few are "unprovoked". Most = snakebites are=20 caused by harrassment or accidentally stepping on the animal. Many = animals are=20 threatened by being to close to them or are territitorial, and defend = their=20 area.
 
Many of these encounters can be avoided = by looking=20 at the situation before you enter it. Seeing an animal and walking = around it,=20 not directly-in-it. Watching where you walk to avoid stepping on = something=20 (snapping turtle in the water ring a bell). Looking-in-bushes and trees = and=20 noticing that there are bees present, or spotting a goose nest before = you are on=20 top of it.  All of these things help to avoid those uncomfortable = meetings=20 in the wild, and let us observer their natural behavior, not their = defense=20 mechanism.
 
 
 
 
 

Good point of view, I often wonder how many so called = unprovoked=20 attacks by wildlife really are unprovoked.

Moon=20
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