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Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
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Michael Jackson and Donald Trump had a friendship that went back decades. It was in 1994 though that Michael Jackson lived in the Trump Tower for ten months and in that time when he hanged out with the Trump Family in their residence, it was with Eric, Ivanka and Don Jr. Apparently Don Jr's favorite game to play with the pop star was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES.

 

gral

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South Slavs are the Mexicans of... uhhh Slavia...?
To be fair to them, sombreros are awesome. I pestered my father to bring one to me for the entire decade the Rio-Mexico City route was one of the ones he flew(he flew for VARIG, and the last aircraft he flew for them was the 767, 1991-2002), and he never did it.

It is a lingering trauma of my teenage years.
 

bintananth

behind a desk
Slavs are awesome and Westerns used to be made there.
They also produced a car which was exported to the US: the Zastava Koral (i.e.: The Yugo).

That's considered to be the worst car to ever grace US roadways.

The Yugo had a feature which allowed it to be sold in the US that a lot of European cars of the day did not: it actually met US safety and emissions standards.
 

bintananth

behind a desk

With poisonous teeth I bite at thee and get bitten in turn.
That snake learned the hard way that messing with a human is a very bad idea.

When it comes to wildlife "No natural predators" pretty much means the wildlife in question only has to worry about what we might do and we're generally given a wide berth.
 

Hlaalu Agent

Nerevar going to let you down
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That snake learned the hard way that messing with a human is a very bad idea.

When it comes to wildlife "No natural predators" pretty much means the wildlife in question only has to worry about what we might do and we're generally given a wide berth.

Unless we happen to like them, and then they have nothing to worry about. Especially if they are animals that for some reason like us back. Just like at Quokkas.
 

Hlaalu Agent

Nerevar going to let you down
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I was thinking more along the lines of Lions, Tigers, and Bears. Aside from Polar Bears they are generally scared of us and leave us alone.

I know, I was saying the only way to truly be safe from us is to be adorable and to be harmless and to be of zero use. Remember the Dodo, they had no natural predators...
 

bintananth

behind a desk
I know, I was saying the only way to truly be safe from us is to be adorable and to be harmless and to be of zero use. Remember the Dodo, they had no natural predators...
You're forgetting about things like hippos. They're big, they're mean, they're tough, they're onery, and they don't give a fuck. The proper response to a hippo that's upset with you is to be "somewhere else, ASAP."
 

Husky_Khan

The Dog Whistler... I mean Whisperer.
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I found this out from some Indie YouTuber called "Reuters" who sometimes releases animal videos.

It's about how some dudes keep Hyenas as pets in Northern Nigeria where oftentimes animals like Hyenas are often viewed with suspicion, fear or as pests. But now the popularity of Hyenas as pets is also causing environmental and conservation issues.

 

Bear Ribs

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I found this out from some Indie YouTuber called "Reuters" who sometimes releases animal videos.

It's about how some dudes keep Hyenas as pets in Northern Nigeria where oftentimes animals like Hyenas are often viewed with suspicion, fear or as pests. But now the popularity of Hyenas as pets is also causing environmental and conservation issues.


Hmmmmmm, well Imma gonna say my gut reaction is that curing wounds and making teenagers behave via hyena sh#@ is nonsense. However, if hyenas can be made as pets and made to profit people, their long-term survival is ensured because as long as some huckster can make a buck off them he'll also make an effort to breed them and produce more of the species to produce more profit. I give this a tentative libertarian thumbs up.
 

PsihoKekec

Swashbuckling Accountant
Interesting, I recall reading years ago how in that region various crime enforcers and debt collectors used hyenas as sort of attack dogs.
Kind of like how every wannabe gangsta in the USA has a pitbull. Which then ends up in the dog shelter and gets adopted by a childless middle age woman, which claims it is harmless and is totally surprised when it rips up the face of the first child it encounters.
 

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