When animals attack...I once, accidentally, punched a racoon.
It had wandered into my tent, I was half asleep and thought it was a mate pratting around. There was a yelp and then all hell broke loose.
What have you been attacked by?
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chthonic, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 9:39)
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Japanese DeerLast year I went to Japan and got to see the giant Buddha in Nara. The area where the Buddha is located is also home to a large number of very cute, almost-tame deer (woo-yay, more large-ish mammals with hooves and horns!) that you can feed specially-made crackers. The only problem is when the deer discover that you don't have any more crackers and they get a bit ticked-off and start "nibbling" at you!
One of the parents on the trip learned this the hard way and nearly got nibbled to death by a herd of deer. A deer bite on his leg (he thought it was caused by the deer) got weirdly discolored but thankfully that's all that happened.
Also, on a beautiful island off the coast of Hiroshima (also deer-infested; if you ever see a picture of a huge red Torii gate sitting in the sea, it's that island) we discovered a deer inside a restroom, his antlers tangled up in toilet paper! Fortunately the only thing he attacked was the toilet paper dispensers.
(, Sun 5 Jun 2005, 13:01, Reply)
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