Stoopid Tourists Doing Stoopid Things in Australia

[Super Nova]

Snakes and spiders worry me not but I would never go camping in the states. I would be totally unimpressed if I came upon a bear or a mountain lion

A friend in CA has come across mountain lions scrounging through garbage bins on several occasions.

A black bear maybe but you wouldn't survive a Grizzly.

I have absolutely no desire to encounter any.

Maybe that's why everyone can have a Gun in the US.

In Australia we only fear the dropbear and kangawallafox and guns are useless against them.

[AiA in Atlanta]

I did read of a man recently attacked by a Grizzly who knew to stick his arm down the bear's throat to activate the gag reflex. The bear left him alone after that. I'd be afraid the bear would simply bite off my arm but it a Grizzly is on top of you, you have nothing to lose I guess.

[Black Orchid]

That was certainly quick thinking

[Black Orchid]

A bow hunter is recovering after he survived a grizzly bear mauling, reportedly by remembering a tip from a magazine and shoving his arm down the animal’s throat.

Chase Dellwo, 26, was hunting with his brother north-west of the town of Choteau on Saturday when he came face-to-face with male grizzly weighing up to 400lb pounds (180kg), the Great Falls

Dellwo was walking up a creek bed, hoping to drive a herd of elk to a ridge where his brother was waiting.

He was only three feet (one metre) from the bear when he noticed it. He said the grizzly had been sleeping and didn’t see him coming, possibly because of the snow, rain and winds reaching 40mph (64km/h).

Dellwo said he only had time to take a few steps back before the bear knocked him off his feet and bit his head.

“He let go but he was still on top of me roaring the loudest roar I have ever heard,” Dellwo said.

The bear then bit Dellwo’s leg and shook him, tossing him in the air. As the bear came at the man again Dellwo recalled a story he read in a magazine.

“I remembered an article that my grandmother gave me a long time ago that said large animals have bad gag reflexes,” he said. “So I shoved my right arm down his throat.”

The advice worked and the bear left.

Dellwo rejoined his brother, who drove him to a hospital. Dellwo received stitches and staples in his head, some on his face, a swollen eye and deep puncture wounds on his leg.

“I want everyone to know that it wasn’t the bear’s fault. He was as scared as I was,” Dellwo said.

In a way I think it is a pity that the bear didn't permanently damage this guy's bow hand.

Cowboys running around with high powered bows cause a lot of damage and suffering. It should be outlawed.

[Super Nova]

In a way I think it is a pity that the bear didn't permanently damage this guy's bow hand.

Cowboys running around with high powered bows cause a lot of damage and suffering. It should be outlawed.

I have more respect for them than men running around with high powered repeat riffles with telescopic sights. The animal has no chance.

At least with a bow there is some sport in it. You have to get close, giving a chance for the animal to sense trouble and flee, so there is skill. They need skill to deliver the killing blow. While I am now against hunting unless it is to kill vermin, population control, protect crops or for food, I just don't think it is sport. Bow hunting is closer to a sport than most ways men get their jollies killing animals.

Maybe they should play this for sport instead.

[boxy]

Didn't take long for a home grown example to pop up.

Teenage girl falls 10 metres from rocks at Vaucluse in Sydney's east

A teenage girl has been lucky to escape with only leg injuries after falling almost 10 metres into a rock crevice at Vaucluse in Sydney's east.

The 15-year-old was trapped for more than an hour, as rescue crews mounted a tricky operation to free her.

She was at the place known as Jump Rock at Nielsen Park with friends, when she slipped and landed on the rocks below.

The area is known to be popular with teenagers who jump into the water.

New South Wales Ambulance Service inspector Rob Murray said it was not possible to use a rescue helicopter to airlift the teenager.

"We transferred her out [on a floating device]. We had the assistance of surf rescue in wetsuits," he said.

"We have loaded her into the back of a surf rescue vessel."

Inspector Murray said the teenager remained conscious and stable throughout the rescue.

"She was very lucky," he said.

"She has fallen a very long way onto very hard rocks, very close to the water's edge when the tide was coming up."