Ron Magill
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A leopard. That's a leopard.
I don't think it was to eat. No, I don't. I think that was pure aggression that was experienced by that leopard, by humans either stoning it or something like that in the past. Listen, Dan, in India especially, there's so much growth, there's so much population growth. People are just you know, moving into the habitats of these animals. And these animals are kind of starting to fight back.
I don't think it was to eat. No, I don't. I think that was pure aggression that was experienced by that leopard, by humans either stoning it or something like that in the past. Listen, Dan, in India especially, there's so much growth, there's so much population growth. People are just you know, moving into the habitats of these animals. And these animals are kind of starting to fight back.
So that is an unusual experience there. But I have seen the thread on social media channels, you know, showing several leopards coming at people, usually in these urban areas. And that's just because, you know, they're being pushed to the limit. So that was an attack.
So that is an unusual experience there. But I have seen the thread on social media channels, you know, showing several leopards coming at people, usually in these urban areas. And that's just because, you know, they're being pushed to the limit. So that was an attack.
If he wanted to consume that guy, it would have grabbed him and bitten his neck and killed him right there and held on to him like it does with its normal prey. But that was just coming out and bite, scratch and get the hell out of Dodge.
If he wanted to consume that guy, it would have grabbed him and bitten his neck and killed him right there and held on to him like it does with its normal prey. But that was just coming out and bite, scratch and get the hell out of Dodge.
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Yeah, that was an aggressive attack, pure aggression. And my suspicion is that that leopard has had a negative experience with humans prior to that. There's a whole thread of those leopard attacks. You'll see one actually trying to jump through the windshield of a truck trying to get after a guy.
Yeah, that was an aggressive attack, pure aggression. And my suspicion is that that leopard has had a negative experience with humans prior to that. There's a whole thread of those leopard attacks. You'll see one actually trying to jump through the windshield of a truck trying to get after a guy.
These are animals that have been in one way or another negatively impacted by humans, whether it's people throwing sticks at them, stones at them, shooting at them, whatever it is. Listen, animals remember things. Don't think that they don't remember things and don't think that animals will not fight back. They will.
These are animals that have been in one way or another negatively impacted by humans, whether it's people throwing sticks at them, stones at them, shooting at them, whatever it is. Listen, animals remember things. Don't think that they don't remember things and don't think that animals will not fight back. They will.
Well, you know, like you said, dolphins, all the cetaceans, all the whales, all of the cetaceans, I think, their language is so... so diverse and so meticulous. I mean, I think cetaceans probably have that, of course, elephants. And we have seen in some chimpanzee cultures certain different languages. And I don't want to say languages, I should say dialects.
Well, you know, like you said, dolphins, all the cetaceans, all the whales, all of the cetaceans, I think, their language is so... so diverse and so meticulous. I mean, I think cetaceans probably have that, of course, elephants. And we have seen in some chimpanzee cultures certain different languages. And I don't want to say languages, I should say dialects.
Dialects, because they're kind of offshoots of the same language. But just like we have dialects of different people, you know, you hear someone speak English sounds different than, you know, London or sounds different in Sweden than speaking English in the United States. The accents or the dialects can be different within the species.
Dialects, because they're kind of offshoots of the same language. But just like we have dialects of different people, you know, you hear someone speak English sounds different than, you know, London or sounds different in Sweden than speaking English in the United States. The accents or the dialects can be different within the species.
And I think chimpanzees, a lot of those primates have those same types of varieties.
And I think chimpanzees, a lot of those primates have those same types of varieties.
70-year-old flamingo to lay an egg is very unusual. For there to be a 70-year-old flamingo is not tremendously unusual, though it's certainly on the very high end of their lifespan. We have flamingos here at the zoo that were here during Hurricane Andrew, which was, you know, what, 30-something years ago. So, you know, and they were adults when Hurricane Andrew came through.