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Those folks who believe they can't defeat a rat are all D&D players and have seen characters die to them..How do they reckon they'd do?
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I have several observations here.
I reckon the evilness of Geese is massively understated here.
Who are the absolute nutters who reckon they could take a grizzly bear?
On the flipside, almost 1 in 3 people think a rat could kick the shit out of them.
I was recently defeated in a fight with a feral cat that snuck into the house to terrorize our house cats. I managed to grab it by the back of the neck, intending to release it outside and lock the cat door. Little fucker turned around inside its skin and sank all its claws and fangs into me.How do they reckon they'd do?
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I have several observations here.
I reckon the evilness of Geese is massively understated here.
Who are the absolute nutters who reckon they could take a grizzly bear?
On the flipside, almost 1 in 3 people think a rat could kick the shit out of them.
A rat is a fantastic scavenger / survivalist, able to take advantage of animals supposedly higher up the food chain than them and the smallest of opportunities. They're incredibly smart and cunning, possessing metacognition (The ability to think about thoughts), indirectly responsible for some of the greatest losses of human life ever, and directly responsible for wiping out many, many other species when they've been introduced to new environments.On the flipside, almost 1 in 3 people think a rat could kick the shit out of them.
I saw a newer hypothesis, that it wasn't the rat that was responsible (and its ticks), but gerbils. Due to weather and climate conditions at the time. Which was more suitable for gerbils, than rats. Now, it was a hypothesis, I don't know if any more evidence was collected. It is of course possible, but I'm not sure if it was likely.A rat is a fantastic scavenger / survivalist, able to take advantage of animals supposedly higher up the food chain than them and the smallest of opportunities. They're incredibly smart and cunning, possessing metacognition (The ability to think about thoughts), indirectly responsible for some of the greatest losses of human life ever, and directly responsible for wiping out many, many other species when they've been introduced to new environments.
Not so sure about gerbils - they have a major, kryptonite-level vulnerability to Richard Gere.I saw a newer hypothesis, that it wasn't the rat that was responsible (and its ticks), but gerbils. Due to weather and climate conditions at the time. Which was more suitable for gerbils, than rats. Now, it was a hypothesis, I don't know if any more evidence was collected. It is of course possible, but I'm not sure if it was likely.
This video is awesome but I recall being forced to watch a full episode of Walker - Texas Ranger and almost slipping into a coma.
A rat is a fantastic scavenger / survivalist, able to take advantage of animals supposedly higher up the food chain than them and the smallest of opportunities. They're incredibly smart and cunning, possessing metacognition (The ability to think about thoughts), indirectly responsible for some of the greatest losses of human life ever, and directly responsible for wiping out many, many other species when they've been introduced to new environments.
I can't see straight for an hour after I wake up, regularly spend five minutes staring at a full fridge unable to decide what to eat, take so many pills each day that I rattle when I jump, and sometimes injure myself while putting my clothes on. I really don't belong anywhere near the top of the food chain. I know my limits.
What is going on at the end of that fight? - does Walker have psychic powers?
They say that in London, you're never more than three feet from someone who will tell you that, in London, you're never more than three feet from a rat.Rats are pretty astounding. We are lucky, as a species, that they aren't aggressive, not the least because they outnumber us, by very conservative estimates, 1000:1. Some experts belief that it is closer to 10,000:1.
Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.
Having worked in the City for quite a few years now, I can concur that both of these statements are, in fact true.They say that in London, you're never more than three feet from someone who will tell you that, in London, you're never more than three feet from a rat.
I'm having all my students take this poll tomorrow as a warm up, then we shall compare responses.
Yeah, but if you didn’t go drunkenly chasing a dingo, wouldn’t you lose your Australian citizenship?Yeah it's definately not just Americans doing stupid stuff like this
Back in the mid 1990s, I chased a dingo up the beach on Fraser Island after it stole a fish out of my bucket.
My mates and I were drinking beer all day and having our own fishing comp, and I was damned if a dingo was gonna steal my biggest fish.
They still tell stories of seeing me screaming at a dingo and chasing it up the surf beach like a drunken lunatic, which I suppose I was
The dingo got away from me with ease, and what was worse, the cheeky bugga was wagging it's tail, heh heh
Screw people who think they can fight a bear, who on earth thinks they can kill an elephant? Like I'm not even sure how to kill one without a weapon. Everything else you could probably strangle, but an elephant?Who are the absolute nutters who reckon they could take a grizzly bear?
I hope you mean that as "a warm up before I put on a bear costume and take them on in one on one battles"
Wait, half of your class doesn't think they can win in a fight with a rat? How old are these kids?I’m not allowed to hold gladiatorial games in class anymore….
Some poll result highlights, of those who responded to the poll:
Rat 55%
House cat 55%
Goose 36% We had a good discussion over how evil geese are.
Eagle 9%
King Cobra 27%
Kangaroo, Elephant, and Gorilla 5% each
Lion 9%
Grizzly 9%
They've learned too much about the rat race already...Wait, half of your class doesn't think they can win in a fight with a rat? How old are these kids?
How bad do skunks smell? They're not a thing in my country, so I've never experienced one personally. The internet has shown me that they squeak adorably and eat grapes, but the internet may have a pro-skunk bias."FUCK YOU, SKUNK!!!"
Think like the smell of marijuana on steroids.How bad do skunks smell? They're not a thing in my country, so I've never experienced one personally. The internet has shown me that they squeak adorably and eat grapes, but the internet may have a pro-skunk bias.
Back when I lived in Newcastle, the local "alternative club" was really close to a rabbit warren. So every Thursday at 2.30 am you had the site of very drunk goths running round unsuccessfully trying to catch a cute bunny rabbit.Yeah, but if you didn’t go drunkenly chasing a dingo, wouldn’t you lose your Australian citizenship?
9th and 11th grade.Wait, half of your class doesn't think they can win in a fight with a rat? How old are these kids?