The goat bit me

[Ecchi_Kitty]

Bite it back. :dgrin:

Know didn't happen, but remains a good stragety regardless. Any animal looks like it's going to try to bite you, look it straight in the eye and tell it that if it bites you, you will bite it back. They might not understand the words, but the tone gets across quite well.
And of course the reactions if you actaully do bite them back are worth the effort...

[Plunder Down-Under]

Strategy not advised for use against tigers, bears, snakes and other animals that can kill you.

[Big Otis Landfish]

Might work for (mountain) lions, though Plunder... if one is trying to bite you, you need to convince it that you'll bite it back. But not grizzly bears. Maybe a black bear, if it's stalking you.

[Plunder Down-Under]

Still not advisable :p

[Big Otis Landfish]

Alright, I'm taking you the next time I go hiking in cougar country. They go for the smallest person, anyways.

[Wayne]

Not only does biting work in nature to keep away animals but it is helpful out at the bar to keep the ugly girls away.

[Compton]

Just remember you don't have to outrun the bear (or cougar) you just have to outrun your friend.

[Big Otis Landfish]

Or trip Plunder. :D

[Sehson]

Silly meat puppets.... Only prey runs...

Most predators will not eat other predators, Just maim them to keep them out of their hunting grounds.

Predators taste bad, so unless they're starving or sick if you don't run you won't get ate....

you run and your prey and well prey is food...

So if your going through predator country your best bet is take a vegetarian. They smell even more like prey... :dp:

[Ecchi_Kitty]

Eh, like I said, is as much attitude as anything.

"This person isn't acting scared of me.... maybe I'd best just leave them alone."

[Sehson]

Oh trust me fear just like stupid have distinct smells

[Plunder Down-Under]

Alright, I'm taking you the next time I go hiking in cougar country. They go for the smallest person, anyways.
Crap... Im about 171cm

[Death Dragon2]

6'4.5"

[Compton]

If you think I'd be stupid enough to go anywhere outdoors with any of you, you got another thing comin'. ;) Nature and I have have our issues. We like each other ok, as long as we don't interact too much.

[Big Otis Landfish]

Crap... Im about 171cm

Yah, that be shorter. Although you'd also be cougar bait at some bars I know. :lol:

If you think I'd be stupid enough to go anywhere outdoors with any of you, you got another thing comin'. ;) Nature and I have have our issues. We like each other ok, as long as we don't interact too much.

I get along fine with her, and even invite her into our home - I plan on setting up an entire room for her when I get a real house (and a big one when I build). And she always has nice things to eat when I'm her guest.

[sableagle]

How about a quarterstaff? Would a few quick thumps to the nose with six feet of wrist-thickness oak work against a bear?

I get on just fine with nature. It's all those domestic animals that make me nervous. You know, horses, cows, humans, that sort of thing.

[Sehson]

well it would either piss it off or make it run away... just like most them domestic animal types

[Kamn]

Correction: It might piss it off, so it kills you, or confuse it for 30 seconds, THEN piss it off.:skull: So dont do that.


P.S.: I keep forgeting the conversion rate. Whats 178cm in yer world?

[Goltotoo]

I keep forgeting the conversion rate. Whats 178cm in yer world?
It's 178 cm. (OK, that's just a weird literalist reaction because a centimeter is defined universally, although...OK, never mind). It's 5 foot, 10 inches. :)

[Leffy]

damn you tall personages!

[reo01]

Just remember you don't have to outrun the bear (or cougar) you just have to outrun your friend.

Alright, I'm taking you the next time I go hiking in cougar country. They go for the smallest person, anyways.

*Pulls out deck of Munchkin cards; equips Boots Of Only Having to Run Faster Than You*
:jbcool:
Hey, I'm 165cm tall. What else can do to save myself?

[sableagle]

*Pulls out deck of Munchkin cards; equips Boots Of Only Having to Run Faster Than You*
:jbcool:
Hey, I'm 165cm tall. What else can do to save myself?You could try the toad (http://www.erowid.org/archive/sonoran_desert_toad/images/alvarius.jpg) and puffer fish thing by inflating your clothes (http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/yyy/rawei.jpg), or the dilophosaurus (http://www.phoxim.de/philip_bings_dilophosaurus/philip_bings_dilophosaurus1.jpg) flared hood thing (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6305079811.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg).

Oh yeah, inches and centimetres. 1 inch = 25.4mm, so:
178cm = 70.079 inches = 5'10"
165cm = 64.961 inches = 5'5"

6'0" = 72 inches = 183cm

[reo01]

*Ponders making an outfit from one of those auto-inflating rafts for hiking purposes, with a bloody big hood added for good measure*