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2008-03-04 Down Under

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Posted by Phil_B 2008-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I was the intruder - and no good purpose could be served by random revenge.

Removing a danger for other people.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-03-04 10:30|| 2008-03-04 10:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Croc took a taste and spit her out.

Posted by DoDo 2008-03-04 11:31|| 2008-03-04 11:31|| Front Page Top

#3 She said the animal was only doing what it was genetically primed to do.

Too bad you weren't, honey. Ya might still be alive...

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-04 11:49|| 2008-03-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#4 It doesn't sound like she was one of those dim-bulbs who go up to the crocodile/grizzly/jaguar/Burmese tiger/panther/bull elephant/(insert favorite dangerous animal here) and try to hug it because it's cool to be One With Nature and they drive a Prius and their positive karma will protect them, y'know? She got into the croc's defensive zone and it did what crocs do. That's a far cry from Darwin Award territory.

Posted by Mike 2008-03-04 13:09|| 2008-03-04 13:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Escaped the crocodile, killed by the snake.

A lot of 67 year olds would be happy hanging out at a snake-free, croc-free starbucks.

Posted by flash91 2008-03-04 13:18|| 2008-03-04 13:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Could have been worse; she could have been commemorating an aniversary of a loved one's death on train tracks and mowed down by the Orange Blossom Special. (see posted article above).
wonder if she will still vote in November????

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-03-04 14:41|| 2008-03-04 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 she was doing what she loved. Sounds like her time was up and she got a slight extension.

Posted by Crease Poodle1618 2008-03-04 14:47|| 2008-03-04 14:47|| Front Page Top

#8 I have to agree with CP1618. There are places where people go that are dangerous. I did a lot of hunting, fishing, and hiking growing up in South Alabama where there are lot of poisonous snakes ans alligators. You don't have to be aggravating an animal to get into trouble.
Reminds me of a joke. A man in a restaurant says, "I'd like the Alligator Soup. And make it snappy".

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-03-04 15:37|| 2008-03-04 15:37|| Front Page Top

#9 wonder if she will still vote in November????

Was she from Chicago? And was she a Democrat? Those are good indicators for LIFETIME membership!

Posted by Almost Anonymous5839">Almost Anonymous5839 2008-03-04 20:09|| 2008-03-04 20:09|| Front Page Top

#10 I hear ya Deacon, more than a few times hog hunting in the Savannah NWR, with gators, snakes, and pissed off hogs makes the old ticker thump. Death is easy life is the scary part.

Posted by Slease Speaking for Boskone666 aka Broadhead6 2008-03-04 21:03|| 2008-03-04 21:03|| Front Page Top

#11 "Respected ecologist, feminist"

Those words don't all belong in the same sentence.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-04 21:06|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-03-04 21:06|| Front Page Top

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