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Madrone Kalil (She/They)'s avatar

I love these statistics about how dangerous, or actually NOT dangerous these beings are. I’ll be sharing in my environmental communication class this semester. We often discuss, in terms of grizzly attacks of hunters as rare, but it happens e.g. Blaze a few years ago in Yellowstone. She was killed and her cubs taken to a zoo. So problematic.

I’m not trying to be irreverent about life, but we’ve pushed these animals into these arbitrary spaces that we call national parks and then when we want to go hike in them, if they hurt us, we kill them. This goes to your point about how humans are the dangerous species. Great piece-thanks! ✍🏼♥️🌀

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GinaMaria Opalescent's avatar

I was driving back from Albuquerque a month ago, between 1 & 2 AM when suddenly, out of nowhere, a big kitty jumped out right in front of my van

I'm well versed enough to know better than to swerve my "metal horse" because even on a Sunday night at that hour, there was a fair amount of traffic.

I gripped the wheel hard expecting to feel a big bump from the collision but there was none. PHEW!! I was delighted and in awe that I had experienced the gift of seeing a giant kitty so close up. Her very long tail left no doubt and the strength and speed of those legs and her long body just left me in awe!!

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