[meteorite-list] Panthers OT

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:58:15 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <8CEB506F290CEC4-17F8-6381_at_webmail-d153.sysops.aol.com>

George wrote:
"something SCARY and overestimating it's size"

Eric wrote:
" It truly was larger than
my dog, (Labrador retriever"

Hi George, Eric & Guido

I generally agree with Count Guido; in the thick hammocks surrounded by
rich swampland where you see the panthers in Florida, the light can get
very tricky and towards animals all tend to black. I'm sure Eric saw
what he said, was definitly no wuss, and frequently footprints in the
sandy soil can be very difficult to dimension and size also vary
concordant with that besides the size/weight of the animal so that
really isn't a very reliable indicator although whatever he mentioned
he knows best...

...Speaking only for myslef, as I tend to hunt insects more than big
cats, that is. Really in Florida the only danger I ever worried about
wasa coral snake. But here's a panther in Florida on youtube,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uxO79138CQ#t=2m27s

lucky catch, but if you spend enough time in there you are bound to run
across these guys. Unless threatened, they will do exactly what you
see here and to say an experienced hiker in the 'Glades would be scared
is really not likely. Probably there are more food resources
everywhere here so they don't become irritable for food and break
people's neck's often (never that I heard). Plus the posting of the
Big Bend, TX incident was a 6 year old kid. Don't know the details but
I get the idea that the parents ought to have kept a better eye on him
no matter what is said. People get so bent out of shape over risk.
One swimmer gets bit by a shark and there is pandemonium. More people
get killed going to the beach in their cars ... same concvept with the
poor cats at work. But I guess if I were the unlucky one I'd be
whistling a different tune. So better jusdty to take normal
precautions and not do anything stupid, and respect the wildlife. I've
lost count of all the wild boars, large snakes and weird reptiles and
animals I've seen hunting in Mexico and so far keeping one's distance
with respect and everyone peacefully co-exists. Oh, but I can get the
crap scared out of me, too, don't get me wrong, all alone at night when
a cow moos the hell suddenly beside my tent and starts peeing on it and
you can't see your hand in front of your face. Then there's the
coyotes, I love 'em. But they can get into groups and start wailing
like a devil being exorcized and they don't quit. Yeah, I admit those
noises can be scarier than swimming with Great Whites, and you know
coyotes 99.9% of the time put their tail between their legs and take
off.

Kindest wsihes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: GeoZay <GeoZay at aol.com>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thu, Feb 9, 2012 12:15 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood
Texas


>>George, Whether you believe the encounter was a big cat or a pussy
cat, is your prerogative, but please don't make me out to be seeing
something SCARY and overestimating it's size. It truly was larger than

my dog, (Labrador retriever).<<

Well Eric...if you are sticking to the cat you seen had a foot print
of
2.5 to 3 inches diameter, I can't help but think you had overestimated
its
size. Nothing to be ashamed of...it happens to the best of us. I don't
know
how big a black panther foot print should be...if it was one. But I'd
suspect that it would probably be similar to a mountain lion of
comparable
size.
I am quite familiar with mountain lion foot prints and a 2.5 to 3 inch
diameter foot print seems ridiculously small for these kind of large
cats.
George

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