Holy crap this is aweful!

[MagicOnline]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=326261

 

[Kadarin]

Tragedy aside, it's a weird feeling to realize we're not always at the top of the food chain..

 

[iamme]

:Q

damn. that's horrible.

 

[MagicOnline]

"Neighbours had raised the alarm when they saw the black bear approach. Esther's mother rushed her two other children inside the bungalow but when she dashed back for the baby the pushchair was empty."





How do you "rush" kids inside, but leave the baby? Tell the kids to run and grab the baby at the same time........

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Tragedy aside, it's a weird feeling to realize we're not always at the top of the food chain..

We're far from the top of the food chain. Our intelligence and emotions make us a formidable destructive force in the world around us, but at our basic level, we're no more special or powerful than the predator next to us.

 

[MagicOnline]

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Tragedy aside, it's a weird feeling to realize we're not always at the top of the food chain..

We're far from the top of the food chain. Our intelligence and emotions make us a formidable destructive force in the world around us, but at our basic level, we're no more special or powerful than the predator next to us.

True.

 

[Whitecloak]

at our basic levels, we are owned by practically all predators.

 

[brtspears2]

Leave baby unattended....bad. Almost as bad as leaving a child in a car with windows up on a hot day.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: MagicOnline
"Neighbours had raised the alarm when they saw the black bear approach. Esther's mother rushed her two other children inside the bungalow but when she dashed back for the baby the pushchair was empty."


How do you "rush" kids inside, but leave the baby? Tell the kids to run and grab the baby at the same time........

Hey, it easy to say that now. When a bear comes at your three kids, and you only have two hands, panic can set in.

 

[MrCodeDude]

So it's always the black bears that do it, eh?
-- mrcodedude

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: whitecloak
at our basic levels, we are owned by practically all predators.

Surprisingly, we're not. We can fight (with basic weapons, of course) quite well.

Anyone read Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn?

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Leave baby unattended....bad. Almost as bad as leaving a child in a car with windows up on a hot day.

That's way harsh and a bad analogy, IMO.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
So it's always the black bears that do it, eh?
-- mrcodedude

BEAR RACIST!

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: whitecloak
at our basic levels, we are owned by practically all predators.

Surprisingly, we're not. We can fight (with basic weapons, of course) quite well.

Anyone read Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn?

if we start using weapons, we are no longer at our basic levels.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: whitecloak

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: whitecloak
at our basic levels, we are owned by practically all predators.

Surprisingly, we're not. We can fight (with basic weapons, of course) quite well.

Anyone read Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn?

if we start using weapons, we are no longer at our basic levels.

yah, tons of animals would whoop our asses.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: MagicOnline
"Neighbours had raised the alarm when they saw the black bear approach. Esther's mother rushed her two other children inside the bungalow but when she dashed back for the baby the pushchair was empty."





How do you "rush" kids inside, but leave the baby? Tell the kids to run and grab the baby at the same time........

maybe if you were in an urban area... but it says upstate new york. and lets face it, i seriously doubt "getting snatched by a bear" would be even thought of by a parent. i don't really blame the mom for this.

 

[RandomCoil]

if we start using weapons, we are no longer at our basic levels.

Bleck, I disagree totally. You can't define "human" without including someting about using tools. Now whether a human is at his "basic level" holding a shotgun or a stick is another matter, but I didn't evolve from some stupid simian to be told that at my "basic level" I can't go grab a big stick and a rock. Heck, even a crow can make a tool.

(Note on that evolution comment -- it was designed more for effect than accuracy -- humans are not thought to have evolved from simians, they are just thought to have a common ancestor)

 

[MagicOnline]

Originally posted by: RandomCoil

if we start using weapons, we are no longer at our basic levels.

Bleck, I disagree totally. You can't define "human" without including someting about using tools. Now whether a human is at his "basic level" holding a shotgun or a stick is another matter, but I didn't evolve from some stupid simian to be told that at my "basic level" I can't go grab a big stick and a rock. Heck, even a crow can make a tool.

(Note on that evolution comment -- it was designed more for effect than accuracy -- humans are not thought to have evolved from simians, they are just thought to have a common ancestor)

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Yeah, w/o tools we get ownzed, with tools we kick some derrier. And when you add in the fact that we tend to pack hunt, we can slaughter.

 

[MagicOnline]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Yeah, w/o tools we get ownzed, with tools we kick some derrier. And when you add in the fact that we tend to pack hunt, we can slaughter.

Yeah! Who runs the zoos...... we do!

 

[JeremyJoe]

This has been all over the front pages of newspapers in newyork the past 2 days, my uncle lives like 20mins away from the place its out in the middle of nowhere

 

[ohtwell]

Originally posted by: MagicOnline
"Neighbours had raised the alarm when they saw the black bear approach. Esther's mother rushed her two other children inside the bungalow but when she dashed back for the baby the pushchair was empty."





How do you "rush" kids inside, but leave the baby? Tell the kids to run and grab the baby at the same time........

That is exactly what I was thinking.

The mother is probably wondering why she didn't do that. No doubt she's going through the "Why didn't I..." and "What if ..." stage as we speak.




: ) Amanda

 

[notfred]

I'm surprised no one's suggested putting the mother in jail yet...

 

[Lunarcade]

Originally posted by: RandomCoil
Heck, even a crow can make a tool.

I'm assuming this was posted before and I missed it. That crow is amazing! :Q