Do zebras attack humans? Sometimes, yes. Here’s an example.
It is quite clear that zebras are potentially dangerous to humans. It depends how you interact with them. They don’t naturally attack people but...
Tagged: animal-human conflict
Highway robbery in Thailand as elephants stop trucks carrying sugar cane for a bite
This elephant waits by the side of the road where there is a sign saying “CAUTION ELEPHANT CROSSING”. I guess they realise that they...
Tom Cruise denied access to Svalbard for filming with helicopters because of the polar bears
Svalbard, Norway, is an Arctic Archipelago. It is said to be the polar bear capital of the world with a polar bear population of...
17% of Americans believe they can beat a chimpanzee in unarmed combat
The title tells us of an interesting and I think startling statistic based upon a YouGov survey. YouGov is a polling company based in...
Pet kangaroo kills farmer in first fatal attack since 1936
NEWS AND COMMENT: Peter Eades, 77, has been named as the alpaca farmer who was killed by his pet kangaroo. It is, apparently, extremely...
Enraged elephant charges jeep. Driver rapidly reverses.
This is a classic example of human-animal conflict in a wildlife park. The video went viral. I’m not sure where it was made. Clearly...
Four trail horses shot dead at close range near Las Vegas
NEWS AND COMMENT: Cowboy Trail Rides in the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area just outside Las Vegas, provide a riding experience to customers on...
Black bear strolls down busy street in Whistler looking for ice cream
Melissa Alves captured this video for her TikTok account of a black bear walking through a busy shopping area in Whistler Village, British Columbia...
Karma: mortally wounded bear crushes head of Russian hunter who shot him
Hunter gets hunted? A 62-year-old hunter shot and mortally wounded a bear but the animal took revenge on him and crushed his skull, killing...
Man punched a seagull to death because it stole one of his chips. Acceptable?
There is a philosophical discussion taking place on the Internet over a man who punched a seagull to death because it stole one of...
Young bear high fives motorist and it’s cute but wrong
This is a very cute and yet at the same time disturbing video. It’s cute because a young, subadult wild bear high-fives a motorist...
Marauding killer whales ram Spanish sailors and I’ll tell you why
The Times reports that sailors off the coast of Spain and Portugal have been told to be vigilant about the possibility of attacks on...
Hypocritical Pope says that humans have to breed to be human
I am going to weigh in on this debate because I have to. The Pope says that people have got to have kids otherwise...
Sugar-mad monkeys of Thailand take over. Echoes of Planet of the Apes.
NEWS AND COMMENT- LOPBURI, THAILAND: In echoes of a prequel to the well-known film the Planet of the Apes the macaque monkeys of Lopburi...
Why do squirrels eat Christmas lights?
It’s that time of year and Google tells me that squirrels make a meal out of Christmas lights, not only in Mears Park, Saint...
