Always fascinated to learn how animal populations are counted! Kayaking with my gf, we ran into a nerdy college student on the river’s edge with a clipboard. He was tallying soft-shell turtles! Neat! Funny thing is, I have no idea how he got to where he was, and he certainly wasn’t dressed for the mission. :)

Anyway, nice to hear about people like you, out in the field doing the work.

Who said “entitled”? OP was merely observing an outcome.

Swear to fucking god, we can’t say, “A happened, predictably followed by B.”, without someone screaming, “You support B!”

Scared one up on the swamp, about 15’ from our canoe. Monster birds! I hadn’t understood the scale until I got right up on one.

Would you people please stop fucking with my imagination?! Now ya got me trying to picture a penis large enough to outweigh not only the skin covering it, but all the body’s skin. It’d be life a Second Life avatar.

“prolapsed penis”

Cut that shit out right now! I have to sleep sooner or later and now this is in my brain.

Bingo. Whether or here, or formerly, reddit, I can adjust my style and words to get the upvotes, without compromising my beliefs. But holy shit, people are easy to manipulate.

My doc just throws it in my face, takes a couple of better/worse questions, “That’s what I thought.” Done.

No need to be anxious! “Can’t tell.” is a valid answer.

Thanks! I had no idea. Here in the American South we’re a little leery of random deer in the road, but that hardly compares to a moose!

Are they destructive to the environment as well? That is why I will kill any feral pig I see. Invasive and destructive.

I have a pet pig, let a wild pig in the yard with him. I have seen firsthand how much they can destroy and how fast. Had to shoot her. Hated it. Sad about it. Had to. And to anyone hating me for it, the authorities basically told me, “Your problem, do as you see fit.” I called twice. One small reason I own guns. Well, and the bear that walked in the dog door, but that’s another story. 🤷🏻 Didn’t shoot him! He got away, thank god!

Solid addition to the “startle/scared” response. I’ve seen many animals do that thing, especially dogs. My tiny female boxer ran up on a tinier dog, it dropped, belly up, pissed itself.

I see the personalities in my yard squirrels and the squirrels out back, way off in the woods. I can get about 20’ from a yard squirrel, they’re fairly tame. Their country cousins run so fast I usually only hear rattling leaves.

Never seen “fawn” included!

That’s my take on feral hogs, but mooses?! Did one bit your sister or something?

The race specific version would be “uptighty honkies”.

Love to see some big daddies in the woods, but I’m thankful we only have black bears and I don’t have to carry spray and a backup hand cannon.

Is someone reporting this as news? Who did this?

Sysadmin for the last decade, 100% agreed. In fact, the explanation kinda had me laughing. “Yep, I can see that exact scenario!”

Betting it wasn’t a mere “handful”. I was thinking they handed everyone in attendance with a pair.

Americans aren’t very persistent over political issues like this. Stave 'em off a few days and they’ll forget and give up.

I’d add one thing. This isn’t Trump cancelling him, he may only be slightly aware of the situation. His people saw an opportunity to make their own Horst Wessel and jumped on it. And fuck me, for once they did something that actually worked.

New Orleans is a culture all it’s own, unique in America. I probably should have moved there instead of NW Florida. And you got way better swamps!

many have a “rules don’t apply” mindset

Because in large part, the rules do not apply to the wealthy, but there’s another bit. And maybe it’s the same thing?

I took a couple of psychology classes in 1991 or so, and this was studied thing back then. When people acquire wealth and influence, the “rules don’t apply to me” mindset kicks in.

I have no wealth, not even employed ATM, but I have a bit of that mindset from being a middle-aged white guy. I understood the notion of privilege long before the word was bandied about. Remember seeing black kids getting hammered in court while I waited my turn, thinking, “Thank god I’m not black.” I got a slap on the wrist.

Gaining some grey in my beard really changed things. I drive a beat-ass 20-yo pickup. When I was in my 20s, I was pulled over every time I left the house in my jalopy. Not now, not anymore.

I break rules and laws all the time. Super minor stuff, but I have no worry of getting in trouble because of my status. But here’s the thing, I’m not consciously thinking about it. I have a beer in a coozy everywhere I go. No idea if that’s legal, don’t care. LOL, had a Karen come up on me, very nicely, “You should know it’s not legal to have an open container at the park.” “Oh? Didn’t know that. Thanks.” Sip. She was disgusted. :)

If you asked me about a risky thing I was doing, I’d say, “Meh, not going to get in real trouble for it.” Rich people are doing the same exact thing. They’re not actively conscious of what they’re doing. I’m not actively calculating, “I’m an old white guy, I’m good.” Does that make sense?

Dated a beautiful woman a few years back. She’d often push the envelope of what I was worried about getting in trouble for. Again, nothing crazy, stuff like, “We might get in a spot of trouble for being here.” She had no worries. Who hassles a beautiful woman? She carried her own armor.

Anyway, I’m sure to get push back from the younger crowd about saying such things. Seems I always do, but I think everyone should read this article. Really made it click with me that us olds, GenX anyway, really were different in our youth.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-teenagers-aren-t-what-they-used-to-be