Dangerous Animal Incidents

[Flutterby]

That ellie was in musth...his back legs were soaking wet.

[Bushveld Jock]

I found this story about a giraffe and cyclists this week in Groenkloof. Just wonder what funny videos would have been loaded on YouTube if the Kgalagadi race went ahead this month.

http://citizen.co.za/36742/giraffe-chas ... ist-video/

[Richprins]

They can most certainly kick people to death!

But still strange?

[Flutterby]

Breakfast in bed? Terrified man finds an 8ft crocodile hidden under his bed after it spent entire night just inches from where he slept


By AMANDA WILLIAMS
PUBLISHED: 09:46 GMT, 17 September 2013 | UPDATED: 14:59 GMT, 17 September 2013

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares - but Guy Whittall will certainly be checking for 'monsters' underneath his bed, after waking up to find an eight foot crocodile hiding just inches from where he slept.
The 330lbs giant had sneaked into the Humani lodge, Zimbabwe and spent the entire night lying quietly, just fractions beneath an oblivious Mr Whittall.
The beast - a Nile crocodile - had managed to stay hidden for more than eight hours overnight.

The following morning Mr Whittall - a former Zimbabwean cricketer - had even perched on the edge of his bed, with his feet dangling over the edge, just inches from the crocodile's face, as he organised his day.
But the 40-year-old remained oblivious to his uninvited guest and was only alerted when he was enjoying some breakfast in the kitchen and heard the petrified screams of a housemaid.

Mr Whittall, who is a director at Humani, ran back to his room and was horrified to discover the enormous crocodile nestled under his bed.
He said: 'The really disconcerting thing about the whole episode is the fact that I was sitting on the edge of the bed that morning, bare foot and just centimetres away from the croc.
'Crocodiles are experts at hiding, that's why they have survived on Earth for so long and why they are the ultimate killers in water.



'They know how to keep quiet and go unnoticed, it's in their nature.
'The crocodile came from the Turgwe River which is a couple of kilometres from the house.
'They often wander about the bush especially when it's cold and raining. I think he liked it under the bed because it was warm.'
He was forced to call in some of his co-workers who helped remove the crocodile from its new lair and release him back into Humani's Chigwidi dam.
Mr Whittall said: 'Of course he resisted being roped and hauled out from under the bed, that's only natural.
'Catching and securing a croc of any size on land though is a fairly straight forward affair and we are experienced in that.



'The only real danger is getting bitten because it can't drown you.
'The most important thing is to get its snout roped and secured and then it's just a matter of restraining it and covering its eyes, to calm it down.
'Bigger crocs require more manpower obviously though. When roped they thrash around frantically and are extremely powerful.
'I just remember thinking "goodness gracious, that's one for the books".
'I'm pretty sure everyone in Humani checks under their bed before going to sleep now anyway.'

[Twigga]

Africa an interesting place

[Mel]

Scary stuff!

[Toko]

Buffalo, Leopard leave two injured

Oct 2 2013 1:32PM

A Kruger National Park environmental monitoring officer and a villager are being treated in hospital after they were attacked by animals in two separate incidents on Tuesday, SANParks said.

In the first incident, official Amos Muhlovu fell on to a rock while trying to escape from a charging buffalo at Punda Maria, north of the park, said acting SANParks spokesman Rey Thakhuli on Wednesday.

"The... officer managed to escape but fell on a rock and sustained injuries. He is receiving treatment at the Malamulele hospital," he said.

In the other incident, Biyamirhi Maluleke was attacked by a leopard between Maphophe and Josefa villages outside Punda Maria, but managed to escape.

Thakhuli said Maluleke was being treated at a nearby hospital.

It was suspected that the leopard had escaped from the park.

"Rangers were deployed to trace the leopard and tracked it back into the park. We are making sure it does not go back to the community," he said.

- Sapa

[nan]

twice a lot of chance

[Flutterby]

Kruger Park buffalo, leopard leave two injured

2013-10-02 14:10

Johannesburg - A Kruger National Park environmental monitoring officer and a villager are being treated in hospital after they were attacked by animals in two separate incidents on Tuesday, SANParks said.

In the first incident, official Amos Muhlovu fell on to a rock while trying to escape from a charging buffalo at Punda Maria, north of the park, said acting SANParks spokesperson Rey Thakhuli on Wednesday.

"The... officer managed to escape but fell on a rock and sustained injuries. He is receiving treatment at the Malamulele hospital," he said.

In the other incident, Biyamirhi Maluleke was attacked by a leopard between Maphophe and Josefa villages outside Punda Maria, but managed to escape.

Thakhuli said Maluleke was being treated at a nearby hospital.

It was suspected that the leopard had escaped from the park.

"Rangers were deployed to trace the leopard and tracked it back into the park. We are making sure it does not go back to the community," he said.

- SAPA

[iNdlovu]

Buffalo, Leopard leave two injured

Oct 2 2013 1:32PM


"Rangers were deployed to trace the leopard and tracked it back into the park. We are making sure it does not go back to the community," he said.

- Sapa

How, by shooting it?????