Darwinism at it's best
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:41 pm
I figure there have to be enough good stories out there to warrant a thread.
Here is a story I found today, although it is more of "attempted Darwinism"
Mountain Lion Attacks O.C. Man Who Pet Her Cubs
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. Authorities Wednesday were searching for a mountain lion and three cubs on Borrego Trail in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park.
A man was scratched by the mountain lion when he pet her baby cubs, an Orange County sheriff's spokesperson said.
The victim was being treated for superficial wounds at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills.
Richard Bales, who manages a gas station in the area, said the victim came to his business bleeding profusely from his right arm.
"He had three ... scratches along the arm, about four or five inches long," Bales said. "And he had blood all over his clothes, and it was getting all over the floor. He explained that he was in the park across the street and had seen a mountain lion, and he apparently reached to pet it and that it scratched him. We went ahead and rendered first aid. We tried to stop the bleeding and we went in and called 911 to let the sheriff and medical personnel know so that we could bring assistance to him."
Bales said the man is a regular customer and he walks with a cane and has some paralysis.
Park rangers, sheriff's deputies and Department of Fish and Game personnel, with the help of a helicopter, were searching the area.
The park has been closed, along with Foothill Elementary School, which is less than a mile from the area, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
"If it happened the way the victim stated, he should consider himself very lucky to walk away with minor injuries," Amormino said. "If the mountain lion did scratch him, it was a provoked incident, and we're probably not going to do anything" to the mountain lion.
Park rangers, sheriff's deputies and Department of Fish and Game personnel, with the help of a helicopter, were searching the area. The park has been closed, along with Foothill Elementary School, which is less than a mile from the area, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
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Here is a story I found today, although it is more of "attempted Darwinism"
Mountain Lion Attacks O.C. Man Who Pet Her Cubs
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. Authorities Wednesday were searching for a mountain lion and three cubs on Borrego Trail in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park.
A man was scratched by the mountain lion when he pet her baby cubs, an Orange County sheriff's spokesperson said.
The victim was being treated for superficial wounds at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills.
Richard Bales, who manages a gas station in the area, said the victim came to his business bleeding profusely from his right arm.
"He had three ... scratches along the arm, about four or five inches long," Bales said. "And he had blood all over his clothes, and it was getting all over the floor. He explained that he was in the park across the street and had seen a mountain lion, and he apparently reached to pet it and that it scratched him. We went ahead and rendered first aid. We tried to stop the bleeding and we went in and called 911 to let the sheriff and medical personnel know so that we could bring assistance to him."
Bales said the man is a regular customer and he walks with a cane and has some paralysis.
Park rangers, sheriff's deputies and Department of Fish and Game personnel, with the help of a helicopter, were searching the area.
The park has been closed, along with Foothill Elementary School, which is less than a mile from the area, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
"If it happened the way the victim stated, he should consider himself very lucky to walk away with minor injuries," Amormino said. "If the mountain lion did scratch him, it was a provoked incident, and we're probably not going to do anything" to the mountain lion.
Park rangers, sheriff's deputies and Department of Fish and Game personnel, with the help of a helicopter, were searching the area. The park has been closed, along with Foothill Elementary School, which is less than a mile from the area, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
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