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Talking Litehearted overland health warning....

Watch for lions....

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I like how they use the word "shit" freely.

How we would say it: faeces, faecal matter, ordure, excrement...???

Shit, that is.
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Lions Vs Bears (not a football match)

That reminds me of the similar story about the bears of North America; same theme, similar ending regarding the bells.

I don't know about the bells, but there was an interesting 1/2 hour TV programme recently here in the UK about the nuisance bears in Canada and how to get them to stay away from human habitation and the associated food supply - the pepper spray was very effective indeed.
You have to have some balls to get that close to the animals in the first place.
Is pepper spray that effective for Lions?
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...Is pepper spray that effective for Lions?
Don't know but it's seems they like spicy food (...Big lion shit...smells like pepper).
I reckon humanflesh will taste better with some seasoning.

Or maybe you will lure them into thinking you are gonna taste like shit...
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we need a volunteer to find out!

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Are you volunteering to find out?
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Are you volunteering to find out?

Might try it in the Zoo (!) but it will have to be in the States/Canada; certainly not legal in the UK and I don't think it is in Europe either.
On that basis I could find the time to do the research if someone wants to sponsor this.

BTW, the guy in Canada with the pepper spray also had a trap for the bears - that is another way of getting the bears moved away from habitation; when the bear did not fall for the trap, he gave it a squirt of spray at fairly short range and the bear went running.
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Arghh....shame/shame/stupid/stupid

It took me a shitload of s in the pub last night to sudden realise I missed the punchline....
(and even more s and cheap brandy to testify this here in public....)

Altough it has everything to do with translations...it was me missing it, instead of a nice example of engrish or broken english



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That reminds me of the similar story about the bears of North America; same theme, similar ending regarding the bells.

I don't know about the bells, but there was an interesting 1/2 hour TV programme recently here in the UK about the nuisance bears in Canada and how to get them to stay away from human habitation and the associated food supply - the pepper spray was very effective indeed.
You have to have some balls to get that close to the animals in the first place.
Is pepper spray that effective for Lions?
Nuisance bears generally have to be shot, or trapped and relocated ,even then they will try and find human presence for an easy feed of garbage .
They are unpredictable animals who have become accustomed to human presence , it's not their fault .
Pepper spray can work but generally people panic and either spray into the wind and therefore spray themselves ,or spray from too far away for it to be effective .
Very often nuisance bears are sick or dying and even though they are very wild , will lose their fear of humans ,these animals are extremely dangerous and will have to be destroyed .
Two tourists were killed near here by a sick black bear .Black bears are usually less aggressive than grizzlys .
Grizzlys sometimes will hunt people and should not be underestimated .
Pepper spray can work but I've never got close enough to find out , I once had a black bear pounding on my bedroom window in the middle of the night , not very funny .
I introduced him to my old pal Mr Remington .
The day after ,his carcass had been eaten by another bear , I had to shoot that one too .
Not a very nice thing to have to do but when you have small kids about ,there is no other alternative .
There is a big difference between garbage dump bears who ignore people because of a plentiful food supply and bears that you encounter elsewhere who regard you as a competitor for their food [ which might be the contents of your tent ] .
Oh, and don't get between a sow and her cub .

Don't believe everything you see on the tv.
There might be a grain of truth in that joke "ministry warning ".
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Nuisance bears generally have to be shot, or trapped and relocated ,even then they will try and find human presence for an easy feed of garbage .
They are unpredictable animals who have become accustomed to human presence , it's not their fault .
Pepper spray can work but generally people panic and either spray into the wind and therefore spray themselves ,or spray from too far away for it to be effective .
Very often nuisance bears are sick or dying and even though they are very wild , will lose their fear of humans ,these animals are extremely dangerous and will have to be destroyed .
Two tourists were killed near here by a sick black bear .Black bears are usually less aggressive than grizzlys .
Grizzlys sometimes will hunt people and should not be underestimated .
Pepper spray can work but I've never got close enough to find out , I once had a black bear pounding on my bedroom window in the middle of the night , not very funny .
I introduced him to my old pal Mr Remington .
The day after ,his carcass had been eaten by another bear , I had to shoot that one too .
Not a very nice thing to have to do but when you have small kids about ,there is no other alternative .
There is a big difference between garbage dump bears who ignore people because of a plentiful food supply and bears that you encounter elsewhere who regard you as a competitor for their food [ which might be the contents of your tent ] .
Oh, and don't get between a sow and her cub .

Don't believe everything you see on the tv.
There might be a grain of truth in that joke "ministry warning ".
Thanks for the practical experience Dodger: I certainly don't believe too much of what is on TV, especially British TV (there has been one scandal after another on those lines for many months).
In the case of wildlife programmes I am "hoping" that the producers, directors and editors have not decended into the same gutter as those who make the game shows et al.

Anyway, the pepper spray did seem to do the trick; the bear ran off rubbing it's nose etc. The sprayer was right next to a largish trap/cage and he was trying to get the bear into that at the time, if I understood the plot (it was not totally clear to me why he did not just leave the trap for the bear to investigate at its leisure).
Maybe that was the "rigged" bit in order to get a TV programme made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arghh....shame/shame/stupid/stupid

It took me a shitload of s in the pub last night to sudden realise I missed the punchline....
(and even more s and cheap brandy to testify this here in public....)

Altough it has everything to do with translations...it was me missing it, instead of a nice example of engrish or broken english



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Banging a lot of metal pots and pans together also works wonders... for lions, don't know about bears!!!
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Banging a lot of metal pots and pans together also works wonders... for lions,
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When we worked on the Farm at Harvest time, the farmers wife used to bang a large pot with a BIG metal spoon to call us in for supper...... lets hope the Lions don't associate that with "Dinner"
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