Okay, so it's not a "where should we eat" thread, but I thought this was interesting - and it's kind of dining related

Where animals eat you - At these destinations, one misstep and you're dinner

And in pictures too.

The only ones i've had to worry about are crocs and sharks while in Queensland - and even then, it wasn't really a worry.

Has anyone had a close call? Or even an interesting experience with an animal that thought you looked kind of tasty?

Down here in Alabama, the only ones we have to worry about are mosquitoes, and that's not so bad. Sure, they eat you alive, but its one tiny little bite at a time.

Hm, a polar bear was spotted 100k south of here (Inuvik) last week, wandering around/on the Dempster Hwy., which is extremely unusual (too far south). Beautiful creatures, for sure, but I certainly wouldn't want to get too close.

If you are visiting any part of the northern Australian coast, research first, as some places will not have signs to warn you of possible attacks.

Years ago, Mrs B went swimming off the coast of Darwin and was almost a saltwater croc's lunch.

I read somewhere today that some Australian cowboy spent five days up a tree because a couple of monster crocs were waiting at the bottom to have him for dinner. Finally rescued by helicopter. Give me a warm bed in a hotel anyday...the outdoorsy stuff I will leave to all of you...

Soylent Green is people!

My friend's uncle lost his right forearm to a gator in Gainesville, Florida. He was trying to wrest free when he realized that the 12-footer was not going to give up, so he conciously snapped his arm off and headed out of the water. Happened 3 or 4 years ago; he jokes about it now.

Oh wow! Was he swimming and grabbed or was he working somewhere where he knew gators were around, such as an alligator farm? Either way, your poor uncle!

We are showing our age with that one

I do a lot of remote work in Africa. Lots of critters there can kill and eat you.

M8

Very sobering while parked a short distance away in a completely open, roofless vehicle

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594414154613/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594414154613/

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It was a pride of about 16.

Hearing these two roaring at night was awesome:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594417698021/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594417698021/

This one was from another pride:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594418136655/

The guides said these were a lot more dangerous:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594417698021/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594417698021/


We were on foot for this one, which was a bit tense, these guys are very dangerous:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594418086662/

Although we did have protection:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594418086662/


And then there were things like this, that gave me chills to see although we didnt get too close:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9788300...7594419572903/

A good sized Nile crocodile.

GadgetFreak, did you write a trip report at the time?

Would love to see more photos and will soo search TR!

As Mrs BB always reminds me, Germans and to a lesser extent Australians take some stupid risks at times, for the perfect photo.

Unfortunately the two have come together in the past in the shape of stupid guides and naive tourists, swimming in croc infested waters in Australia's NT, despite all the warnings that such an activity can easily turn fatal.

I didnt write a trip report but I really should. I will try to do it this weekend! It was an awesome trip. The pictures were all from Zambia. It was in a national park there. I will include more details in the trip report. And the guides here were EXTREMELY good. Stunningly informed and helpful and very safety conscious. In much of Africa you cant get out of your vehicles. Here, you can if you are accompanied by an armed park ranger. The rangers, as well as the guides, are very well trained. The guides worked for the tour company, the rangers worked for the government and spend part of their time on tourist protection (from animals) and part on poacher patrols. I will include more details in the trip report.

If anyone here can write a great, detailed report, it will be you - but it will be a challenge to outdo your photos.

What can I say other than thank you on behalf of all future safari-minded FTers. ^^^

i wish i could find this company/guy/video i remember seeing.

something called "adrenaline hunting" or something.. they had a promo video showing the british owner/guide yelling "wait wait wait" while rhinos/etc are charging at him/hunter and then "shoot" or "now" when the thing is like 6-12 feet away, and the hunter downs it with an elephant gun or similar high powered rifle.

i can appreciate why some people would be interested in that, but not for me although im not a huge fan of sport hunting anyway, that kind of thing seems to be the way to do it IMHO if youre going to. makes it a little more interesting/"sporting" shall we say. (ive never seen the point in hunting deer with sniper rifles or compound bows with night vision scopes etc)

Hunting rhino or elephant now in Zambia is good for the added thrill of 25 years of making big rocks into small rocks in a Zambian prison. While Ive never been in one, I suspect they are more than modestly unpleasant places to spend time in.

Here is a video about leopards. And something that leopards apparently dislike, a lot. Fortunately, no park rangers were killed in making this video. I think it took place in Kenya.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJ7k_ZO1eg