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Lin · 01-08-2005, 09:55 PM

Hi all, yea that's a fun quiz and it's a good one. No I wasn't joking about the rabies either. I know it's around. they had a fox jump on someone at a Christmas party in southern NH this past year. I know that in my dad's town years ago some lady thought a german shepard had been hit by a car and she stopped and took her jacket off to cover the "dog" turned out to be a coyote. Luckily she was fine. It's just the point that a wild animal is just that a wild animal and usually hasn't had much interaction with humans. One time at the park I worked at a deer went out on the ice and kids rescued it and we got called to take it to Tuft's wildlife. It died from shock but those kids were lucky they didn't fall through the ice too.

Pepper · 01-08-2005, 11:50 PM

About eleven years ago, my sister and I were traveling south on 89 near the Audubon area. She spotted something running out of the woods, and we pulled onto the breakdown lane to go slower and get a better look. Sure enough, it was a wolf! It trotted along at the edge of the trees for a considerable distance, allowing us a clear look, as we were essentially right alongside it. After about a half mile or so, it headed back into the cover of trees and brush. We sat for quite a while waiting for it to come back into the open, but it never did. We wished we had a camera, but alas we did not. It's a memory that will stay with both of us forever - a once in a lifetime kind of thing! Ain't nature great?!

01-08-2005, 09:55 PM	#1
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	Hi all, yea that's a fun quiz and it's a good one. No I wasn't joking about the rabies either. I know it's around. they had a fox jump on someone at a Christmas party in southern NH this past year. I know that in my dad's town years ago some lady thought a german shepard had been hit by a car and she stopped and took her jacket off to cover the "dog" turned out to be a coyote. Luckily she was fine. It's just the point that a wild animal is just that a wild animal and usually hasn't had much interaction with humans. One time at the park I worked at a deer went out on the ice and kids rescued it and we got called to take it to Tuft's wildlife. It died from shock but those kids were lucky they didn't fall through the ice too. __________________ Lin

01-08-2005, 11:50 PM	#2
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Wolves About eleven years ago, my sister and I were traveling south on 89 near the Audubon area. She spotted something running out of the woods, and we pulled onto the breakdown lane to go slower and get a better look. Sure enough, it was a wolf! It trotted along at the edge of the trees for a considerable distance, allowing us a clear look, as we were essentially right alongside it. After about a half mile or so, it headed back into the cover of trees and brush. We sat for quite a while waiting for it to come back into the open, but it never did. We wished we had a camera, but alas we did not. It's a memory that will stay with both of us forever - a once in a lifetime kind of thing! Ain't nature great?! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!