It looks like the tigers are not taking their loss this year well at all. On the other hand this is a great start for my noir novel on the life of tigers, so I guess there is that if nothing else. Still, bad show, poor sportsmanship and all that.
Ok, this is true Summer of Fear stuff in this article. Pure hysteria with nobody eaten at all. This summer has been all sharks and bears really, sorry cheetahs, but most of the articles have been pretty straight with hysteria coming into play only at the edges of the article. This article which posits that [...]
When someone suggests swimming out to recover a boat at night it might be wise to ask if anyone has a raft or small motor boat that could be used if you are swimming in an area infested with tiger sharks. Even with three quarters making it, the odds are still pretty bad. Plus if [...]
More Bears behaving badly stories in the news. First up we have a Smokey Mountain bear that is pushing the limits on neighborliness. The next story is more of a horror story plot as a young girl phones her mother as she is being eaten by bears. I admit that as a parent the story [...]
This is a bit late in the year for it, but this is a classic Summer of Fear type story about a man being killed by a shark. Since the victim was a Frenchman and the paper is English the story is more about the English guy who got killed a couple of weeks ago [...]
Polar Bears are what other bears want to be when they grow up. You do not want to meet a hungry polar bear. The only good thing about Polar Bears is that they live where almost nobody else lives. Oh, and their cubs are adorable. I am suspicious about the accuracy of the Coke commercials [...]