Don't forget the old adage, Rich: Man plans. Nature laughs.
>I can imagine, as I know how I felt when I realized I was being
>matched in movement before I determined it was just a skunk. And my
>experience was in a context where nothing was about to take me on and win.
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>Rich
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>--- In Wild Sanctuary <> wrote:
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>> I'd rather be sprayed by a skunk than a jaguar, anytime. I still
>> dream of that cat sound in my earphones first time I heard it and
>> freezing in my provervial tracks. Reminds me of Leo Tolstoy's last
>> words: "I don't know what I'm supposed to do!"
>>
>> BK
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>> >--- In Wild Sanctuary <chirp@> wrote=
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>> >....
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>> > But it had been following me down the
>> >> trail as I wandered in the jungle around 1:00 that morning. I know
>> >> that because I never outpaced the pungent scent of its frequent
>> >> markings as it moved silently and parallel to my aimless direction =
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>> >> surely not more than a few feet away from me over a period of 15 or
>> >> 20 minutes. I'm quite sure it was a male because of the power of th=
e
>> >> scent and being familiar with their stalking habits.
>> >>
>> >> Bernie
>> >
>> >The only animal that I have had match my movements parallel to me at
>> >fairly close distance in the night has been a striped skunk and they
>> >are a friendly critter. I figured that to be an investigative yet
>> >defensive technique but could see how it could be used as a stalk.
>> >
>> >Rich
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>> >"Microphones are not ears,
>> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
>> >A listening room is not nature."
>> >Klas Strandberg
>> >Yahoo! Groups Links
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>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> Wild Sanctuary
>> P. O. Box 536
>> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>> t. 707-996-6677
>> f. 707-996-0280
>> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Wild Sanctuary
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
t. 707-996-6677
f. 707-996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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