Yes, I killed a squirrel.  It could have been worse, a friend of mine killed a bunny! However, my squirrel ran almost all the way across the road, back to the right, then to the left, right, and  then right under my wheel.\n\nWhy do they run this way?
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Squirrels aren't very smart.  Their instinct when they sense danger is to run to the last safe place they have been.  They just don't have the brains to figure out the which side of the road is closer or that they will get smooshed if they turn around.  They get scared, and instinct takes over.\n\nRemember, squirrels evolved over millions of years, and when been chased by a larger, faster predator, going to the nearest safe place is usually the best plan.  They have only been dealing with cars for a hundred years, and haven't updated the planbook yet.
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I was once chased by a bear in Alaska.  I got a way because the bear was about 100 yards away and I saw him first.  He started to run towards me but I retreated to the boat.
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wasn't so lucky for the rabbit!..lol its all just superstition..I've been dropping forks all day and nothing!..lol I'm kiddin except for the rabbit foot thing
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Doing mosquito control, I end up spending quite a bit of time in ditches along freeways.  I've seen some weird stuff.\n\nI find a lot of hubcaps, but that's not all that surprising.  Once I found a whole set of four hubcaps though, two on each side of the freeway, and all about a quarter-mile apart from each other.  I always wondered how exactly that happened.\n\nThere seems to be a lot of clothing lost on the side of the freeway.  Individual kid's shoes seem to be the most common.  One time I found a pair of very... um... used underwear.  That was gross.\n\nMattresses, old appliances and furniture are also common.  Once there was a sofa and loveseat combo that looked like they were perfectly fine - no visible damage or wear and tear.  It had rained the night before, and the cushions were completely and totally soaked though, so I left them there.  They disappeared before they dried out.\n\nDead critters are pretty common too.  Deer, coyotes, cats and porcupines are the main ones.  Once I found the carcass of a black bear - innards, and skin, but no meat or bones.  Another time I found a whole set of bones of a juvenile black bear (I still have the skull).  There was also a time I found a giant pile of slabs and slabs of animal fat.  Man, that smelled gross.  Not as gross as the dead skunk I found and watched decompose over the course of the month.  The day it literally exploded with maggots was the worst.  \n\nOther unusual dead critter finds have included a Slurpee cup filled with dozens of drowned shrews, a set of deer ribs hung in a tree, and another site with dozens of stripped and headless deer carcasses.  The most disturbing was a fully intact deer fetus.  The mother had been hit by a car and the fetus must have been ripped out and it was thrown a dozen yards from where the mother's body was.\n\nOne of the coolest things was a long-tailed weasel that didn't even realize I was there.  He was hopping and darting all around, about a foot away from me until he finally noticed my boot, came up to take a sniff, looked puzzled, and slowly looked up.  When he realized he was right next to a person he took off like a shot!
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No, but nearly had my head taken off by a clothesline.  Riding a dirt-bike in the yard, didn't realize foster-mom had strung a line between the orange trees, saw it a half-second before I hit it.  Had just enough time to raise up off the seat, causing it to strike me across the chest and upper arms instead of the neck.  Snatched me off the bike quicker than lickity-split too (and left a nasty welt as well).
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Canaries were exploited for their susceptibility to methane.  The fact that they died before people doesn't say much for their fitness.  The problem with anecdotal evidence is there are no negatives.  When have you heard this: "I specificly noticed the squirrels were not acting strangely before the earthquake."  The test is coming up with ongoing measures of animal behaviors in earthquake / storm prone regions and showing they only occur prior to events or with potential precursors that don't result in events.
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Sweet. \n\nCan you give me detailed instructions on the envoronment and conditions the cat was in? I've been looking for a cool way to kill my cat for years and this sounds like just the ticket.
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THIS week- My son and I were in the yard digging up worms to go fishing. I slammed the shovel into the pile of soft dirt we have just for this kind of thing and out fell a baby mole who's head was busted from the shovel. It's brains spilled out onto the ground and it was still moving. \nTHE MOLE ALONE WAS GROSS...YUCKY!!!\nThen, two days ago I was on the front porch and this aweful noise came from the highway. We live 1/4 mile off the road so by the time I got out there a deer was in the ditch. It had been hit and it was sliced open on the side. She was still breathing and you could see her baby's hoof coming out of her side. \n\nYUCK YUCK YUCK!...AND SAD...
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If it was not your fault, no.  If it was your fault, you would be guilty of involuntary manslaughter.  But you would not be a murderer.  As for animals, murder does not apply.  I try my best to avoid hitting an animal on the road.  I hit a squirrel a couple weeks ago, it ran right in front of my car before I could even think about doing anything.  I felt bad.
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I was shot with a shotgun at long range.As far as what it felt like IT HURT LIKE HELL. And as far as how I reacted RUN, HIDE,ESCAPE. I didn't have a gun to shoot back I don't think I could even if I did. I was in a world of hurt. Man I ran like a scared rabbit. I am not a super hero, bullets DO NOT bounce off, they just hurt. If you want to know what it felt like how does 100 hornets stinging you sound?
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When I was standing on a country road (waiting at an unmarked bus stop) in Italy and twelve men pulled their cars over (not all at once), thinking I was a prostitute.  They waved their wallets at me and tried to get me into their cars.  I was so upset that I was in tears, crying beside the road.  Suddenly I heard a sound, and I looked down to see two lizards running across the sidewalk.  Before I could do anything one of lizards crawled up onto my foot and started crawling up my leg.  I could feel it against the skin on my calf, so I lifted my leg and tried to shake it off, but the damn thing just wouldn't come off.  All I could think was, "Everyone thinks I'm a prostitute and I'm going to have to take off my pants to get this lizard out of them!"  So I was standing beside the road, totally crying, shaking one leg around in the air.  All the cars that were driving by were honking their horns and hollering at me... it was soooo embarassing!  \n\nAfterword:\n\nEventually the lizard got scared and crawled off my leg- it didn't get past my knee and I didn't have to take off my pants.  A few minutes later the bus came.  I swear I didn't look like a prostitute- I was wearing a sweater and dress pants!  And I had a suitcase!
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A few years ago while living on a farm, the owners raised rabbits, tons of rabbits, too many rabbits, they had a huge long line of rabbit cages along the back of their barn, and were getting worried about having too many rabbits and there were dozens of new baby rabbits born just that week, well to make a long story short, that night there was a terrible storm and a bolt of lightning shot down and hit a tree at it's roots that was beside the rabbit cages and I thought I saw a tiny little streak of lightning shoot off from the main bolt and zip towards the cages. Well, I was right! After the storm, we went out to inspect the tree, but there wasn't anything wrong with it, there wasn't even a mark! But when we looked at the rabbits, every single one was dead, the old ones, the young ones, the new borns, all instantly electrocuted by that little streak of lightning that ran off the big bolt! It solved the farmers dilemma about what to do about all those rabbits, but what a way to go! The vet said they didn't feel a thing, it was so quick!
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Of course\nYou sealed the rabbits fate by running over them.
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A Furbie, actually three of them, from my Uncle.  I was 19 when he gave them to me.  I was like WTF are THOSE things?  They were cute until he put the batteries in them.  After a half an hour they were no longer cute but annoying and I was ready to kill them.  Eventually they all had 'accidents' including the one that caught fire.  It really wasn't on purpose that they were bad or wrong, my Uncle hasn't ever seen me as 'grown up' and I get some weird stuff from him all the time.
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well, my mother has had one neighbor like that before I was even born.  This neighbor has about an acre of land in front of my mom's house, and a half acre beside my mom's house.  He has had a pig farm in the front before (we are talking a single lane road here), he has had horses and donkeys in that same place as well.  The stench gets unbearable, and when it rains, there is often liquid feces running through my mother's yard.  I have called animal control about the situation, the animals remain.  There have been times that he has had other farm animals in the same space as well that have died and laid for days before he buried them.  I have called the solid waste management team of our county-they fine him, he moves the animals for about six months and then moves them right back again.\n\nWhy a person like this even desires to have animals is beyond me-it takes a responsible caregiver to maintain such animals properly.  All I can figure out is that he is trying to force my mom into selling her home and land to him.\n\nShe has specifically stated to all of us (my brothers and sisters) that upon her death, DO NOT sell the house and land to that man no matter what.\n\nI don't know why people are like they are...it makes no sense to me.
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Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously. \n We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.  \n How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts!  \nHere's a dozen of them (the ones that fit your limitations).  For more of these "pangrams" check the link below.\n\n *Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously. \n *We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.  \n *How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts!  \n *Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels.  \n *Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag. \n *Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes. \n *Heavy boxes perform quick waltzes and jigs. \n *Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.  \n *The five boxing wizards jump quickly. \n *How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.  \n *Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.  \n *Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.     \n\n(By the way, I assume the second one you listed was supposed to be "Jackdaws love MY big sphinx of quartz. ")
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sounds like a roofer did a bad job and looking for a scapegoat. I doubt that a squirrels bladder is big enough to hold enough pee to stain a ceiling unless they keep going in the same spot which I doubt