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Wow this sounds familiar
Saturday, 18 April 2009 00:47I watched a Youtube video today about a tiger getting his catch *back* from the crocodiles.
It seems that he'd caught a deer-like creature (I forgot what it was called) at a waterhole, but before he could do anything with it, the narrator said that some "unusually aggressive" crocodiles took it from him.
And so he sat there by the water for NINE HOURS watching the crocodiles try to eat the thing. But they were unsuccessful as they are not really built for chewing thru a thick hide. So eventually they left it there in the water (presumably to rot a bit and soften up). And all this time, the tiger just sat there on the bank glaring at them. It even ignored other potential prey as it did- for NINE HOURS (at least that's what the narrator claimed).
Eventually, once satisfied that that crocs were busy elsewhere, the tiger jumped into the water and swam out and retrieved the carcass, swimming back with this thing that was almost as big as himself thru several dozen meters' length of water that was pretty deep and choked with vegetation. And while it was doing it, he was growling and snarling pretty steadily. (I don't think that we need a babelfish to translate the tiger invective. Cussing and ranting is cussing and ranting no matter how you spell it.)
Eventually, the tiger brought it's catch back on shore and had his meal- still cussing.
Yeah, that's *my* totem animal alright. I recognise this behaviour all too well.
Some people call this kind of stubbornness a liability. I say it gets you your damn lunch back!
It seems that he'd caught a deer-like creature (I forgot what it was called) at a waterhole, but before he could do anything with it, the narrator said that some "unusually aggressive" crocodiles took it from him.
And so he sat there by the water for NINE HOURS watching the crocodiles try to eat the thing. But they were unsuccessful as they are not really built for chewing thru a thick hide. So eventually they left it there in the water (presumably to rot a bit and soften up). And all this time, the tiger just sat there on the bank glaring at them. It even ignored other potential prey as it did- for NINE HOURS (at least that's what the narrator claimed).
Eventually, once satisfied that that crocs were busy elsewhere, the tiger jumped into the water and swam out and retrieved the carcass, swimming back with this thing that was almost as big as himself thru several dozen meters' length of water that was pretty deep and choked with vegetation. And while it was doing it, he was growling and snarling pretty steadily. (I don't think that we need a babelfish to translate the tiger invective. Cussing and ranting is cussing and ranting no matter how you spell it.)
Eventually, the tiger brought it's catch back on shore and had his meal- still cussing.
Yeah, that's *my* totem animal alright. I recognise this behaviour all too well.
Some people call this kind of stubbornness a liability. I say it gets you your damn lunch back!
