Worst critters to encounter on the trail..

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Worst critters to encounter on the trail..
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flag dorchesterbiketrail
Posted: Feb 4, 2010 at 12:41 Quote
those flies that go in your hair and ears and bite and buz around
flag jbkona
Posted: Feb 4, 2010 at 14:26 Quote
angus05 wrote:
man bear pig=
photo
holy crap!
flag krm33
Posted: Feb 4, 2010 at 14:29 Quote
fishercats... oh and let's not forget wildebeast Attention

And to all the people worrying about snakes, if you can get past the surprise of it, it doesn't really hurt at all.
flag Daire
Posted: Feb 4, 2010 at 14:36 Quote
angus05 wrote:
man bear pig=
photo
perspective is a cool trick:Cool :
flag brandyn16
Posted: Feb 4, 2010 at 15:57 Quote
jbkona wrote:
Unhallowed wrote:
Just ride fast enough that any small critter who hits you is instantly dead, and big ones can't catch you.
There problem solved.

what about porcupines? there f@#king scary to come across

Ive never seen a porcuprick in the wild but, i imagin they are hell your tires,haha
flag ustemuf
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 13:55 Quote
a newt.

yes, believe it or not.. well, at least for my friend.

apparently he has no idea about salamanders/newts, and when we encountered one on a trail he was stoked to see something he's never seen before. he started taking pictures of it and after he was done for some reason he attempted to pick it up.

immediately my other friend and i yelled at him to drop it now! i had no idea what kind of newt it was, but i remember when i was little reading/learning about not touching them because it was bad for you.

luckily he had his gloves on, and we warned him not to touch his face/sinus with his gloves. he tried wiping them off in the grass just to be safe.

when we got home i looked up the breed of newt it was and it was a rough skinned newt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_skinned_newt

"Many newts produce toxins to avoid predation, but the toxins of the genus Taricha are particularly potent. One thirtieth of the toxin present in the skin of an average adult rough-skinned newt is sufficient to kill a healthy adult human

The rough-skinned newt possesses tetrodotoxin, which in this species was formerly called tarichatoxin. This toxin binds to sodium channels in nerve cells and interferes with the normal flow of sodium ions in and out of the cell. This has the effect of inducing paralysis and death."

lol
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 13:58 Quote
Daire wrote:
angus05 wrote:
man bear pig=
photo
perspective is a cool trick:Cool :

Maybe works on the kid but not this close up.

Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://seanbuckley.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/4651_cochon_0.jpg
flag uttanutta12
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 13:58 Quote
wookash84 wrote:
well thre's a few nasty animals/insect:
1. sheeps/aries - there so annoying, where u walking up the hill(to go down later on) there just standing and staring at u, and u don't know if they planning to run forward u or something, or when giant aries with hughe horns it's on yours way
2.all kind of flies - those are really crazies mother...., once i ride my bike and one big fly or whatever was it hit me in the head(i mean just smah over my shades) leaves just bug liquid on it ugly....
3.all "stupid" dogs - i mean all dogs who trying to get u while riding next to them

having been to scotland, your flies are particulary annoying Wink although nothing can beat norweigan midges, especially when they're in a swarm the size of a 4X4 Confused



and the critter that annoys me the most is those things called 'bobble-hats' more commonly known as hikers/walkers Madder
flag mickeydesadist2
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 16:33 Quote
marquis wrote:
Daire wrote:
angus05 wrote:
man bear pig=
photo
perspective is a cool trick:Cool :

Maybe works on the kid but not this close up.

Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://seanbuckley.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/4651_cochon_0.jpg
Now all you need is a giagantic barbeque!!! some Dianes smokey western sauce and Frank's Chilli an Lime sauce!!!!
flag sirhobbes59
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 19:50 Quote
mickeydesadist2 wrote:
marquis wrote:
Daire wrote:

perspective is a cool trick:Cool :

Maybe works on the kid but not this close up.

Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://seanbuckley.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/4651_cochon_0.jpg
Now all you need is a giagantic barbeque!!! some Dianes smokey western sauce and Frank's Chilli an Lime sauce!!!!
this makes me glad the worst i have to imagine running into are mountain lions,
flag VTwintips
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 19:54 Quote
sirhobbes59 wrote:
mickeydesadist2 wrote:
marquis wrote:


Maybe works on the kid but not this close up.

Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://seanbuckley.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/4651_cochon_0.jpg
Now all you need is a giagantic barbeque!!! some Dianes smokey western sauce and Frank's Chilli an Lime sauce!!!!
this makes me glad the worst i have to imagine running into are mountain lions,
I'm scared shitless of mtn lions. they both have big munchers
flag sirhobbes59
Posted: Feb 5, 2010 at 20:36 Quote
VTwintips wrote:
sirhobbes59 wrote:
mickeydesadist2 wrote:
Now all you need is a giagantic barbeque!!! some Dianes smokey western sauce and Frank's Chilli an Lime sauce!!!!
this makes me glad the worst i have to imagine running into are mountain lions,
I'm scared shitless of mtn lions. they both have big munchers
true but look at that motherf*ckers size

 


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