Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

I wonder if the copper who shot the animal, earned an extra stripe for his actions?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

To confuse the focus of predators.

Which explains all the Collingwood supporting wildebeest.

On a reasonably long drive with both vehicles, the other day, my 2.7 D3 used less fuel than my sister's, brand new Subaru Outback.

D3: 9.2l/100 Subi 9.9l/100

Originally Posted by 350RRC

And why have zebras evolved to have black and white stripes?

that is clear to some enlightened people

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

that is clear to some enlightened people

We'll see just how enlightened you are tomorrow night... 1892? Pshaw... 1859 mate.

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

"Police in Ohio fatally shot a zebra after it bit its owner on the arm and continued to act aggressively toward officers, authorities said.



Officers arrived to the man's home in Circleville, Ohio, on Sunday after he called and reported that "his arm had been bitten off by a zebra".



They found the man lying on the ground in a field, arm injured but still attached, according to officials.



Officers then helped the man onto an ambulance and sent him to a hospital.



An officer attempted to block the zebra from getting to the man by parking his police cruiser in between the injured man and the angry animal - but the zebra charged at his driver's side door, according to a Pickaway County Sheriff's Office report obtained by the BBC.



The officer said he then used his air horn and sirens to try to stave off the zebra and buy himself some time to help the injured man - measures that only worked temporarily.




As police were taking the man to an ambulance, the zebra came back. The family who owned the property told police they could shoot the zebra should he draw nearer, an affiliate from BBC's US media partner, CBS, reports



Bodycam footage released by the sheriff's office shows the zebra charging toward deputies before one fires a shotgun and kills it, WBNS reports.



The cause for the zebra's behaviour remains unclear, but authorities said it may have been attempting to protect female zebras in the same field.


The injured man was sent to a hospital where officials say he is expected to recover.



Zebras are not categorised as wild and dangerous animals by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, enabling them to be owned as pets.



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A few notes from above. They have Zebras as pets?
BBC reports "Zebras also have very different temperaments to horses. They're far more aggressive and a lot more dangerous. Zebras have been known to kick each other to death, they will viciously bite any human that comes too close, and there are even many accounts of zebras killing lions."

Not dangerous unless grumpy perhaps

Run Stripes run

Reminds me of the "Dazzle Cammo" used on Navy ships in days of yore although it didn't seem to work too well for the Zeebra.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage


It just shows that it really ain't worth getting oneself killed protecting a bunch of sheilas who not only pinched but donned his Pajamas. Weird!

I wonder how many gun happy coppers shot each other in their enthusiasm to hit the Zebra?


Each one seems to be tooled up, but then again, because the zebra wasn't blick it may have got away with it.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

She knew when she was in trouble when her Mum called her Dorothy.

Like me when my wife calls me "Ronald".

Originally Posted by p38arover

Like me when my wife calls me "Ronald".

Too right Ron. They always use that tactic of using one's given name when you know you are in the ****. Bugger, rumbled!

I believe it comes with the Marriage Licence & found in very small print usually on the rear LH side at the bottom of the page where there is a perforated strip so small you just don't know it is there until...TOOOOOO late.