I work part time as a security guard at an outdoor mall and I had a funny encounter with a Gen-Z female the other night. It was midnight and I was keeping overwatch on people as they left our movie theater when I noticed a car that had recently departed the theater sitting near the front of one of the anchor stores. I drove over to check on the vehicle only to find two young ladies (maybe 18-20 YO) inside it frantically motioning to me to come over to them because there was a "Pumba-lina" in some nearby bushes. Despite my initial skepticism that there was a javalina in said bushes, they showed me a video proving it. That is when the female showing me the video about made my head explode. After I exclaimed it was indeed a javalina she said something I could not believe. " I chased that thing, I tried to catch it!" Immediately I replied, "OH, don't do that! They are quite dangerous and can do a lot of damage." She got a surprised look on her face and maybe the realization she got lucky, and said, "oh". They left after pointing out the bushes again to me and I thanking them for the heads up. Apparently some of today's youth think wild animals just need hugs and homes. She is exceptionally fortunate that she did not catch that "Pumba-lina" or what happened might be making various news station rounds today. Maybe she thought it would have to sing a duet with her like in the Lion King or something. I do know the incident report I would have to write would be quite entertaining to my supervisor and something the manager and director would use as grounds for my termination.
Don't look cuddly to me. Looks to me, they can take a nice bite out of you. javalina on the right side of pic & below. Wild Boor on the left side of pic.
Darwin missed another chance to thin the herd....................... I bet she wanted a selfie with it.
They are nasty critters and tough. Purely by chance I eventually ended up driving within 15 feet of it It was not a small example of the species. Should have asked her if she was originally from Florida.
A few years ago these French people left their car in a safari park in the Netherlands to take a photo with the cheetahs.....
Instead of filming, I would have used my own car to protect the people from the attacking cheetahs. Those people only laughed and filmed, they did nothing to warn the French tourists. They even followed them to the second location.
Darwinian evolutionary theory123. It suggests that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing1. The biological concept of fitness is defined as reproductive success23. Natural selection is known as ‘the survival of the fittest’4. The best adapted organisms are able to survive, and the most desirable characteristics get passed down from parents to their offspring4. We need more of this.
Correct Tony. One thing remarkable is that there were Alligators and Crocodiles that were exactly the same as the ones we see today living with the Dinosaurs. They haven't had to evolve, because they are the fittest. And still today they're are morons who will walk right up to one, and sometimes even feed them. I'm sure the title of this thread is because of the child that became Alligator food at Disney. I don't blame the small child, I blame his stupid parents. I hope that they are through reproducing.
