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findingNemoral t1_j4uprbl wrote

A rather large bird took off in front of me while driving (we scared the shit out of each other) and for about 30 seconds it pumped its wings to clear my truck while I slammed on the breaks. I got a really good look at it - wing span covered the width of my vehicle (easily) and its markings and colorations were not Bald Eagle (mature or immature) and the only bird that it could have been was a Golden Eagle. Since those are so rare, I doubt myself...but I am convinced that 2 mph faster or the bird slightly less masterful at flying, I would have seriously maimed it.

This was in Monkton, off of Tyler Bridge Road and it had been eating near the fire pond.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_j4undhy wrote

While I’m kinda with you, the other dudes plan does have some historical precedent. Since you decided to jump right to hitler, the 1936 olympics are a pretty famous debate the nazi thing you are talking about. Your argument would not have the us or anyone participate and certainly not have Jesse Owens compete.

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vtskier8022 t1_j4uhafi wrote

Actually it does. If you are aware that a phrase is a racial slur but you still believe that it is acceptable to use in day to day life then you are in fact, racist.

A person who values each person individually would say “wow there are millions of other words to use, I will just not use the hateful slur.”

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endeavour3d t1_j4u3euj wrote

cougars attack and kill humans orders magnitude more than wolves ever have, wolves tend to avoid humans for the most part, if anything, they attack dogs and cats, but so do coyotes generally.

-for the people downvoting me, have you ever actually looked up the statistics? It's far more likely they'll attack each other than another person.

Cougar: >A total of 126 attacks, 27 of which were fatal, have been documented in North America in the past 100 years.

Wolves:

>PAST 100 YEARS; reintroduction in the lower 48 in 1995 Fatal United States (lower 48): 1 (pet wolf) United States (Alaska): 2 (1 predatory, 1 rabid) Canada: 2 (1 predatory, 1 captive) Nonfatal United States (lower 48): 3 (1 brain damaged, 2 captive) United States (Alaska): 7 (3 predatory, 3 rabid, 1 agressive) Canada: 15 (10 predatory, 2 agressive, 1 captive, 1 rabid, 1 provoked)

>EVER RECORDED Fatal United States (lower 48): 14 United States (Alaska): 2 Canada: 5 Nonfatal United States (lower 48): 12 United States (Alaska): 8 Canada: 21 (2 in Arctic Circle)

https://pounceconservation.weebly.com/how-common-are-wolf-attacks.html

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

https://wolf.org/wolf-info/factsvsfiction/are-wolves-dangerous-to-humans/

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Ok_Slice_2952 t1_j4ttw34 wrote

If you want to ship glass, get bubble wrap and be generous with it. Then make sure there is no empty space in the box. Fill it with more bubble wrap or lots of newsprint.

You have to think that you're preparing the pages to take a hundred pounds on top of it, because it shipping that will happen.

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