Geese are mean and they bite. I saw a huge black snake the size of that one in a corn field once. I don't know what kind it was, I ran away quick. I don't think most kids would try and catch a snake that size, they are scary.
Nooooo. Geese are not gentle. They're MEAN. People around here keep geese if they've had stuff stolen from sheds---geese won't let any stranger get away with anything, and they won't be bribed like dogs. They're fierce critters.
Wow! He IS a big boy! And beautiful, too. I've worked very hard to overcome my fear of snakes and have held several under controlled conditions. I even had a weary chicken snake go to sleep on my lap. Coming across one unexpectedly is something else. It depends on how close and if I can identify it as non-venomous. The copperheads we have around here are nasty and the water moccasins are actually aggressive. The little guys such as gopher snakes and such can go their merry way and I'll go mine. The rattlesnake we found in our house was NOT welcome at all!kashmir64
I posted the Ratsnake photo on the company I work for website. That way people have click the link and it won't show on here to make people uncomfortable.
http://www.accessrigging.com/GrayRatsnake1.jpg
I'm sorry but when I read the first paragraph of your post I got an image and started laughing.I'm in NZ, and we don't have many wild animals that would attack here. Possums and feral cats would be about it, there may be more, but nothing I know if. No snakes, no crocs, no bears, but a we do have couple of poisonous spiders! The Katipo and the Whitetail! I think we have a much higher chance of being beaten up by Gang related yobbos - most of whom have P Related drug addictions.
Plenty of pests, more likely to attack crops rather than humans.
BUT I HATE COCKROACHES AND MICE! And neighbour's who leave loads of rubbish outside without rubbish bins. At this time of year here in NZ, currently mid winter, cockroaches in particular make their presence known when they manage to get inside houses, mainly coming in from under the house for warmth - through gaps in water underfloor piping, in such places as kitchens, bathrooms, laundry, hot water cupboards, etc.
I always have some spray on hand in those places. I give the cockroach a good squirt, then I put a paper towel over them, then stamp on it to make sure. Then I put it outside, as I once read that cockroaches either eat their own dead, or take a dead one back to their nest to share! Subsequently, the ones who help to devour the dead one, also die, as they are also getting the toxic stuff which killed it in the first place.
I don't know if that would have happened with the last one I sprayed I ran out of the cockroach spray, and the nearest thing I had to hand was hair spray, so I zapped it with that, - did the job very quickly, then tossed the horrible thing outside!
Kiwis are nocturnal animals, and are very seldom seen in the wild! I think they'd run away and hide from you! However, you do need to watch out for some of the human kiwisI'm sorry but when I read the first paragraph of your post I got an image and started laughing.
"Run...it's an attack Kiwi".
In Ontario, Canada there are lots of animals that could attack you but typically you would have to provoke them into it. Provoke or catch them off guard and corner them with their young.I'm in NZ, and we don't have many wild animals that would attack here.
The U.S. Army used to employ "guard geese" in Germany. Swans and turkeys can be just as aggressive. I know of people who've had to be hospitalized after swan attacks and have witnessed them attacking large dogs. Friends of ours kept geese, and we'd have to stay in our car and honk when we dropped by, because the geese attacked the minute you tried to get out of the car.Nooooo. Geese are not gentle. They're MEAN. People around here keep geese if they've had stuff stolen from sheds---geese won't let any stranger get away with anything, and they won't be bribed like dogs. They're fierce critters.
In the US we have a product called Terro. It's a bait used for ants but it works very well on roaches. I don't know how big your roaches get but our Texas cockroaches, a.k.a. palmetto bugs, get huge, from 1.5"-2". They fly and will sometimes fly right at you. They're noisy, too. We had one cat that would not only hunt and catch them, but crunch them down with great gusto. Ugh! They live primarily in trees and other wood but are quite willing to come inside for a drink of water or a nosh. It's downright disgusting to be awakened by one that's sneaked into the house through an impossibly small hole, landing on you with a thump and scrambling with its spiky legs to go elsewhere. I. Do. NOT. Like. Them. At all!I'm in NZ, and we don't have many wild animals that would attack here. Possums and feral cats would be about it, there may be more, but nothing I know if. No snakes, no crocs, no bears, but a we do have couple of poisonous spiders! The Katipo and the Whitetail! I think we have a much higher chance of being beaten up by Gang related yobbos - most of whom have P Related drug addictions.
Plenty of pests, more likely to attack crops rather than humans.
BUT I HATE COCKROACHES AND MICE! And neighbour's who leave loads of rubbish outside without rubbish bins. At this time of year here in NZ, currently mid winter, cockroaches in particular make their presence known when they manage to get inside houses, mainly coming in from under the house for warmth - through gaps in water underfloor piping, in such places as kitchens, bathrooms, laundry, hot water cupboards, etc.
I always have some spray on hand in those places. I give the cockroach a good squirt, then I put a paper towel over them, then stamp on it to make sure. Then I put it outside, as I once read that cockroaches either eat their own dead, or take a dead one back to their nest to share! Subsequently, the ones who help to devour the dead one, also die, as they are also getting the toxic stuff which killed it in the first place.
I don't know if that would have happened with the last one I sprayed I ran out of the cockroach spray, and the nearest thing I had to hand was hair spray, so I zapped it with that, - did the job very quickly, then tossed the horrible thing outside!
In Ontario, Canada there are lots of animals that could attack you but typically you would have to provoke them into it. Provoke or catch them off guard and corner them with their young.
Some of the guys I work with went to the DEW line (Distant Early Warning) to build scaffold so towers could be accessed for maintenance. They were at defense stations in the far north of Canada. They said the polar bears are huge and extremely scary to see in the wild.
Here's a photo one of them took.
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I. FEEL. YOUR. PAIN. AND. HORROR.......As well as the little ones, the big ones I've had have been about 2" long. The ugliest scariest things I have seen. Especially in winter at the last place I lived in where the hot water cylinder/linen cupboard was in my bedroom, and when I turned on the light one would be crawling up the wall behind my bed. UGH! I would get rid of it, and then pull my bed to pieces to make sure there were none in there! Can't tell you how many times I did that! I also felt compelled to change the bedding each time that happened, but some were even squirrelled away in the clean linen, so I would have to check those out too!In the US we have a product called Terro. It's a bait used for ants but it works very well on roaches. I don't know how big your roaches get but our Texas cockroaches, a.k.a. palmetto bugs, get huge, from 1.5"-2". They fly and will sometimes fly right at you. They're noisy, too. We had one cat that would not only hunt and catch them, but crunch them down with great gusto. Ugh! They live primarily in trees and other wood but are quite willing to come inside for a drink of water or a nosh. It's downright disgusting to be awakened by one that's sneaked into the house through an impossibly small hole, landing on you with a thump and scrambling with its spiky legs to go elsewhere. I. Do. NOT. Like. Them. At all!