Dumbest Move Ever Seen

Stupidest thing I saw people do was letting their kid swim at Mapelana right in the gulley where the anglers catch their fish from. Anton (Springbok angler) cought his biggest raggy there the night before (Yes, it was fun), the area is also known for plenty black-tips amongst others. Saw the biggest shark I ever did see there. After warning them about the sharks they called their kid in. Ten minutes he was back into the water again. I guess they didn't see any sharks.

Makes me think about these dumb foreighners visiting SA and then get out of their cars to take pictures of lions. Someone once visited me told of the killing of such a visiter. The lions was about 100m off the road, so this ***** decided he's going closer to take better pictures - on foot. The guy said the visiter was about 5 meters away from his car when the male was up and charging in a flash. Cought the visiter before he could get back in his car.

Boggles my mind how any one could think of these things as just cats. Especially the manes are very large and extremely powerfull. A single male lion can carry a cow off that two strong guys cannot move. And lions are mean and bad tempered. I will meet up with any wild cat in our bush other than an African lion.

 

Oh, the picture... You know how you always see these guys catching a shark then drag it out on the beach to pose with. Forget it. Three of us couldn't move the shark so the pictures were taken right in the surf hence the superior quality and spray on the lense. Aparently you could hurt a shark's back dragging one as heavy as this out by the tail.
We couldn't 'put' it back, it had to put itself back.

 

Thanks for the explanation, Fanie. I was thinking that was a pretty weird looking lion.

 

I was almost sure I didn't have to explain

 

Fanie,

You're correct, of course, about the incredible stupidity exhibited by so many tourists. Here in the US, they do the same thing, getting out of their cars to get closer to bears, because (actually said by one), "They look so cute. I know the signs say they're wild and dangerous, but this is a national park. The government wouldn't allow any really dangerous animals in."

Personal experience: when my children were young, we took them to one of those drive through animal parks, where the animals roam free (within limits). In the big cat section, we watched as the park animal handlers tried to move a large male tiger who was sleeping in the middle of the road. They drove their trucks at him, honking and revving the engines. He just looked up, yawned, and closed his eyes again. Then they tried the perdator-fleeing prey theory. Drove the truck up close, honking, and when he looked up they drove away quickly. Sure enough, he jumped up and loped after the fleeing truck. Pulled up alongside the right rear fender and smacked it with a paw. WHACK! He completely destroyed the fender and the side of the truck bed with one blow. The tiger then loped off a few strides and lay down again. Treated it like a game.

Then we have the sad plight of a few children killed each year when their stupid parents stop to picnic near a pond and allow the kids to go wading. There are signs, TV warnings, and notices in the tourist brochures stating that virtually every body of fresh water in Florida has one or more alligators, so do not swim or wade in any waters not posted as safe swimming areas. Nope, the kids are hot, they begged to go wading, "The water looked so nice..."

 

Good thing is they don't do more'n once! We get the same problems in the wildlife parks in the UK (I ask you wild Africa Lions in the shitty weather they have here - no wonder the buggers are wild, wouldn't you be? one minute your sunning yourself in the bush, chewing on the odd slow blackman, along comes a truck and wham bam your up to you bits in SNOW, whatever that is and it fcuking cold!!!) Yep the so called adult humans drive their cars past all these signs that say DON'T GET OUT OF THE CAR AND DON'T OPEN THE WINDOWS yet every year there's a report of some numpty who has got out to get a better picture or wound the window down 'cos it's stuffy in the car! and the buggers are complaining how their wife/husband/child just got killed - what you think those big signs are there for?

 

Unfortunately, stupidity is terminal. Thankfully some (usually young males), but not enough, manage to kill themselves before passing on their genes.

 

Yup, the Darwin-award!

 

There's a sign above the training Sgt Majors door in Hereford (that little known Brit Regiment that some few of you know about and some have met - and a couple of us have actually worked with) that covers it nicely -

"Death is natures way of saying you've failed!" as I remember! To the point and totally accurate - it's their way!

 

Speaking of animals, remember wambats did it first

EAT ROOTS SHOOTS & LEAVES

Oops not drivel thread - slanglish explained - see max or jack for a second opinion

 

Mr Lee I always thought it was the panda, but its black and white really!

 

Get some video of a wambat then you will know that it is the personification of male behaviour. Pigheaded, Get out of my patch, I will do what I want when I want, Don't interrupt me while I am eating, rooting, shooting or leaving.

I think that may I have been thrice married & open for offers still. (not counting quiet flings). It is almost impossible to hold a wambat against his will.

 

Here be dumb:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWakyA7JHg&feature=related

 

And here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vLErvNBf1Y&feature=related

No one mentions that the boat the coasties hit had the right of way.

 

First one reminds me of the "Voyager" incident off Sydney some years ago.

Excellent but I prefer the second one as only pride was hurt!

I don't think the coasties could have avoided - sort of like a fully loaded loco (The ones carrying iron ore for Hamersley Iron in Western Australia take 11 miles to stop with full dump on the air breaks tearing up track at the same time) Same applies for the 250,000 ton bulk carriers about the same distance in good waters/weather going full astern before coming to a stop.