Dense underbrush. You try walking through chapparal. A SoCal forest would actually have been easier to track him through.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lori - Feb 23, 2005 1:25:23 pm PST #560 of 10002
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2005 1:30:58 pm PST #561 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dense underbrush, sure. Forest, nope. Especially not around there, which was burnt during the wildfires. It's all new growth.
I've never tried walking through chapparal (nor typing it) -- I'm assuming it's easier for the tiger to do, then.
As I said -- my naivete is such that if you can tranq a two ton rhino and not get trampled, 600lbs of tiger -- ah, well. It's dead now anyway.
You canNOT believe the tiger commentary that's going on here. My face aches with the laughing.
"It's a miracle of nature! And they killed it!"
"Trackers? I look out my bedroom window, see a tiger, and I'm a tracker?"
"Reach civilisation? In Simi? Not happening."
"Near the library? No need to worry about casualties -- the library's deserted."
"It's ORANGE. What took them so long?"
Sheryl - Feb 23, 2005 1:32:24 pm PST #562 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Lysana!
Didn't get to see Veronica Mars last night because it was pre-empted for basketball. As far as I can tell, this ep isn't airing any other time this week. Feh.
Lee - Feb 23, 2005 1:33:03 pm PST #563 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks Kat!
lori - Feb 23, 2005 1:36:13 pm PST #564 of 10002
There's better tiger hunt pictures here. Chapparal is usually tough brushy undergrowth, sometimes described as too short to go under and too tall to climb over. But if you are tiger-height, and also tiger-strong, it's just right.
Dude, six-inch pawprints, in the playground. So cool.
Allyson - Feb 23, 2005 1:37:13 pm PST #565 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
"It's a miracle of nature! And they killed it!"
Until it eats your head.
It's like those fuckos who refuse to spay and neuter so that their kids can witness the miracle of birth.
I worked with a woman who ran a shelter who was overwhelmed during kitten season and had to recommend euthanasia to just such a person. She told her, "Now your kids can witness the miracle of death, and learn from your irresponsibility."
Betsy HP - Feb 23, 2005 1:37:18 pm PST #566 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Speaking as a parent? Aiieeeeee! [to the paw print.]
DawnK - Feb 23, 2005 1:40:18 pm PST #567 of 10002
giraffe mode
The decision to kill rather than tranq the tiger was probably 65% logistical. After it was down, F&G would have to figure out what to do with it. LA Zoo probably wouldn't take it (for a dozen reasons - mostly disease related). Don't know if the Wildlife Way Station is still around or if it has room (when last I heard the F&G had a tenuous relationship with them) and if it was an older animal, tranq and transport has bigger implications getting the doseage correct and cage control. (/useless wildlife management degree) I'm still bummed they did it though.
Lee - Feb 23, 2005 1:41:24 pm PST #568 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hi Dawn!
Kat - Feb 23, 2005 1:42:12 pm PST #569 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dawn speaks for me. I get why they did it, but it's still sad.
Oh look, BM on my TV. And HE is WET!