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Growing up in General Santos with my father as a career fisherman, you learn some very valuable life lessons that those in the big city may never know. These pieces of advice may sound like obvious common sense but it seems you need hardship to fine tune the common sense of a population.

The lessons from my father in the terms of fishing are rather obvious ones. If the fish or eel has a means of injecting poison, avoid it. If it has sharp spines or sharp teeth, be very careful and avoid it. If it weighs one-tenth of what you do, be extremely careful as it can knock you on your rear if it catches you just right.

Taking such lessons to the land is not that hard to do. Anything that has sharp teeth, fangs, claws, hooves, horns or antlers is an animal to be cautious around. Any animal that weighs half of what you do can easily take you down because of momentum and the little detail of they have four legs and we have two. As I have found out in the USA, a friendly dog can take you down just as easily as a wild animal when they get a running start. Since I’m the standard size for a Filipina, the dog doesn’t have to be that big.

I also know that you don’t try to pet a wild rabbit. They may look cute but they have sharp teeth that can bite deeply.

What about hunting in the USA? Obviously, you respect the predators and what they can do. You also need to respect the plant eaters too. This time of the year in Wisconsin and many other states is deer hunting season. As one man found out, you have to be careful even when you think you successfully shot and killed the deer.

I don’t know much about how big the guy was but the deer was 240 lbs. He shot the deer twice and approached the downed deer only for it to spring up and kick his rear end. A knockdown and then a beating on his head with 9 point antlers left the guy with a concussion and a need for 7 staples in the head to close his wounds.

What makes this a Did You Know topic? Just in case you didn’t know, this is a case where facts trumped opinion again. In his opinion, he thought the deer was dead. His opinion didn’t matter as the deer kicked his rear. File this in the category of information you should know. The hunter didn’t.

And the photo included here? A 7th grade kid was turned into a running salt lick by a wild deer. So as a bit of caution, Bambi was friendly in the movies. Let the wild be alone.

Thanks,

Anah

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