pretty sure i just vividly overheard an animal get slaughtered

Dopameme · September 29, 2015, 11:50:08 PM

and by getting slaughtered, i mean annihilated by a predator. my university was built on a national preservation and the surrounding areas are filled with wildlife. i've seen a black bear on campus and have almost hit a deer while driving home, so this kinda stuff isn't really new to me. but this is something i've never really experienced before.

so i'm sitting right by my window(which is open because i like the cool breeze) and all of a sudden an extremely high-pitched shriek started coming from outside. i couldn't see anything because of all the trees but i heard the bloodcurdling scream of an animal getting wiped from existence by another animal that wants to eat them. wish i was able to discern what type of animal it was but i could hear sounds of flesh tearing and growling so the predator could have been a bobcat.

tbh experiencing that is making me feel down and has me thinking about life. glad we as humans don't have to worry about predatory dangers in the night like that, eh?

Zonda · September 29, 2015, 11:52:25 PM

I once heard a Rabbit get attacked by a Cat, and it made the most ungodly of noises as it tried to escape.

Pretty scary tbh fam

Assassin 11D7 · September 29, 2015, 11:55:29 PM

Deer screaming in the pitch dark night next to you while you're walking in the woods is pretty spooky the first couple times.

Elegiac · September 29, 2015, 11:57:08 PM

I sense a perverse pleasure in your application of descriptors though... 'annihilated'

'wiped from existence'

oh my

Dopameme · September 29, 2015, 11:58:02 PM

Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on September 29, 2015, 11:55:29 PM

Deer screaming in the pitch dark night next to you while you're walking in the woods is pretty spooky the first couple times.

the poor creature that died might have been a deer now that i think about it

Dopameme · September 29, 2015, 11:58:49 PM

Quote from: Elegiac on September 29, 2015, 11:57:08 PM

I sense a perverse pleasure in your application of descriptors though... 'annihilated'

'wiped from existence'

oh my

what are you implying

Assassin 11D7 · September 29, 2015, 11:59:53 PM

Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on September 29, 2015, 11:58:02 PM

Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on September 29, 2015, 11:55:29 PM
Deer screaming in the pitch dark night next to you while you're walking in the woods is pretty spooky the first couple times.
the poor creature that died might have been a deer now that i think about it

There's nothing poor about it, it's nature. Some animals eat other animals, some animals get ate. Like the Lion King said, circle of life and all that.

Saleem · September 30, 2015, 12:02:49 AM

Deer, rabbits, and mountain lions have rather disturbing screams.

Sandtrap · September 30, 2015, 12:03:53 AM

If I were to go for a walk in the fields at night I could get killed by coyotes.

We actually do have a fair number of predators that can fuck our shit up at night.

Elegiac · September 30, 2015, 12:07:31 AM

Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on September 29, 2015, 11:58:49 PM

Quote from: Elegiac on September 29, 2015, 11:57:08 PM
I sense a perverse pleasure in your application of descriptors though... 'annihilated'

'wiped from existence'

oh my
what are you implying

I suggest that a modicum of schadenfreude was involved... perhaps just a trifle

alphy · September 30, 2015, 12:11:16 AM

Quote from: ⁭⁭⁭⁭Sandtrap on September 30, 2015, 12:03:53 AM

If I were to go for a walk in the fields at night I could get killed by coyotes.

We actually do have a fair number of predators that can fuck our shit up at night.

yeah same, i have a giant wash behind my house and it wouldn't be rare to see a coyote hanging out back there... luckily, there's a hill separating civilization from the wilderness lol

would not wanna go back there in the night lol

snakes and coyotes and serial killers lmao

Jocephalopod · September 30, 2015, 12:16:49 AM

reminds me of this really ghetto but hands on zoo in Poland. You were put into this huge territory full of native animals and encouraged to explore for yourself. I remember encountering a pack of wolves eating a fresh deer carcass. While their behavior and body language was nearly identical to domestic dogs when interacting with each other, it's when they noticed me that their mannerisms were radically different.

I had been kneeling down when they spotted me, every single member of the pack looking right at me with an unreal intensity. What I presumed to be the alpha signaled two of the wolves to start walking towards me as the rest stood near the kill. Most people are used to approaching dogs in a symbiotic fashion and whether consciously aware or not, both domestic dogs and their human counterparts seek to recognize each other's emotions. In the case of the two wolves, the lack of feedback was primitively disturbing. No tail movement, change in posture, darting of the eyes.. just a raw stare and a slow creep. the wolves were independently analyzing me.

after getting a few feet too close I decided to rise from my crouched position in the face of the two wolves, and with a medium pitched yelp from the pack leader, the scouts returned to their meal, eyeing me as I walked on.

life changing shiet.

TheOneTrueDesticle · September 30, 2015, 12:20:06 AM

That's pretty neat.

Dopameme · September 30, 2015, 12:28:27 AM

Quote from: TheOneTrueDesticle on September 30, 2015, 12:20:06 AM

That's pretty neat.

go away

TheOneTrueDesticle · September 30, 2015, 12:31:56 AM

That's pretty neat.

eggsalad · September 30, 2015, 08:54:25 AM

Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on September 29, 2015, 11:50:08 PM

almost hit a deer while driving home, so this kinda stuff isn't really new to me.

but deer are literally everywhere

Risay117 · September 30, 2015, 08:56:52 AM

Man, i watched a goat getting slaughtered. My little bro was younger and cried and was given sent jnside and distracted with a computer game. Me I sat there and was kind of let down but was kind of interested.

Dopameme · September 30, 2015, 10:35:39 AM

Quote from: eggsalad on September 30, 2015, 08:54:25 AM

Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on September 29, 2015, 11:50:08 PM
almost hit a deer while driving home, so this kinda stuff isn't really new to me.
but deer are literally everywhere

not when you're from south Florida

The Lord Ruler · September 30, 2015, 10:49:36 AM

Someone once told me RC is a screamer so it was probably him

gats · September 30, 2015, 11:13:48 AM

watching an animal get slaughtered is the worst man, i've seen it before irl and im just like nopls

eggsalad · September 30, 2015, 11:39:52 AM

Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on September 30, 2015, 10:35:39 AM

Quote from: eggsalad on September 30, 2015, 08:54:25 AM
Quote from: 🍄Tryptameme🍄 on September 29, 2015, 11:50:08 PM
almost hit a deer while driving home, so this kinda stuff isn't really new to me.
but deer are literally everywhere
not when you're from south Florida

are gators like your deer

Naru · September 30, 2015, 11:54:55 AM

I once saw a baby cow get an hatchet butt to its head and then the throat cut. It was tasty later on in the day. But the crack from the axe kind of got to me

Ender · September 30, 2015, 11:56:23 AM

Quote from: Naru on September 30, 2015, 11:54:55 AM

I once saw a baby cow get an hatchet butt to its head and then the throat cut. It was tasty later on in the day. But the crack from the axe kind of got to me

Inb4vegans

Naru · September 30, 2015, 12:00:33 PM

Quote from: Enduuuuuuur on September 30, 2015, 11:56:23 AM

Quote from: Naru on September 30, 2015, 11:54:55 AM
I once saw a baby cow get an hatchet butt to its head and then the throat cut. It was tasty later on in the day. But the crack from the axe kind of got to me

Inb4vegans

Idgaf, the calf was eaten, do they really can't get mad.