Cougars to crocodiles, what?

@dawnald (85135)
Shingle Springs, California
September 16, 2022 11:46pm CST
Some years ago, before Steve Irwin died, I was reading about him and his wife, Terri. Apparently, she had worked for a wildlife rescue in Oregon that specialized in predators such as cougars. If I'm remembering correctly, she met him on a trip to Australia, and somehow he got her to fall in love with the crocodiles (and himself). Now crocodiles are awesome beasts that I don't mind watching from a safe distance, and hopefully from behind glass, but love? Sorry, I can love cougars, and bears, and even wolves, but crocodiles? Admire, OK, but love, I just don't think so. But that's just me.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134460)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Sep 22
You can not trust a crocodile they will eat you. But I do love all the other wild animals.
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
17 Sep 22
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 22
Exactly. Admire, respect, but love? Yikes
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
17 Sep 22
Both are wild animals that are unpredictable. But on land, a cougar is quicker than a crocodile. Never thought Steve Irwin would die from the poison of a stingray.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 22
It wasn't so much the stingray poison as the fact that it got him in the heart, I believe. Very sad. Cougars are way faster, but Crocs kill way more people every year.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Sep 22
Sorry... my mind went elsewhere when I read your title... Cougars --- older women who like younger men, so then crocodiles must be a new term for craggy old men who persue young women? I better have something to eat.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 22
there's a crocodile up the hill who doesn't min older women as long as they are stacked.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
18 Sep 22
In childhood, we read a story about a monkey and a crocodile which teach us that you cannot trust crocodiles. They will eat you once you go near them. I hate them.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
18 Sep 22
I remember that story.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
17 Sep 22
They certainly would not be my cup of tea..the are cold creatures.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
17 Sep 22
Also, they eat people
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
17 Sep 22
@dawnald Yes cold as ice no conscience about eating people
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 22
I blame Steve Irwin and Crocodile Dundee for much of the 'misinformation' about Australia and its dangerous creatures. Sometimes it seems that's all other countries know about us.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
18 Sep 22
I had an Australian pen pal growing up. I remember her saying that people seem to think all your cities have Kangaroos running down the streets.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 22
@dawnald Yes, that was the thought years back but I think most people have moved on from there now. We lived in a small country town in the early 1970s and we did actually see a roo hopping down the main street.
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