The Mule vs. the Cat

Crazy, but kinda cool. At very least, somebody had fun with photoshop! :D

Namaarie
 
looks much like a mule to me (the one with the saddle on, not the limp floppy thing it's smooshing)

My father-in-law, an ol' moonshiner, had a mule that hated his chickens, would run them down & kill them, then eat them. mean critters, them mules....
 
They are awesome animals...and an uncastrated Jack Mule is dayumed dangerous. Seems like they are born mean.
 
I'd say there's a good chance that that pic is real. I have a donkey and that is almost exactly how they attack. However usually they attack with the front feet first, then kneel down on their victim and chew on them. Twice my donkey has got in with my goats and when they were taking food from him he attacked them in that manner. I had to take a 2x4 and beat him over the head to save them. Their necks were massively swollen and they could barely eat for weeks after. They also HATE dogs and other predators.
 
I have no idea whether this pic is real or not, but I have heard of herbivores actually eating meat. I know in this case it appears that the mule was killing in defense, but i saw a nature show that was about the investigation of these ground dwelling birds (in Scotland?) that were being mutilated by some unknown animal. They were smashed and had their heads ripped off. After some night time photography it turns out that the local deer where stomping on the birds, killing them, and eating their heads for the calcium in their skulls, IIRC. It was weird. I'v never seen anything like it.
I've always wanted a mule, but i think i might rethink that now;)

Jake
 
Nasty said:
They are awesome animals...and an uncastrated Jack Mule is dayumed dangerous. Seems like they are born mean.
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Yea, but the Jennys are pretty mild mannered IIRC. A friend of mine had a Jenny that he prefered to ride over a horse.
Dave said his mule was more sure footed and was smarter than a horse. I've heard a lot of guys that ride mules say that but don't know if it's true or if they're just trying to convince themselves.;)
The big problem with mules is that they *FART* and Fart loudly and Fart frequently!!!!
Barb and me was at the zoo a while back and one of the donkeys they have started braying and farting at the same time, comical as hell but you don't want to be downwind from one!!!!!!:eek: :barf: :rolleyes: :barf: :p :D
 
Had dinner with a friend years ago and one of the guests was a woman who owned/ran a ?"wildlife sanctuary" (licensed to nurse wild critters back to health and freedom) in Wyoming (I think.)

Sorry, I'm old.

Anyway, she was given a wolf that had been hit by a car and had brought it back to pretty much full health, making it due for release by the Natural Resources folks. She figured it was about a two-year old male.

Some visitor inadvertently let it get out of the pen and she saw it loping, then streaking towards a llama she had out in a pasture. She jumped on her four-wheeler and raced to try and intercept it, or at least minimize the savaging of the llama.

She said "there was still fur by the time I got there." Llama: 1, Wolf: 0.

Apparently, some sheep and cattle farmers actually graze llamas with their flocks or herds as protective animals.

Who wudda thunk it?
 
This was over on kniferums a while ago. They said it was taken by someone from the Springfield firearms company while on a hunt.

I like how on this description the lion was "stalking the dogs" and the mule threw its rider to protect them. I think the pics are real, but some city person wrote that particular description.
 
Kismet said:
Apparently, some sheep and cattle farmers actually graze llamas with their flocks or herds as protective animals.

Who wudda thunk it?
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Llamas?!? Kis, come on. You gotta be SPITTN' me;)

(you may all cast your stones in my general direction)

Jake
igetnorespect
kelley
 
Folks around here graze llamas with their sheep for predator protection. A llama will stomp a coyote into a welcome mat in minutes.

They don't fare quite so well against cougars, but it takes a very large and very motivated cougar to approach a llama.
 
raghorn said:
Folks around here graze llamas with their sheep for predator protection. A llama will stomp a coyote into a welcome mat in minutes.

They don't fare quite so well against cougars, but it takes a very large and very motivated cougar to approach a llama.
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I wonder what their natural predators must be/have been to make the llamas so ferocious?
There's now several at the zoo, aloof little things generally but will eat fresh picked leaves outta your hand while ignoring grass.:confused:
They're getting tamer week by week I'm happy too say.:D
 
We'll have to visit the zoo next time we visit Edutsi...never been to the Tulsa one. I *did* witness the birth and first hour of life of a girraffe at the OKC zoo though. That was in 1972 or so...I bet he grown a tad since then!
 
Nasty said:
We'll have to visit the zoo next time we visit Edutsi...never been to the Tulsa one. I *did* witness the birth and first hour of life of a girraffe at the OKC zoo though. That was in 1972 or so...I bet he grown a tad since then!
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"Twill be our pleasure Uwinv!!!! If Claudia was still there we could maybe go on a day when you could've fed the sharks. But alas Claudia is out on disability but on the right day we still have some connections.;)
 
Remember that I'm a diver Edutsi...

I try to never do anything that would make a shark associate me with food! :eek:


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