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Well, I saw a video of some fella in Africa trying to release a leopard one day. It crawled almost all the way in the p'up cab and shredded him fairly proper. OTOH, I learned a long time back you shouldn't provoke a cat unless you're ready to back it up. Scrotum shrinker this:



Anyway, I've not had your experience in dealing with PO'd 4 legged cats in close quarters, but I've crossed paths with a few here and there.

1. A Shau Valley, '70. Flew over a small clearing and two tiger cubs were rollicking in the grass. They looked up at us, about 50' up and momma came boiling out of the tree line wanting a piece of our collective asses big time. Totally unafraid, unrepentant and she might have cleared 12'-15' in her jumps trying to reach us while I hovered. After brief consideration I decided that hanging around and depending on the legendary reliability of Allison turbines was probably unwise. Other than being fearless, the other thing that caught my attention: Tigers are really, really big. Forearms on momma were bigger than my thighs by fair margin. The kids thought the whole thing just...fascinating.

2. I petted a tiger once. Those things are really, really phoucin' ginormous. I'm surprised I still have a right arm. It purred...I nearly crapped my pants.

3. Any cat bigger than a house cat can [bleep] you up quicker than a politician can change his position. Bobcats, lions, jaguars, it hardly matters. They are stronger, quicker and they make a living making other chitt dead. Phouc that.

4. I petted a cheetah once too. They are neat critters. This one was a male named Sam. Anytime a woman got in the compound with Sam (name as I recall it) and they were wearing a skirt he would rip it off and run away with it. I really liked Sam. True story that, White Oak Plantation on the Georgia/Florida border just north of Jacksonville.