Another death on the roads

el_presidente
el_presidente Posts: 1,963
edited July 2008 in Commuting chat
My girlfriend cycled over a dead rat yesterday. Well she claimed it was already dead. And yes it did go "squish" apparently :)
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  • tuxpoo
    tuxpoo Posts: 138
    I'm a regular killer. Being a keen gardener, I make a point of mowing down snails on my daily commute.
    Lovely satisfying crunch! :twisted:

    I'm amazed at the amount of road kill this year I see. A bumper year for bunny deaths!

    Tux
  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    Chased a Hare down the road this morning, those little buggers are fast! :D
    If you see the candle as flame, the meal is already cooked.
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  • saveswalking
    saveswalking Posts: 144
    I've run over a Squirell or two before now. They have this knack of darting across the front wheel then suddenly stopping and turning back again. The I-Pod / mobile users are the worst :evil:

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  • number9
    number9 Posts: 440
    Would it be possible, hypothetically, to catch a London pigeon tree rat as you pedal along and throw it into the front wheel in an explosion of guts and feathers?
  • tuxpoo
    tuxpoo Posts: 138
    20040930-SquirrelDisc.JPG

    This was in Mountain biking mag a few months ago.

    BTW its fake... its a stunt squirrel.

    Tux
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    Ouch! Lucks like he got caught by the nuts!! :shock:
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  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Most disgusting road kill i have ever seen is a rabbit that had at some point been skinned completely, everything else intact.

    Weirdest ever was while walking through the woods road with a puncture and being acutely aware I was about to stumble a dead deer in the overgrowth at the side, yet having never known it was there until I did brush against it.
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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    A car overtook me on the way into work, hit a squirrel which promptly rolled out under my front wheel. I felt his little ribcage crunch and pop. Thankfully I think the car did the lil guy a service as was well and truly dead by the time I hit him. :lol:
  • spen666
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    el_presidente wrote:
    My girlfriend cycled over a dead rat yesterday. Well she claimed it was already dead. And yes it did go "squish" apparently :)

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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    nwallace wrote:
    Weirdest ever was while walking through the woods road with a puncture and being acutely aware I was about to stumble a dead deer in the overgrowth at the side, yet having never known it was there until I did brush against it.

    I was driving along a country road once, I slowed right down, didn't know why, then an entire herd of dear came crashing through the dense hedge in front of me to my right.

    There was no way I could've seen them, and I'm pretty sure I didn't see movement in the hedge first.
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  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    prj45 wrote:
    nwallace wrote:
    Weirdest ever was while walking through the woods road with a puncture and being acutely aware I was about to stumble a dead deer in the overgrowth at the side, yet having never known it was there until I did brush against it.

    I was driving along a country road once, I slowed right down, didn't know why, then an entire herd of dear came crashing through the dense hedge in front of me to my right.

    There was no way I could've seen them, and I'm pretty sure I didn't see movement in the hedge first.

    You have a natural hunters instict. And so good hearing :wink:

    I reckon something minor can trigger the body into reacting, a subtle sound, a little pariferal (sp?) vision... and all of a sudden you react. Did the same thing going across a crossing on the green man, walked half way out in Oct 2006 and instictively stopped to find a car silently skid right across my path. The guy driving had a bemused look, restarted his engine and carried on off down the road without even a "sorry". :?

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