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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6159820" data-attributes="member: 19675">In no particular order:1) My guess is that so many people today get mauled by all kinds of critters- cute or not- because they are disconnected from nature.  Cuteness just raises the odds.  Its a consequence of our urbanized lifestyle.  People in an agrarian society are going to be a bit more aware of the risks of messing with wild animals than we are today.I've seen reports of people who thought it would be a good idea to get close to a baby bear or young moose...and then Mom showed up to teach them a lesson.A good buddy of mine worked with tigers and they knew & loved him- they acted like oversized cats around him.  Someone aking a facility tour actually asked him if he could interact like that with tigers in the wild.On a cross country trip, my father stopped the car to take a picture of a large male elk grazing in a field.  He stopped to take its picture.  But when he saw it alert and become agitated- other drivers had followed my father's lead and spread out in a big semicircle like a pack of wolves- he took the picture and retreated.A local golf course has a water hazard that is bigger than usual because the resident swans are EXTREMELY territorial and will attack anyone who gets too close.  And apparently, people near another friend of mine cannot read the posted signs "Beware of Bull".2) Kraits are @3' long and bluish black with white stripes.*  but none live where I am- I know this 'cause I'm kind of into snakes.  I'd expect people who live near poisonous snakes to at least be familiar with the concept that some snakes are poisonous, and maybe even be able to ID some of the more notable facts about the most dangerous ones.  Even though they may not know what a krait is, most people in the American Southwest can ID a rattlesnake by sound, and would be loath to blithely stick their hands into nooks & crannies near rocks & rotting logs.Extrapolating back to those in an agrarian world, I'd expect them to be aware of the natural hazards that surround them. They may not know how or why some creature kills, but they will know that it kills.* they play awesome guitar.</blockquote>

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