Roadkill

Larry_OHF · 01-10-2004, 12:51 AM

What do you do when you notice Road kill on the road?

SpiritWarrior · 01-10-2004, 01:14 AM

Damn Larry, that last answer was just wrong lol. I saw a dead coyote on the road the other day whilst driving in Texas and as I passed it my heart wrenched, it had no wounds on it or anything (it must have been hit and killed by sheer force) and was such a beautiful animal, kinda looked like a white wolf and to see it just strewn there was terrible.

Kakero · 01-10-2004, 01:40 AM

Hitting animals on the road is called road kill? I thought it was only applied to hitting humans on the road.

SpiritWarrior · 01-10-2004, 01:55 AM

No, we call that fun.

Blind_Prophet · 01-10-2004, 01:57 AM

Man I got Like 150 Points on the way home today.... just kidding i don't even have a licence [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Skippy1 · 01-10-2004, 05:07 AM

I remember a mate of mine running over, correction, into a Wombat once. It wrote his car off! Wombats are hard as nails! Their form of defence against preditors is to dig themselves into the ground with powereful clawed feet, and leave their back exposed. The muscles on their backs are like rock and can't be hurt. So when a wombat gets caught in the headlights of a car, he digs his claws into the tarmac and stands stockstill. It's like hitting a rock thats stands about a foot and a half high!

Smoothie · 01-10-2004, 08:31 AM

There used to be a prof at my graduate school who would go collect fresh roadkill for taxidermy purposes.

Dundee Slaytern · 01-10-2004, 08:45 AM

Last I recall... no scratch that, last I saw a Wombat, they were a "little" more than just a foot and a half high.

Heh... I remember my Aunt in Australia accidentally reversing into one. There was a loud bump sound, then the Wombat padded off as though nothing had happened.

Nanobyte · 01-10-2004, 10:43 AM

We were given this prompt the other day, in my creating writing class, to write in the perspective of someone else. I chose roadkill

I never finished the paper, but here's a little piece of what I wrote:

"One thing is for certain, they weren't sunbathing in a lounge chair when someone decided to run them over."

Larry_OHF · 01-10-2004, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Hitting animals on the road is called road kill?
I thought it was only applied to hitting humans on the road.

No, we call that fun.

Lol @ This answer!

View Poll Results: Roadkill
I wonder what type of animal it was and how long it had laid there	4	8.89%
I try to not look, because it makes me gag and I get sick	18	40.00%
I wonder how many points the guy scored on the frag	8	17.78%
I am angered at the sight, and wish I could tailgate the evildoer	7	15.56%
Roadkill stew is mighty fine eat'n, boyz!	8	17.78%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

01-10-2004, 01:14 AM	#2
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Damn Larry, that last answer was just wrong lol. I saw a dead coyote on the road the other day whilst driving in Texas and as I passed it my heart wrenched, it had no wounds on it or anything (it must have been hit and killed by sheer force) and was such a beautiful animal, kinda looked like a white wolf and to see it just strewn there was terrible. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

01-10-2004, 01:55 AM	#4
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	No, we call that fun. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

01-10-2004, 01:57 AM	#5
Blind_Prophet Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Yokosuka Japan Age: 38 Posts: 1,168	Man I got Like 150 Points on the way home today.... just kidding i don't even have a licence [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ The height of narcissism

01-10-2004, 05:07 AM	#6
Skippy1 Elminster Join Date: December 9, 2003 Location: England (Ex-pat Aussie) Age: 61 Posts: 447	I remember a mate of mine running over, correction, into a Wombat once. It wrote his car off! Wombats are hard as nails! Their form of defence against preditors is to dig themselves into the ground with powereful clawed feet, and leave their back exposed. The muscles on their backs are like rock and can't be hurt. So when a wombat gets caught in the headlights of a car, he digs his claws into the tarmac and stands stockstill. It's like hitting a rock thats stands about a foot and a half high! __________________ "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." -- William James

01-10-2004, 12:51 AM	#1
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	What do you do when you notice Road kill on the road?

01-10-2004, 01:40 AM	#3
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	Hitting animals on the road is called road kill? I thought it was only applied to hitting humans on the road.

01-10-2004, 08:31 AM	#7
Smoothie Manshoon Join Date: October 7, 2001 Location: None Age: 55 Posts: 186	There used to be a prof at my graduate school who would go collect fresh roadkill for taxidermy purposes. __________________ [url]\"http://dicemen.phpwebhosting.com/dicemen/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Of Dice and Men</a>

01-10-2004, 08:45 AM	#8
Dundee Slaytern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 10, 2001 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Age: 41 Posts: 11,063	Last I recall... no scratch that, last I saw a Wombat, they were a "little" more than just a foot and a half high. Heh... I remember my Aunt in Australia accidentally reversing into one. There was a loud bump sound, then the Wombat padded off as though nothing had happened.

01-10-2004, 10:43 AM	#9
Nanobyte Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: NC Age: 38 Posts: 2,890	We were given this prompt the other day, in my creating writing class, to write in the perspective of someone else. I chose roadkill I never finished the paper, but here's a little piece of what I wrote: "One thing is for certain, they weren't sunbathing in a lounge chair when someone decided to run them over."

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