Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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First wild Sumatran rhino captured in urgent bid to save species
Conservationists have been trying to trap the critically endangered rhino for months in order to bring her to a breeding center.
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@stargazer said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Not even mentioning it is illegal to own a taser in Australia. He may have a visit from the cops and a different sort of charge pending
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@taniwharugby Honestly, HTF did he not know that he wasn't in a harness or attached in some way? A bit of a Darwin award waiting to happen. Moran.
If I was going bungy jumping I would probably say "shouldn't that stretchy thing be attached me?'
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the fact he managed to hold on, for that long!
I have a bar at home (sadly not that kind of bar) that I do pull ups on, but sometimes just 'hang' on it for alot less time; I guess a life threatening fall increases your desire (and ability) to not let go.
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I dont know if he'd ever match that rush!
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@taniwharugby That is fucking awesome. Like a good scifi movie.
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That happened to somebody while I was in Rio... sounds like another urban myth, but I seem to recall having people at the hostel who'd witnessed it.
Although in that case - I have a (possibly false/distorted) memory it was the pilot who wasn't attached? And let himself drop off almost immediately, knowing it was a softer landing... leaving the tourist to pretty much "do their best".Edit: figured something like that might appear in news/travel-stories... and yeah, found this - which seems to match my memory, and around the time I would have been there:
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why a cow?
