Poll of the Day > Have you ever been attacked by an Animal?

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Have You? (Poll Question in the Topic Title)

A gull, I think. Long time ago, only vague memories remain.

I mean the cats and hamsters I had bit me sometimes. Wouldn't say it was a attack. Just play fighting.

My friend's chow chow attacked me when I was a kid, my brother chased it off with a big stick. The parents got mad at us for wielding a stick at it but I had bite marks all over me and we could have sued I'm sure

some dumb fat lazy incompetent lady's pitbull.

playing pokemon go when it came out, and when she got out of her car to open the gate, two dogs came out. I forget what breed the other was, but it was very friendly, and I pet it.

the pitbull was walking up to me, and usually I would have put my hand straight down (palm towards the dog) but I decided to start to step away...
it lunged at my arm, and then my leg. I diagonally backed away, shoving my foot in it's face everytime it tried lunging after that.

owner just stood there watching for about a minute.....

when I was a kid I was attacked by several dogs, on several separate occasions... it took me like 20 years to get comfortable around them again

Forgot to add Farm Animals to the Poll (Pigs, Cows, Chickens, etc)

A dog bit me when I was younger And my cat is a bitch sometimes

Yes, I've been bitten by dogs. Clawed by cats. Bitten by a gopher I was trying to naively save from a cat when i was young. Bitten by a horse. Bitten by bugs.

Full disclosure: I bullied the dog with a group of friends, because kids are evil little chimps. We were like a little gang.

(Me being 5 years old) I felt bad and went to say sorry and pet the dog. It wanted me dead I think, but it was chained and I was able to get away after a couple minutes of being thrashed around. Still covered in scars from that, everywhere but my face.

What did we learn?

I believe I got a foot stung by a bee when I was a kid which induced my fear for flying stingy insects (bees, wasps, hornets, etc.).

Nothing too big. Sure, a dog/cat or two. I got stitches from a 8-lb fish that fanged me after I caught it. A goose bit my thumb when I was little. Mosquitos attack me constantly.

Actually my best story is just a few months ago. I have developed an allergy to bee stings the past few years, which is awesome. I can breathe just fine (I'm actually told I don't need an epi pen) but the site of the sting swells up huge. One stung me in the eye socket when I was biking and the entire right side of my face puffed out about an inch such that my eye was completely swollen shut. I show the picture to my daughter when I want to annoy her - she hates it.

Just when my cat ambushes my feet.

only another human

Roosters and goats but the worse was a dog that our new neighbors had that attacked me while I was walking up to the barn to feed my horse when I was a kid. I'm still a bit standoffish when it comes to dogs.

A black bird dive bombed my head for 5 blocks while on a walk once.

A cat scratched me as a child.

Beyond some play fighting with my dog, that is about it.

Nothing besides bees / mosquitoes / spiders

Just some bee stings and mosquito bites. But I developed a phobia of dog barking because of an incident that scared me a lot when I was little.

PikachuMaxwell posted...

Just some bee stings and mosquito bites. But I developed a phobia of dog barking because of an incident that scared me a lot when I was little.

I was also afraid of dogs for a while but got over once I got a dog. A dog that barks doesn't want to fight, the dogs that don't make a noise are the ones that will. Kind of like humans.

Any time my dog gets pissed and snaps she's quiet first. Mostly with kids that pick her up when she doesn't want to like she's a toy. Never seen her bite after barking.

Outside of bug bites which almost every human on the planet has experienced, I have had a goose act aggressive towards me. I swear geese are some of the most aggressive animals on the planet, they just aren't as deadly as say a hippo or croc.

Do men count?

work for the post office. yes.

3 bee/wasp stings over my life? can only remember one clearly - I was 12, and I was weed-whacking too close to a hole in the ground that I didn't know was a wasp nest. one flew up my shorts and stung my inner thigh.

my pet cat felix when I was 2 or 3 - I kept poking at him with a long piece of ornamental (idk people had that fluffy white reedy grass in vases in the 90s for some fucking reason) grass. he finally had it and slashed at my face, and got his claw stuck in my cheek, below my eye. my mom came into me screaming and him looking terrified with his claw stuck in my face lol.

My bitch of a cat just attacked me a little ago. She was mad at my dog and I being so close and growling, even though shes the one that came over to lay down with us Shes really just a mess

I was bitten by a dog while running last week.

Bees. Every time there's bees around, they always go for me.

I read the title as "attracted"..

Anyway, I was jumped and bitten by a German Shephard as a kid.

agoat posted...

*attacks*

*attackedakated*

NordicValkyria posted...

I read the title as "attracted"..

Anyway, I was jumped and bitten by a German Shephard as a kid.

That says a lot about you lol.

Did you just call me a sheep??

Yes.

Yes, by a pitbull once a few years ago. No injury thankfully.

once by a donkey
once by a very small snake
once by my own dog when she was very old

If your cat never attacked you when you pet it for too long, do you even have a cat?

Muscles posted...

If your cat never attacked you when you pet it for too long, do you even have a cat?

Mine attacks me even when I'm sleeping.

Bees. Lots and lots of bees. Once had to be hospitalized because a best of hornets fell on me. Had hundreds of stings. Various other ones I stepped on as a kid by accident. Once at a picnic a wasp got on my sandwich and I bit it, that wasn't a fun experience at all. Another time, I got stung in the neck by something, and had a severe allergic reaction and had to be hospitalized again. I've never had a similar reaction before or since, so idk what actually stung me.

My brother had a pitbull that he got from a coworker. The coworker said it was too mean. It turned out to be super sweet and loving... To people. It could not be around any other animal. One day the neighbor from over the hill was spying on our place(he does that a lot, gets in too of the hill on his his property and just watches). His dog was with him and wandered down and got attacked by the pitbull. I rushed out to try and save the dog, but I knew not to get between them. But it was muddy from a previous rain, and I slipped. He nipped my leg for just a second before going at the other dog again. I ended up with a 2 inch or so gash on my knee.

Lots of various other animals like goats(they attack everything). Ferrets always bite me for some reason. Another of our dogs once, I was tapping my foot and I guess it annoyed her and ran over and bit my foot. I tested it by tapping again and she got me again. lol

My cat was sleeping curled up next to me this morning Then once I woke up, she got pretty pissed that my dog and I existed

My first experience with a snake was holding a snake when I was 8 that my cousin had taken in. It pooped on me and then bit me. I have not been particularly fond of snakes ever since.

Arishok posted...

Mine attacks me even when I'm sleeping.

when they bite if you are sleeping, they are checking if you are dead

Nope. Animals either love me, or they're afraid of me. I tend to be big and loud/obnoxious.

Goddamn bugs. My cat attacks my feet. I also harass my cat a lot. But I picked the water option because my feet were attacked by a crawdad.

Krazy_Kirby posted...

when they bite if you are sleeping, they are checking if you are dead

So they can eat me.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Bees. Lots and lots of bees. Once had to be hospitalized because a best of hornets fell on me. Had hundreds of stings. Various other ones I stepped on as a kid by accident. Once at a picnic a wasp got on my sandwich and I bit it, that wasn't a fun experience at all. Another time, I got stung in the neck by something, and had a severe allergic reaction and had to be hospitalized again. I've never had a similar reaction before or since, so idk what actually stung me.

My brother had a pitbull that he got from a coworker. The coworker said it was too mean. It turned out to be super sweet and loving... To people. It could not be around any other animal. One day the neighbor from over the hill was spying on our place(he does that a lot, gets in too of the hill on his his property and just watches). His dog was with him and wandered down and got attacked by the pitbull. I rushed out to try and save the dog, but I knew not to get between them. But it was muddy from a previous rain, and I slipped. He nipped my leg for just a second before going at the other dog again. I ended up with a 2 inch or so gash on my knee.

Lots of various other animals like goats(they attack everything). Ferrets always bite me for some reason. Another of our dogs once, I was tapping my foot and I guess it annoyed her and ran over and bit my foot. I tested it by tapping again and she got me again. lol

I to am part of the stung inside the mouth club.

Pitbulls should be illegal to breed tbh

Yellow posted...

Pitbulls should be illegal to breed tbh

Yes and no; No because pitbulls are just as good boys as any other dog, it's the owner that turns them bad... but yes because targeted breeding should be reduced.

I'm not going to say that we should round up the existing pitbulls and shoot them, just that we shouldn't keep actively producing a dog that attacks people at a rate 10 times higher than the next most violent dog breed, which I don't think is that unreasonable.

They single handedly make up 65% of dog attacks, and they aren't tiny dogs either, they tend to go for the kill.

ultra_magnus13 posted...

I to am part of the stung inside the mouth club.

Me too, went to drink a pop I had that was sitting outside. A damn bee was in it, it was not happy that I tried to drink it.

Yes, a dog.

Yellow posted...

I'm not going to say that we should round up the existing pitbulls and shoot them, just that we shouldn't keep actively producing a dog that attacks people at a rate 10 times higher than the next most violent dog breed, which I don't think is that unreasonable.

They single handedly make up 65% of dog attacks, and they aren't tiny dogs either, they tend to go for the kill.

as a kid, our nextdoor neighbor had a pitbull.
the only way it hurt people was by hitting people with his wagging tail.

it's more a problem with the type of owners they generally attract.