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Saturday, June 25, 2005

From page 3 of the Summer 2005 issue of the Rocky Mountain National Park's "High Country Headlines":

"Mountain Lions and Bears. Mountain lions and black bears are powerful and potentially dangerous. Some general guidelines for traveling in backcountry areas of Rocky Mountain which may contain these animals:

1) Travel in Groups and make noise as you hike. Keep your group, especially children, close together.
2) Do not approach a mountain lion or bear.
3) Stay calm when you see a mountain lion or bear.
4) Stop; back away slowly. Never turn your back and run.
5) Stand tall and look large. Raise your arms. Protect small children by picking them up.
6) If attacked by a mountain lion or bear, FIGHT BACK!"

I think I see a way to take the Ultimate Fighting sport to a whole new level!

3 Comments:

Blogger mad science said...

A quick question about Interspecies Ultimate Fighting rules:

1) Once you have picked up the small child (step 5), are you alowed to use him are her as a weapon?

2) Will fights be held in a ring, a cage, or a field?

3) How will the bears and mountain lions be ranked initialy? I don't want to take a fight with a bear who's supposed to be a amatuer only to find out the day of the fight that he's eaten 19 people.

12:58 PM  
Blogger Uncle Patrick said...

Answers:

1) Of course!

2) The Octagon. We don't want members of the audience to get mauled, do we? Bad for business. We'd only be able to get away with that once. Maybe twice.

3) The Lord loves all creatures, great and small. If He doesn't rank 'em, I see no reason why we should.

Good Luck!

6:11 AM  
Blogger mad science said...

If god loves all creatures why does he let the graet ones eat the small ones all the time?

Seriously, The amimals are going to have to be ranked or Interspecies Ultimate Combat is doomed. You will not be able to attract human talent unless the human fighters have some way of knowing how they need to train for each match.

You have to think about the human egos to. What if Tito Orits takes a fight with a bear and he spends 3 months telling all his MMA buddies how he's gonnna fight this bad ass man-eater. But then you put him in the cage with "Bobo the Trained Danceing Bear" and Tito destroys him in one round. Tito's gonna be embarased and all the other MMA people are gonna be, like, "Way to beat up on a maigy, helpless, old bear Tito . What's the matter you couldn't find a baby harbor seal to take a fight with you?"

That sort of thing could realy hurt a fighters feelings.

I sugjest a simple ratio of people attacked to people actualy eaten be posted for each animal. Along with the standard hight, weight, and age (adjusted for species of course)

What about biteing? If the bears and mountain lions are allowed to bite, shoudn't think the human's should be allowed to as well?

10:05 AM  

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