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In the winter it is too slippery for bikes and it sometimes gets biting cold - or worse IMO: cold, wet and windy. We pay for bus for our 3 oldest kids in the w

In the winter it is too slippery for bikes and it sometimes gets biting cold - or worse IMO: cold, wet and windy. We pay for bus for our 3 oldest kids in the winter. Also wolves are returningnin some parts of Europe and while people say wolves are so shy and afraid of humans I understand extremely well why parents don't risk their kids in an experiment to see if the predator that lives off moose actually is afraid of children or not.

williamdclt 8y ago
That's the first time I hear that parents take their children to school because they're afraid of wolves
- freedomben 8y ago
  In my town in Alaska a couple years ago we had a school child get mauled to death by a bear. In some parts of the world, man is still part of the natural eco-system and food chain.
Annatar 8y ago
Then you know little of wolves: they would only hunt a moose in a large pack. And yes, they are very shy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YybY5sEeZUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YybY5sEeZUU
- reitanqild 8y ago
  They're not as shy as some people argue it seems: They've gone into people's garden and killed the dog there. Also I recently saw recordings of one or two wolves attacking a moose with calf so the part about only attacking in packs seems to be proven wrong. Kids are often peoples biggest investment. I understand if they play it safe. (I also argue that we should keep the wolves. I just disagree with people who claim wolves aren't dangerous to people.)
  - Annatar 8y ago
    A wolf is about as dangerous to a person as a stray dog or any dog afraid enough of a person to bite it. If they smell fear pheromones, they will attack and attempt to assert themselves. I as a child have been bitten by furious dogs and would even get into fights with them, pieces of flesh often hanging off of my body, and yet, it is this very act of defiance that makes me have no fear of dogs (I actually love them). Same goes for a wolf. It's an experience every child should make (and would have made some 10,000 - 30,000 years ago) in order to not be permanently harmed by a canine, be it a dog or a wolf. We've become daisies and pansies, generation X raising a bunch of oversensitive idiots.
oracle2025 8y ago
Probably way more people are dying from car accidents, yet people are starting a major hysteria about a few wolves returning. Millions of cars running through european towns at speeds high enough to kill a pedestrian, yet a wolve roaming through some far off forrest is considered more dangerous and newsworthy.
- reitanqild 8y ago
  > Probably way more people are dying from car accidents, yet people are starting a major hysteria about a few wolves returning. Hehe, agree to a certain degree. I see this on a number of issues. That said we have somewhat effective countermeasures against kids getting hit by cars: we lower speed limits around schools and elsewhere where children walk, and we built sidewalks and put up fences. > a wolve roaming through some far off forrest is considered more dangerous and newsworthy. As for why the wolves are more newsworthy that is easy to explain: the cars aren't news at all anymore. Wolves returning are news.

williamdclt 8y ago

That's the first time I hear that parents take their children to school because they're afraid of wolves

freedomben 8y ago
In my town in Alaska a couple years ago we had a school child get mauled to death by a bear. In some parts of the world, man is still part of the natural eco-system and food chain.

Annatar 8y ago

Then you know little of wolves: they would only hunt a moose in a large pack. And yes, they are very shy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YybY5sEeZUU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YybY5sEeZUU

reitanqild 8y ago
They're not as shy as some people argue it seems: They've gone into people's garden and killed the dog there. Also I recently saw recordings of one or two wolves attacking a moose with calf so the part about only attacking in packs seems to be proven wrong. Kids are often peoples biggest investment. I understand if they play it safe. (I also argue that we should keep the wolves. I just disagree with people who claim wolves aren't dangerous to people.)
- Annatar 8y ago
  A wolf is about as dangerous to a person as a stray dog or any dog afraid enough of a person to bite it. If they smell fear pheromones, they will attack and attempt to assert themselves. I as a child have been bitten by furious dogs and would even get into fights with them, pieces of flesh often hanging off of my body, and yet, it is this very act of defiance that makes me have no fear of dogs (I actually love them). Same goes for a wolf. It's an experience every child should make (and would have made some 10,000 - 30,000 years ago) in order to not be permanently harmed by a canine, be it a dog or a wolf. We've become daisies and pansies, generation X raising a bunch of oversensitive idiots.

oracle2025 8y ago

Probably way more people are dying from car accidents, yet people are starting a major hysteria about a few wolves returning. Millions of cars running through european towns at speeds high enough to kill a pedestrian, yet a wolve roaming through some far off forrest is considered more dangerous and newsworthy.

reitanqild 8y ago
> Probably way more people are dying from car accidents, yet people are starting a major hysteria about a few wolves returning. Hehe, agree to a certain degree. I see this on a number of issues. That said we have somewhat effective countermeasures against kids getting hit by cars: we lower speed limits around schools and elsewhere where children walk, and we built sidewalks and put up fences. > a wolve roaming through some far off forrest is considered more dangerous and newsworthy. As for why the wolves are more newsworthy that is easy to explain: the cars aren't news at all anymore. Wolves returning are news.