Running over badgers and other animals

[Howard]

I ran over a pigeon outside Marmaris kebab shop, Bath. It was feasting on the scraps from the night before with a bunch of mates. They were quick enough to get out of my way, but this one pigeon wasn't. I stopped and looked back just in time to see the poor thing finished off by a tour bus. Some chap put his hand on my shoulder and said "It's OK, son".

 

[Fnaar]

I ran over a pigeon outside Marmaris kebab shop, Bath. It was feasting on the scraps from the night before with a bunch of mates. They were quick enough to get out of my way, but this one pigeon wasn't. I stopped and looked back just in time to see the poor thing finished off by a tour bus. Some chap put his hand on my shoulder and said "It's OK, son".

Some chap put his hand on my shoulder and said "It's OK, son... we can put it in a kebab..."

 

[snailracer]

Wikipedia:

"Badgers are however notoriously durable animals ; their skin is thick, loose and covered in long hair which acts as protection, and their heavily ossified skulls allow them to shrug off most blunt traumas, as well as shotgun pellets."[sup][/sup]

 

[surfdude]

A girl at work ran over a rabbit and went over the handle bars of her bike and broke her leg and collar bone and the rabbit just ran off at top speed with not much wrong with it .

 

[Davidc]

I know normal circumstances don't often apply with gypsies if its the type that I am thinking of - but hitting a dog, cow and various other animals you are required to notify the police.



Though now saying this - are cyclists obliged as well?

I think the requirement applies to all vehicles, in which case the answer is yes.

I'd rather not - too much danger of damage to me and the bike.

 

[DrSquirrel]

I think the requirement applies to all vehicles, in which case the answer is yes.

I'd rather not - too much danger of damage to me and the bike.

All vehicles or motor vehicles (like speed limits etc)?

 

[661-Pete]

As it happens, I chased a badger along the bridlepath near to my house this evening, the first I've ever seen on my commute. It wasn't happy about being caught in my lights, it shambled off at quite a speed (about as fast as a person jogging, not as fast as a cyclist) until it could make good its escape through a gap in the hedge into some school grounds. Houses on other side of the path. Seems like the 'urban badger' has definitely arrived on our patch, to vie with the urban foxes already in possession... I must look out for them now, though in a few weeks they should be in hibernation.

I don't think badgers pose much threat to humans, but if you are bitten probably best to have it seen to at A&E.

 

[DrSquirrel]

Badgers are a TB risk, need to be checked out if you get bitten pronto.

They are pretty big when hit by a car - check your tracking if you ever hit one even if its dead.

If you hit one on the bike you're going down hard.



I went out cycling this evening - I have seen loads of wild life but this was new, it was dusk so darkish (which I rarely cycle in, day or night ont between) and there were loads of bats flying around and some get pretty fricking close. I've seen them before around the house and I know how they fly around but I wasn't confident they would be able to see me moving at speed

 

[661-Pete]

If you hit one on the bike you're going down hard.

Luckily I always go slowly along that path (mainly because of pedestrians - not badgers!) and I saw it in plenty of time. At first I thought I was looking at an unusually big and fat grey cat - until it got up and started running!

 

[Maz]

A girl at work ran over a rabbit and went over the handle bars of her bike and broke her leg and collar bone and the rabbit just ran off at top speed with not much wrong with it .

Sounds nasty. She should've bunnyhopped it, though.

 

[Headgardener]

Badgers are a TB risk, need to be checked out if you get bitten pronto.

They are pretty big when hit by a car - check your tracking if you ever hit one even if its dead.

If you hit one on the bike you're going down hard.



I went out cycling this evening - I have seen loads of wild life but this was new, it was dusk so darkish (which I rarely cycle in, day or night ont between) and there were loads of bats flying around and some get pretty fricking close. I've seen them before around the house and I know how they fly around but I wasn't confident they would be able to see me moving at speed

They were probably more aware of where you were than you were of them owing to the audiable (to them) echo locating system that they use.

 

[DrSquirrel]

They were probably more aware of where you were than you were of them owing to the audiable (to them) echo locating system that they use.

You'd be surprised at how often bats (in a large group) will actually fly into things - they're not infallible (ie. they don't tend to fly in rain etc).