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February 25, 2018, 01:36 PM | #101 | |
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is we are shooting a live organism. Hit a nerve, or a contracted muscle mass, or large hard bone, or a combination of the three, and there may be a flinch, or movement, not necessarily backwards, from nerve response to the projectile impact. Shot a Bobcat recently, at close range. It did a backflip, then ran ran off. Found it dead, some time later. How much of the flip was a reaction to the noise of the shot ? How much of the somersault was a reaction to being hit? Who knows, but obviously it was mortally wounded, yet the impact of the round didn't push the animal over, or move it backwards one bit. |
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February 25, 2018, 02:30 PM | #102 |
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In addition to the bobcat story, you should see the gymnastics that every cat I have ever had would go through when shocked. If that cat was aware that there was a threat of any sort, that thing would have been coiled like a spring, and that reaction was completely normal. Mine have taken leaps that defy logic, how they manage to do it is beyond understanding. We know if a bug gets in during the summer because they always see them, and if the thing so much as twitches while they are examining it, they will honestly explode just like a cricket.
The other day, we saw a program that showed a guy being thrown backward down a flight of stairs when he was shot. my wife hollered 'ohh, good lord! that can't happen!' If my wife gets it, I believe that everyone should be able to understand it.
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