When Nature and the Wildlife Meets a Suburban Jogger - Love at First Bite!

Wildlife is everywhere, but if you are not searching for it oftentimes you just will not see it. Countless moons ago, I put to use to run in the hills above Malibu on the lots of trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. It was very invigorating, and quite often complicated with all the steep trails. From time to time I'd zone out and not even notices all the sounds and critters scurrying about, and other occasions I'd notice each little movement, sound, and could feel the presence of other animals.

They were nicely conscious I was there, some would come out to look, other folks would go and hide, and regularly how they acted was additional attributed to my mood and displacement at the time. If I was jogging along in a peaceful fashion, they did not seem too worried at all, mostly curious, but if I was hard-charging and trail-blazing, attacking the hills or blitzing down the trail, the quantity of activity elevated ten-fold, as I was a perceived threat to their safety. Animals are that way.

Now then, I'd like to make a point in all this, and that is that wildlife is everywhere, but so lots of individuals are unaware. On 1 of the identical trails I was on, and one particular that I commonly took, there was a lady who was attacked by a mountain lion. She was a suburban dweller like I, and was out enjoying a peaceful run, but obviously she was in her own planet, possibly wearing her Sony Walkman, as us jogger employed to use in the old days. And the mountain lion attacked her.

I'd seen other animals such as coyotes, and larger animals from time to time. I had also noticed mountain lions, and frequently I noticed them, and maybe my self confidence, size, or acute knowledge of what was going on around me caused the mountain lion to believe twice. I'd never been attacked, and when I was younger in those days, I was probably have been stupid sufficient to challenge the animal, had it confronted me. I doubt if I would've ran away, I would've picked up some thing, stood my ground, and then waited for a likelihood to attack.

But, an individual from a suburban area who does not know a lot about wildlife, or is not paying focus, almost certainly under no circumstances saw all the points that I saw, or felt what it was like to be a single with nature, amongst the other animals. Indeed, I hope you will please think of all this if you take a hike out in the woods, and go out to appreciate nature. Rest assured, you will not be alone, even if it's just you and the trail. Consider on it.