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What happens when you leave a tetherball in the forest (Original Post) Bayard May 2021 OP
That made me smile, big time. Thanks. Hoyt May 2021 #1
Sorry posted twice, after watching again. Hoyt May 2021 #2
Probably still there....and pissed at why the ball still hits him. nt OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #3
Ram Pong!! aeromanKC May 2021 #4
Cheap entertainment for this guy. Sneederbunk May 2021 #5
This is reckless and dangerous (to animals of a certain size/shape) and not amusing. RockRaven May 2021 #6
😂 Duppers May 2021 #7
Did he not think hanging a rope or wire across a path may injure someone left-of-center2012 May 2021 #8
Another stupid and thoughtless dumbass. marybourg May 2021 #11
Me ? left-of-center2012 May 2021 #12
No! Of couse not! The idiot that strung marybourg May 2021 #13
Ram is pissed about that GoPro attached to his backside. Laffy Kat May 2021 #9
This is Dangerous - don't anyone try this dem in texas May 2021 #10
It's like he's got these guys trained FakeNoose May 2021 #14
I like how.ram's.buddies.stop and wait.for him Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #15
Damn kids The Jungle 1 Jun 2021 #16
Totally cute. Next, they're going to want cable. UTUSN Jun 2021 #17
LOL we have a winner Historic NY Jun 2021 #18

RockRaven

(14,962 posts)
6. This is reckless and dangerous (to animals of a certain size/shape) and not amusing.
Thu May 27, 2021, 11:45 PM
May 2021

Tether balls and similar shaped things are a strangulation hazard. Especially to animals without dexterity in their forelimbs. If the cord swings around the neck then around itself, it forms a hitch of sorts, and they could easily die. And the risk is not remote. Any kid who has messed around with a tether ball long enough has had the cord do that to their arm.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
8. Did he not think hanging a rope or wire across a path may injure someone
Fri May 28, 2021, 12:50 AM
May 2021

Maybe someone on a trail bike will get decapitated?

Oh what fun !

marybourg

(12,624 posts)
13. No! Of couse not! The idiot that strung
Sun May 30, 2021, 09:26 AM
May 2021

a rope across a trail! Someone could be decapitated by the horizontal OR the vertical rope.

dem in texas

(2,674 posts)
10. This is Dangerous - don't anyone try this
Sat May 29, 2021, 03:10 PM
May 2021

Years ago our neighbor's daughter was strangled to death when she tried to take down a tether ball and it got wrapped round her neck. This was in the 1970's at Chester Valley school in Anchorage, Alaska. I always think about this when I see an unattended tether ball.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
14. It's like he's got these guys trained
Sun May 30, 2021, 09:48 AM
May 2021

It looks like these wild rams are partially domesticated. At least in the 3rd video the camera is tied on the ram's back, and it allowed him to shave the fur and secure the camera.

The rams know what they're supposed to do, apparently.

Funny to watch though.


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