i ran over a chipmunk

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and i feel pretty bad about it. i was driving to work at 7 in the morning today and out from another car comes this ****ing chipmunk. i dont even bother swerving because there were cars on both sides and mine or another motorists life isnt worth one ****ing woodland creature, so i pretty much nailed it. except i didnt, i ran over its tail (or wounded it pretty badly elsewhere).

i looked in my rear view mirror and it was squirming around and i was like shit im going to hell for this. i shifted into reverse and drove over it at nearly 30 miles an hour... i went over it once again to make sure the deed was done and as i looked into the mirror again the thing was splattered everywhere. i felt bad but i couldnt just leave it there to get smashed later or get eaten by a eagle or something. would you have done the same?
 
So you think killing it instead of atleast letting an eagle make a meal out of him is better?
 
That sucks, usually roadkill dies at first impact.

Soirjed said:
So you think killing it instead of atleast letting an eagle make a meal out of him is better?
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Now vultures have a meal.
 
The cat I hit died instantly it would seem. For that I am eternally grateful.

Kind of amazing that you saw it in your rear view mirror, though. I can't see shit out the back window of my car, especially if its low to the ground.
 
Soirjed said:
So you think killing it instead of atleast letting an eagle make a meal out of him is better?
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the eagle would have eaten anyway, its not like its reduced to scraping chipmunk off the pavement. it was a busy street, i just happened to have a chance to finish the job so i took it. it would have just been killed by someone else along the line.
Erestheux said:
Kind of amazing that you saw it in your rear view mirror, though. I can't see shit out the back window of my car, especially if its low to the ground.
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Yeah, I only saw it because I saw it jump out at me. I didnt feel it impact with my foglights but I knew it hit.
 
i hit one once, the bad thing was i steered to avoid and would have done so successfully had he also not tried and avoid me, but he avoided me right into my tire
 
I hate hitting frogs because it happens every ****ing time I drive home at night and it rained. There are so many of the goddamn things on my road.
 
If you were able to drive in reverse at 30mph then that means there were no cars behind you. You could've picked up the chipmunk and went to some animal shelter.

Yea. I have a soft spot for animals.
 
*Writes down to back up and run over an person if you happen to hit him with your car and you understand that there's no chance that he'll survive*
 
ahahah thats classic. Drove back over it. Good shit.


I would've just left it because I probably would have been running late for work.
 
Gargantou said:
*Writes down to back up and run over an person if you happen to hit him with your car and you understand that there's no chance that he'll survive*
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only if it was an ugly person. and i'm not going to take a tree-rat to an animal shelter when i have exactly 3 minutes to get to work. and i'm definitely not going to touch it, it could have aids or something. can never be too careful. honestly its akin to me risking my life to save a pidgeon. and so there is no confusion, the thing was mortally wounded. part of its guts were coming out and it was writhing about in the middle of the street. what would you have me do, perform cpr?

*sniff* he looked just like this

http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual zoo/they walk/chipmunk/Chipmunk 485019.jpg
 
I think you did the best thing possible under the circumstances.

Sounds like a horrible thing to happen, but these things do happen. It would be insane to risk your life and the lives of others for one animal, and once it was fatally injured the best thing to do was finish it off.
 
I thank god that australia doesn't have small stuipd animals that jump in front of you, only big ones like Kangroos and Wombats.
They leave dents in your car, not themselves.
 
evilsloth said:
I thank god that australia doesn't have small stuipd animals that jump in front of you, only big ones like Kangroos and Wombats.
They leave dents in your car, not themselves.
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the perks of city life. all you have to do is wipe the blood off your bumper. no fur embedded in the radiator.
 
Beerdude26 said:
So there are my peanuts... Little bastard.
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so are you going to taking them back or are you going to be a woman about it
(i am not trying to be sexist, as it may seem that i am...i'm not)
 
I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but laugh when I read the title.:rolleyes:
 
the chipmunk probably could have survived had you only ran over it's tail ..***nning it over 3 times was more about sating your sadistic nature than putting it out of it's misery ..although I do agree had it been seriously injured a quick death was the best solution
 
CptStern said:
the chipmunk probably could have survived had you only ran over it's tail ..***nning it over 3 times was more about sating your sadistic nature than putting it out of it's misery ..although I do agree had it been seriously injured a quick death was the best solution
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What he said. Bold text emphasised.
 
Poor little BASTARD!!! DIE!!!!!! ... :P

( just kiddin, poor little thing )

and yes, i would have done the same... if i had a car ;)
 
You might've been able to take it to a wildlife rehabilitation center or something and have them fix it up, but I dunno. I guess the next best thing is putting it out of it's misery. I had something similar happen to me a few months ago, I was riding my bike down an alley to work and I noticed this crowd of birds on the road ahead of me. So I ride by them, naturally they get scared and fly away, but for some reason one bird flies towards my bike and straight into the spokes of my front wheel. It gets caught and spins around in my wheel for a few seconds and finally falls out onto the road. I went back to see if it was dead but it was still alive. :| And something was obviously broken because it was just floppin' around on the ground and couldn't fly away. I didn't know what to do so I pushed it into a nearby bush with my foot. I felt bad about that for a week.
 
horrible ...but if it's any consolation had you called the humane society they would have come over and when you werent looking the guy would have snapped it's neck and thrown it into a bag ...they dont have the resources to deal with injured birds (remember birds fly ..without flight they are dead) ...it's brutal but that's the way it is
 
diluted said:
You might've been able to take it to a wildlife rehabilitation center or something and have them fix it up, but I dunno.
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he was on his way to work...although i guess i would have taken it to one, never mind we dont have one in this small shit-hole of a town
 
CptStern said:
horrible ...but if it's any consolation had you called the humane society they would have come over and when you werent looking the guy would have snapped it's neck and thrown it into a bag ...they dont have the resources to deal with injured birds (remember birds fly ..without flight they are dead) ...it's brutal but that's the way it is
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Reminds me of the Everybody Loves Raymond episode where her parents see a bird fly into the window, and the mother simply snaps its neck.

Best. Episode. Evar.
 
I always hit small animals on my way to imposrtant events. Makes me rather nervous, really. on my way to graduation, I creamed some raccoon. On my way to my sister's wedding, I totally nailed a bird with my car antenna.
 
You threw a monkey in the sea?! I was fishing for some sort of funny story, but that's just depressing!
 
Maybe. During the normal course of events, small things are safe from me (except of course, the midgets. They will all fall by my hand). But during momentous events, I destroy everything in my path.
 
DreadLord1337 said:
Reminds me of the Everybody Loves Raymond episode where her parents see a bird fly into the window, and the mother simply snaps its neck.

Best. Episode. Evar.
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ya the jesus freaks were ha ha crazy :)
 
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