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I tried to take a selfie with a deer in the wild — I ended up with multiple broken ribs
New York Post ^ | Nov. 3, 2023 | Ben Cost

Posted on 11/03/2023 9:11:41 AM PDT by nickcarraway

He got a lot of bang for his buck — and not in a good way.

A tourist’s attempt to photograph a deer ended painfully after the critter rammed him and broke his ribs, as seen in a wince-worthy video blowing up online.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Gian Carlo Triacca, 42, told Caters News Service of the attack, which occurred while he and his wife, Erika, 40, were vacationing in Greece. The couple, who hail from Cancun, Mexico, had reportedly been entranced by a menagerie of beasts seen where they were on holiday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bambi; deer; video; watch
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1 posted on 11/03/2023 9:11:41 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 11/03/2023 9:12:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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That one should have been easily wrestled to the ground.

Grab its antlers and twist, then take your picture.


3 posted on 11/03/2023 9:13:53 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Must be deer season. Tagged a hunter?


4 posted on 11/03/2023 9:15:11 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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The article says he recovered in a couple of days with ice and meds. He didn’t break ribs. Bruised? Probably. A broken rib is incapacitating and takes at least 6 weeks to heal.


5 posted on 11/03/2023 9:15:56 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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lolol.


6 posted on 11/03/2023 9:16:19 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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Was jogging through a county woodlands the other day. I was briefly chased by an 8 point buck. Its rut season, and I imagine he didn’t want anything that looked like competition on his territory.

Not sure if I should feel flattered, or not....


7 posted on 11/03/2023 9:17:23 AM PDT by PGR88
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The price of narcissism.


8 posted on 11/03/2023 9:17:29 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Pretty sizable antlers for such a small deer.


9 posted on 11/03/2023 9:19:53 AM PDT by jimwatx
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Glad you got away…he could have sodomized you!


10 posted on 11/03/2023 9:21:34 AM PDT by packagingguy
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So who took the attack photo?


11 posted on 11/03/2023 9:22:03 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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He’s lucky he wasn’t impaled by one of the spikes


12 posted on 11/03/2023 9:23:00 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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looks more like moose antlers


13 posted on 11/03/2023 9:24:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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His wife Erika took the photo.


14 posted on 11/03/2023 9:24:32 AM PDT by Blennos
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Thanks. Wow. Well I guess there wasn’t much else she could do but I’d be afraid that antler would go through a lung.


15 posted on 11/03/2023 9:25:29 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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Play stupid games, win broken ribs. He is lucky he wasn’t harmed further.

Deer are not little “Bambi’s” that pose for selfies. They see you as a threat and are willing and able to attack that threat.


16 posted on 11/03/2023 9:26:40 AM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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He’s lucky it was a small deer and the antlers were not sharp.

The worst is their hooves that are as sharp as knives. I’ve battled quite a few over the years. Been kicked, gored, and slammed by them, but never lost the war.

I picked up a big roadkill doe many years ago when I saw it be hit by a truck. Managed to roll it into the hatchback of my little plymouth horizon I was driving. Ended up being knocked out and not dead, coming to later when I was driving on a busy highway. It was a laughable battle as I had placed a plastic grocery bag over the deer’s head and tied it to keep the blood coming from its nose from getting in the car!

Killed it with a tire iron!


17 posted on 11/03/2023 9:30:53 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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So, not a selfie.

How does a professional writer not understand words?


18 posted on 11/03/2023 9:31:02 AM PDT by EEGator
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Lol….. the world is full of idiots!


19 posted on 11/03/2023 9:33:21 AM PDT by kjam22
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He should go to Yellowstone and pet the bison.


20 posted on 11/03/2023 9:35:52 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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