Pathetic

[ARW]

The 20 year old apprentice nearly shit himself because there was a mouse in the room.

[Unbeliever]

Have you been eating too much cheese then?

[Tim Streater]

It's unclear that mice actually eat cheese. Then again, my now-deceased tortoiseshell cat could always be bribed with emmental.

[ARW]

The mouse is having going to have a feast of Kitkat and not cheese placed on the Little Nipper.

Who the hell is shit scared of a mouse?

"Adam, It's running it's running" and then he ran past me.

He's not very good with animals.

He was surprised that my cat can sleep on my bed and not shit on the bed.

He would not get out of the van when we were working with the race horses[1]

He will not go into a house with dogs.

He has never worked on the farms I have worked at. Cows and sheep will probably kill him.

[1] Three of them. One tries to bite you, one tries to kick you and the last one tries to mount you. I had to run into one of the three fields to fix the electric fence. As I climbed over the fence the other apprentice shouted "If it's the one that want's a shag then take one for the team and I'll put it in YouTube"

[spuorgelgoog]

Why, does he shit in his own bed?

I don't blame him. Horses and cows can be right nasty animals.

Be better sending it to You've Been Framed. They pay £150.

Owain

[Tim Streater]

Like sheep they can get shirty if you surprise them when they have young.

[soup]

Strangely sheep can be nasty too. I have been attacked a couple of times in the Pentlands (admittedly by rams 'protecting' their 'harems'). If you startle them (bikes don't make human noises so any noise they make the sheep just tend to filter out. Then suddenly they see you and are startled, before they work out you are a human (not the quickest witted of animals yer sheep) and they should be scared, they attack you.

[ARW]

Cows are not nasty.

[Andy Burns]

They've killed 74 people in the UK since 2000

[spuorgelgoog]

I'll rephrase that and say that the effects of being squashed by one can be right nasty. They may not have malevolent personalities but they can be very inquisitive and they are rather heavy.

Owain

[spuorgelgoog]

Sheep will gang up and mug you if they realise you've got chocolate.

Owain

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Mice round here prefer marmalade.

[Sam Plusnet]

What about the other half of that score?

[Brian Gaff]

He was probably worried it would work cheaper and be more knowledgeable than he was. Brian

[Nightjar]

Depends upon the breed. I would not worry too much about Herefords or Aberdeen Angus, unless they had young or there was a dog around. I would avoid Limousin or Charolais at any time. British breeds are generally much better acclimatised to human contact than continental breeds and dairy cattle are usually safer than beef cattle. Nevertheless, cows can and do kill people.

[Tim Lamb]

I've not seen a detailed explanation but I would suspect the majority of injuries/deaths is due to falling over while running away from a herd. Cattle at the front can see and would normally swerve away. Cattle at the back keep going and trample unintentionally.

Animals protecting calves is rather different.

[Andy Burns]

Broken down by various factors, dogs and calves are significant, but the biggest risk is being over 50

[John Rumm]

I thought there was a move to using apprentice sparks in place of lab mice these days since they are more plentiful, there is less chance of getting emotionally attached to them, and also there are something mice just won't do. ;-)

[GB]

The trouble is that you don't know the population at risk. Most of the ramblers and other walkers I know are in the 60+ age-group. I appreciate that 20 year olds may be faster on their feet, but the real reason they may not feature in the statistics is that they may be down at the pub, rather than in the field with the cattle. :)

[whisky-dave]

Not detailed but probably where the original artical was found.