Hazards of Cycling: Wildlife

A few weeks ago a fellow employee who is on my Pelotonia team hit a gofer. While biking. Somewhat entertaining to consider, but understand he was going 18 mph and the gopher was supersized. It totaled his bike and he, in turn, totaled the gopher. Due to him being clipped in to his petals he spent a night in the hospital after going over the handlebars and detaching himself from the bike that, at that point, had a somewhat lucid, super pissed, supersized gopher, entangled in it. I bring this up because I thought it was ridiculous that 1) he didn't slow down when he saw a supersized gopher wandering about a bike trail and 2) he couldn't manage to miss it. However, I submit two pieces of evidence taken on a ride earlier this week with Eve and another fellow employee, that suggest I was wrong to judge him so quickly. He still should have slowed down.

Yeah. That's the bike path. Geese hiss and are apparently unhappy with their lot in life. 

That is a beaver. The size of a Labrador. Seriously.

Help support my ride, raising funds for cancer research. The beaver and patients everywhere will love you unconditionally. The geese will likely still hiss at you.