Cougars

[BoldHighlander]

I generally do carry a big stick, for balance, for beating off the mosquitos found here,

Do they get that big there?!
(I'm picturing an old Sci-Fi B-movie )

and against the possibility of rabid fox attacks- I see those poor creatures occasionally but so far have been lucky in that they weren't in the biting phase or whatever it is.

Wow! I never realized that about them, though I read about a recent fox-biting attack on a couple of children (in their house) in England....

I have other 'sticks' that carry things like 00 buck,

You just brought to mind a metal band I listened to back in the early 80's called Krokus. They had a song entitled "The Long Stick Goes Boom"

Anyway the encouraging news is that larger humans do seem to be immune from most wildlife-related problems, so clearly I should continue working hard to gain weight

I'll give you some of mine (I need to lose about 20 lbs)