[Homestead] Playing Possum
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Tue Dec 9 12:57:43 EST 2008
sjc wrote:
> Tried to make a pet out of 3 little ones whose mother got 'combined' (so
> that tells you how long ago that was!!). No clue how old they were, but
> about 3" body length. They lived on goat's milk and assorted scraps,
> and were uniformly and unrelentingly primitive in their interactions,
> both with each other, and in interactions with dogs, cat, etc, including
> the person who brought food to them and talked to them in a soft, quiet
> tones. For her efforts, she got several good puncture wounds, one of
> which still can be seen. Eventually one got my brother, at which point
> they were summarily fed to the hogs. I'd say they were nearly
> full-grown at that time.
>
> It seems to me they are on automatic pilot at all times; they really
> don't seem to think at all, near as we could see. Never did we see any
> action between them that wasn't jostling for food, or outright fighting
> over it. No observable attempt was made to form a particular sleeping
> area or to sleep in a group. Food was everything; other than that, all
> other action we could see was reactive.
Two words: Land Shark
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hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
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