[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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