We often
try to place human attributes, human traits and expectations to animals.
People are
capable of loving and forming attachments to other animal species. We make a mistake when we expect the same
emotion and reactions from the animals we live around.
Each animal
species has its own nature that has allowed it to adapt over the
centuries. As humans we have the ability
to understand animal nature to the point of being able to adapt some of them to
human service and emotional needs. The cruelty of our species often reveals Itself
when we see people forcing animals to their will through abuse and
violence.
My wife and I
love our cats and our cats have adjusted to a symbiotic relationship with
us. They sleep on our bed, they nap in
our laps, they seek attention, pets and combing; and they depend on us for food
and their needs. But, were we to die
unnoticed in our house, our cats would eat us.
People who
take animals for granted, expecting them to behave to human understanding,
often pay a price. The so-called Bear Whisperer in Alaska, after
thirteen summers intruding on the feeding bears, was, along with his girlfriend,
killed and eaten by a bear. The natives that live in the villages weren’t
surprised, but wondered why it hadn’t happened sooner.
The Darwin
Awards are full of people who infringed on animals expecting them to behave in
a specific way.
Advice from
the Ol’Buzzard
This is the
summer; a time for camping, hiking and fishing. Love your animal friends at home, but stay
the fuck away from wildlife. You don’t
understand them, and they don’t understand you.
O’B
You are right.
ReplyDeleteYes, we cats would eat you humans in a moment! The eyes would be our first tasty morsels. Yum yum.
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