I had been at the roller rink that was three blocks away, and I remember calling to see if they’d started to be born yet. I musta finished out my skate time and hustled home, but I don’t remember that part, lol. It was exciting!
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yeah, our latest pair have only been outside twice (aside from in a cage on the way to the vet): once when they were several weeks old, next door, and then again each once accidentally when they were very young and wondered what all that was beyond the screens and door. each of them had a bad experience (one jumped at a bug on the screen, knocked the screen off, fell out the window – ground floor, but still) and the other slinked out when the screen door was open long enough. he hit the porch and stopped dead still, looking around, with the look on his face like “WHOA, this is FAR more terrifying than i expected!” and then he ran back inside. neither have showed any inclination to go outside ever again. they are super happy to lie in front of open windows (now with VERY secure screens), and watch birds. we call it CatTV.
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We just call it TV, because we mostly look without going outside too.
Once my wife went outside for some reason and when she looked back she realized that the door hadn’t latched completely, and Dyson and Lyta were just sitting quietly on the porch. Fortunately that’s all they did, and she was able to shoo them back in easily.
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I was unaware of the obvious animosity that Pelicans harbor towards capybaras.
I was also unaware how close I’d come to certain death his week.
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i suppose that’s true, but they have things that they find much more interesting than we do, like bugs, leaves blowing by, neighborhood cats fighting (or – ahem – other things)… that sort of thing. the after-dark programming is their favorite, although napping by the TV is also very popular. the worst is the winter programming. no smells, and nothing going on. they hate it.
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I like shoebills, who are related to pelicans (whose beaks hold more than their bellies can):
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Awesome, indeed - li’l wet, wiggling, mewling critters. And the attitude of Abby, who didn’t do any of things I’d been told (and seen on TV & movies) that human females did when they gave birth.
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In our case, we have deer, bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks, and the occasional fox and hawk. So it’s really interesting for us too!
A dozen deer is a bit much.
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I’ll be co-hostessing, and yes - there will be cake!
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Quokkavid:
Not a trained animal; Quokkas are just like that. No territorial defensiveness, no land predators.
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Not my joke, of course, but…
Gingerbread man goes to the doctor and says that his knees hurt. Doctor says, have you tried icing?
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Even though that is just like an ill-made ballerina’s skirt (tutu bad), after all the negative stuff I’ve been reading today, I needed to see that.
Thank you.
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