Eeek! The Things That Happen to Poor Kittens
May 8th 2008 21:00
Anyone who has been watching Sir David Attenborough’s Life in Cold Blood series would have seen footage of an African rock python swallowing an antelope, hooves and all. I almost couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My sister rang me during the commercial break to say, “Did you see that? That was disgusting!” Whilst I wasn’t disgusted, I marvelled at how it could open its mouth wide enough to be able to swallow the antelope. It also had me wondering – before Attenborough answered my question by saying the python won’t need to eat for another year – how often it devours such large prey. I dare say it wouldn’t be a comfortable experience. I wonder what will happen to the hooves and bones. Will they be digested along with the rest of the antelope? And what about the fur? It can’t be too tasty.
So when I saw this news item today,
Daily Telegraph link
all I could think of was ‘Eeek!’ The poor kitten. On the same web page there is also a link about a dog-eating python. It makes you realise how vulnerable people’s pets are, not to mention children and even adults. It also made me realise how ignorant I was. I had always pictured pythons as being in the jungle, not near areas where people and pets can be found. Of course, I’m biased as I live in the city and the wildest thing in my neighbourhood is the good old Grouchy Tuxedo Cat who will bite and scratch if he gets annoyed. So I blame my ignorance on NIMBY-ism (not-in-my-backyard-ism).
So when I saw this news item today,
Daily Telegraph link
all I could think of was ‘Eeek!’ The poor kitten. On the same web page there is also a link about a dog-eating python. It makes you realise how vulnerable people’s pets are, not to mention children and even adults. It also made me realise how ignorant I was. I had always pictured pythons as being in the jungle, not near areas where people and pets can be found. Of course, I’m biased as I live in the city and the wildest thing in my neighbourhood is the good old Grouchy Tuxedo Cat who will bite and scratch if he gets annoyed. So I blame my ignorance on NIMBY-ism (not-in-my-backyard-ism).
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