Re: Twilight for the fishes, we say goodby to our great Clown Loach.

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:49:15 +0000, Joerg wrote:

> Hello John,
>
>> Are you actually proposing that we went out and hunted dogs down for the
>> purpose of domesticating them instead of eating them? You've obviously
>> either never read or have chosen to ignore the ancient stories about
>> dogs befriending humans for scraps of food and eventually wound up
>> hanging out with us voluntarily.
>
> It still happens. Not that we feed the wild foxes around here anything but
> one family returns every year to give birth and provide their kits a few
> months of a safe home. They must feel secure and welcome around us.
>
> They even show off their newborn to us. The vixen often nurses next to the
> garage. I can start the car and drive away without them getting into a
> panic. As long as it's our cars, not with any others. In the evenings the
> adults take turns resting on a rock about 20ft from where we sit,
> listening to our conversations and then slowly dozing off.

Once, while I was sitting on a rock at Solana Beach, a sea lion or seal
came gaflumping up the beach, gave me the eye as if to say, "hey, that
was supposed to be my spot", and after a moment or so of she and I eying
each other, with me sort of asking, "What? Is this your spot?" she
gaflumped a few feet to the side and climbed up on the rocks to a spot
very near where I was sitting, as if to say, "Well, OK, this is good
enough, I guess (Idiot! Humph.)." ;-)

Cheers!
Rich


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