03 May 2013
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R. Linda:
Not too long ago, THIS was in the news:
R. Linda:
Not too long ago, THIS was in the news:
| No that's not Weasil, BUT everyone should own one of these |
It seems a man in Virginia was out for his morning jog when suddenly he had a running mate. Yes, he did, none other than an emu also out for a morning jog. Or, maybe the emu thought it was a running competition OR early breakfast with legs. Anyway, the man tried running a little faster, but the emu ran faster too. He tried to outrun his uninvited "friend," but well . . . Mr. Emu could easily outdistance the man if he really put some energy into it, but the emu was not interested in that, it was happy to run alongside the man stride for stride.
Someone sipping their morning joe and looking out the window happened to see the jogger and the emu and decided that no, their coffee was not spiked, they really saw what they thought they saw. So they pulled out their cell phone and rang up the Virginia Beach animal shelter and said they saw a gangly and very large bird chasing a man down the street. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall to see the shelter supervisor's face when he heard what he heard. Actually, his phone must have rung off the hook because a lot of Virginia Beach residents saw this spectacle and rang the shelter.
As fate would have it, the jogging emu had wandered away from home. Yes, I suppose it got tired of standing around and when it saw the jogger it thought, "Hey, I can do that and I can do that better with company and possibly a meal!" And off he went.
It is perfectly legal in Virginia to own an emu. I mean who wouldn't want to own an emu? Sadly the jogging emu was captured by animal control officers and returned to its non-jogging owner. I'm sure the emu will look fondly back on its jogging adventure. And I'm sure if Weasil reads this he'll go out and buy one. SIGH.
We aren't finished yet. No, no, animal stories come across me desk in abundance for some strange reason, because I live in New Hampshire, people think I be an animal authority. Which I am not. But that doesn't stop the stories being left on me desktop.
So this next one happened and still happens close to home in New Hampshire. In the rural town of Candia, there is a stable where riding lessons are given, horses are boarded, etc., and it has several fields that are unfenced and border the woodlands. So it is not strange at all that animals from the woods wander into the pastures. Usually, it is a fox crossing the field hunting field mice, or a few deer moving along the edge of the woods. However, recently a baby moose somehow got separated from its mum and seeing the large four-legged things in the pasture, thought close enough! It has decided it's not a moose, it's a horse! It follows the horses around, mingles with the equine population and shows no signs of leaving. Here, see for yourself!
My last animal oddity happened right in me own backyard. Yes, it did! I was reading the morning newspaper as I sipped me morning cuppa. I got up, stretched and looked out to see what kind of day it was, and I saw something that gave me pause. I wish what I saw had given our cat Mr. Kits pause, but no, he was totally oblivious that he was not only being watched by ME, but sized up as breakfast by this:
Someone sipping their morning joe and looking out the window happened to see the jogger and the emu and decided that no, their coffee was not spiked, they really saw what they thought they saw. So they pulled out their cell phone and rang up the Virginia Beach animal shelter and said they saw a gangly and very large bird chasing a man down the street. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall to see the shelter supervisor's face when he heard what he heard. Actually, his phone must have rung off the hook because a lot of Virginia Beach residents saw this spectacle and rang the shelter.
As fate would have it, the jogging emu had wandered away from home. Yes, I suppose it got tired of standing around and when it saw the jogger it thought, "Hey, I can do that and I can do that better with company and possibly a meal!" And off he went.
It is perfectly legal in Virginia to own an emu. I mean who wouldn't want to own an emu? Sadly the jogging emu was captured by animal control officers and returned to its non-jogging owner. I'm sure the emu will look fondly back on its jogging adventure. And I'm sure if Weasil reads this he'll go out and buy one. SIGH.
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| Just strolling down the street |
So this next one happened and still happens close to home in New Hampshire. In the rural town of Candia, there is a stable where riding lessons are given, horses are boarded, etc., and it has several fields that are unfenced and border the woodlands. So it is not strange at all that animals from the woods wander into the pastures. Usually, it is a fox crossing the field hunting field mice, or a few deer moving along the edge of the woods. However, recently a baby moose somehow got separated from its mum and seeing the large four-legged things in the pasture, thought close enough! It has decided it's not a moose, it's a horse! It follows the horses around, mingles with the equine population and shows no signs of leaving. Here, see for yourself!
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| Just another horse |
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| Out for a stroll |
| Yup, the dummy, rolling in the sandy soil where the tree uprooted and was removed. Without a care in the world, because the rolling around must have felt so damn good. But that rolling around got the attention of Mr. Fox who stopped to check out the goods. |
El Gato AKA El Estupido, saw the fox at almost the last second before he took off like hornets had bit his arse. Fox was fast but not fast enough and lucky for Mr. Kits I saw this because if I hadn't opened that door and closed it when I did, he'd be GONE to cat heaven and someone in a red suit would be rolling in that sand smiling about a certain feast. Oi!
Gabe
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Gabe
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