Cattle came into the yard today around lunch. Ghost charged out from under the Lair to chase them away. Little Bear, much louder, was right behind him.
Little Bear had hooked a loop of his cable in the porch while getting a drink from the bucket. Then he went back under the Lair, inadvertently looping his cable around the back of the stairs. Then came the invasion, which LB bravely strode forth to repel, and…
Watch that first step, Uncle Joel.
Can’t help but wonder how “interesting” it will get when one of The Boys actually bites a cowcritter that is actually in your yard. I suppose it would take an actual witness to the event to make it stick, but still . . .
I won’t tell if they don’t.
Speaking of the cattle invasion, any further developments on the cattle morons depleting the local water supply and cutting people’s fences?
The water thing is still ongoing, and may soon involve governmental organizations and/or lawsuits. If that doesn’t work, direct action has been discussed – though of course not by me. I know nothing. The fence issue has apparently been resolved in favor of the property owners. The kid responsible spent a lot of time fixing fences, both literally and figuratively, and a more reasonable procedure has been generally agreed upon. There’s still an issue with calves – which are the only creatures on the entire planet or possibly in the physical universe actually stupider than cows – managing to find their way to the wrong side of fences and cut off from their mothers.
Now Joel, stupid as calves truly are… as a person experienced with both I have to say that the one creature even more stupid is still the turkey. The domestic white turkey is even more stupid than the average rock… compared to that, a calf is a relative genius. LOL
Talk to some old Texas cowboys about how smart the original longhorn cattle were. They survived quite nicely in desolate places, with no human interface at all. The only reason they didn’t persist all that long is that they tasted good, especially to hungry easterners… and the cowboys were even smarter. LOL
It’s funny how different the domestic and wild versions of any given animal can be. I have no direct experience with domestic turkeys, but have heard stories about their stupidity that can be positively lurid. Wild turkeys, on the other hand – at least in terms of how sneaky and hard to kill they are – come across as not that stupid.
There’s not much point in breeding food animals for intelligence. Turkeys are valued for their meat, not their brains. Likewise cows, pigs, chickens, etc. Of course pigs, from what I’ve read, are still dangerously smart.