Blog number 192 19 June 2008
I was watching an animal thing on the telly and I again saw an amazing thing. Thing thing thing. My vocabulary is amazing. There. I did it again. In order to appreciate what follows, you gotta know that lions and hyenas are mortal enemies. I have seen film of them killing each other - actually hunting down and killing each other. They fight whenever they get close.
Anyhow, this lion jumped up into a tree and grabbed a carcass that a leopard had placed there. As the lion and the carcass hit the ground, a hyena rushed in and tried to grab it away from the lion. They hassled a bit and then both settled down and ate from the same carcass. It was a sight watching those two eat right next to each other, peacefully.
Turned out that the lion was pregnant and probably didn't want to risk a real fight. The hyena eventually grabbed the remains and ran off with it. Those creatures are pugnacious! The lion outweighed it three times and had claws besides.
Which reminds me...I was reading a book by a guy that hunted down human killers and he was called in to a native tribe where the chief's mother had been killed by a lion. The hunter carefully asked the chief if he would leave his mother's body where it fell in hopes the lion would come back. The hunter carefully explained that if they didn't, the lion would kill someone else. The chief agreed to leave his mother's body where it lay.
The hunter killed the lion and went to thank the chief for his sacrifice and through an interpreter, he discovered the chief asking if he would leave the body there for a while and get rid of some of the hyenas that had been hanging around.
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- Don Reynolds
- 80 year old male. Married, two grown children. BA in Math, grad work in Clinical Psychology, retired (USAF) tech sergeant, math tutor, est graduate, grocery manager, banker, stand-up comedian, radio disk jockey, published author, policeman, bootlegger, bowling alley pin setter, mattress spring formulator, Comic book writer/artist, Potential puzzle table crafter, Roustabout for Barnum and Bailey Circus, Blog writer. Movie credits include "Leave Yesterday Behind" co-starring John Ritter and Carrie Fisher. Now living in Casa Grande, Arizona, USA. Truth in advertising.
17 comments:
You are so European, Bodhi. The way you write the calendar date with the day first followed by the month and year, could mean you are a military retiree. But "telly" says you have spent some time in England. The "thing" thing only lets us know you are a writer or a journalist. I was a Features Editor for my high school newspaper and then a girl reporter when I went to college...sort of like Lois Lane...only I had met "superman" in between. Anyway, I used a thesaurus so I wouldn't keep repeating the same word throughout the article. I understand, understand, understand...at least I think I do. ---angel
The biggest problem I have with the Thesaurus is trying to think of the word I'm trying to look up. Senility usually wins in our household.
This brings up the matter of the dictionary. When I was in the first grade, I was told to look up the spelling of a word in my handy-dandy Webster's...which, of course, was quite perplexing. I reasoned at that young age, "How can I find the correct spelling of the word if I don't know how to spell the word in the first place?" This great mystery has been passed down to my own grandchildren. I just smile and let them figure it out. ---angel
So what's the difference between a hyena and a jackal? (This is not a hypothetical). ---angel
A hyena is a rather large animal. Looks something like a dog with hindquarters low. Big teeth, very vicious, abe to crunch giraffe leg bones. Two different species that I know of, one huge. They run in packs, always led my a female, female always larger than male, sisters will try to kill each other starting from birth. nasty creatures. They are the ones that "laugh."
Jackels are small - more like a fox. very quick animals. They will dart in and try to steal food. They don't run in packs. Usually a male, female and cubs is all there is to a "pack."
Very interesting, Bodhi. I know I always seem to get into movies, But there was a very good one with Richard Gere in it, called "The Jackal." Gere was very much like the quick fox moving around Bruce Willis. Your explanation adds a further dimension to the film. Thanks, Bodhi. ---angel
I've seen "The Jackel" come up occasionally. Always wanted to see it, but something else always comes up. Used to be TV was a "vast desert." Now it is an overpowering flood. Too many good things on at once - especially on the HBO channels.
You have just given one of the reasons why computers are in existence, Bodhi. Most shows may be downloaded so that you may watch them anytime you like. There is also Netflix and/or the good ol' library should your trusty PC let you down. HBO is but a "memory."---angel
WELP BODHI IM SO GLAD YOU HAVE AN OUTLKET FOR ALL THOSE STORIES YOU TELL ME ALL DAY LONG PRAISE GOD FRO COMPUTERS
P.S. FOPR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW I AM BODHIS WIFE OF 52 YEARS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE NEXT 50 HAHAHHA
Angel, it doesn't do me any good to tape anything, since there is a dearth of time available to me to watch anything. Ever since I retired I have never had enough time to do all the things I want to do. Actually, napping eats into most of my time.
I see "Violet" is the name of your muse, Bodhi. (Hi, Violet). ---angel
Violet is also the name of my taskmaster, my one, my only.
Violet also appears to be: your "split-apart" (soul mate), confidante, problem-solver, money-manager, unsung hero, number 5 on the enneagram to your number 1, teacher of the ways of love as well as correct spelling, fun-provider, protector of your heart, politician, true spiritual guide, and the one who truly understands you...but deeply disappointed at your 52nd wedding anniversary and feeling unappreciated. Does this in any way resemble your life-long sweetheart?
---angel
>>Violet also appears to be: your "split-apart" (soul mate), confidante, problem-solver, money-manager, unsung hero, number 5 on the enneagram to your number 1, teacher of the ways of love as well as correct spelling, fun-provider, protector of your heart, politician, true spiritual guide, and the one who truly understands you...but deeply disappointed at your 52nd wedding anniversary and feeling unappreciated. Does this in any way resemble your life-long sweetheart? <<
Except for understanding me. She misses wildly there. As far as being disappointed and feeling unappreciated, that is her usual mind's milieu. I'll give you an example.
Our son and his wife were visiting and she asked me to make her a bowl of cereal. I prepared it, showed it to my son and said, "Watch. Something will be wrong with it." When I gave it to her, she said, "You put in too much milk."
She's a trip. A very unusual person. Very straighforward. Not afraid to say what she's thinking. Very compassionate when it is called for, otherwise, not so much. You'd like her. Most people do.
The two of you sound just like Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez. You wouldn't know how to sing "Chick, Chickey Boom" would you? Yep, she loves you, Bodhi. Just watch the bowl, and not her, when you pour that milk. ---angel
Angelmia,
When we had our radio show, friends at the coffee shop called us "the Bickersons" because of our constant agruing about everything from when we did the last commercial to whether of not it was raining.
Her complaining about everything I do is just how our relationship is, and my making jokes of her complaining is also of that genre. I think most of our bickering is that going on. I'm sure it is, now that I look at it closely.
I got another one.
Our granddaughter was visiting and Teresa was talking to her - telling her things that were wrong because of what I did and things that were good because of things that she did, and it suddenly became so obvious to me, that I said to our granddaughter - name's Tara, by the way, "Have you noticed that everything bad is my fault and everything good is Grandma's fault?"
Another time she was talkng to Tara. Tara was facing me and Teresa had her back to me and Teresa was nagging me about something and I was making faces about the nagging and Tara at one time spontanously grinned at something I did and Teresa whirled around to look at me and I had put on my innocent face. Hah!
Teresa is a source of entertainment for me, and I think I am a source of scapegoating for her and we both enjoy our particular "use" of the other.
Sometimes one of us will go too far and hurts the other, but that doesn't happen very often. Once or twice a year. I get very angry and disappointed when she does that, but eventually I realize that that is the way she is and nobody can do anything about it. How she copes with her hurts, I dunno.
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