January 21, 2006

Predators and Prey Psyche

Leave it to the press to go gaga over something that is a lot more common than most people think. The predator prey relationship has many many variables - we have had rabbits co-habbing with Rosie for extended periods of time, if he wasn't hungry. We also have seen him refuse the same rabbit three times, but gladly go for a different rabbit in quick form, so it was not a hunger thing. My observation is that it is an intelligence thing - animals are not racists (speciesists?), but they can differentiate friend and foe. But this is the usual predator prey relationship.

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