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Have a blessed convalescence love.
posted by
BC-A
on February 4, 2014 at 1:09 PM
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I agree. I think what happens with humans get distorted by talk. Eliminate certain talk, compassion and empathy would abound. Bad news travels fast, get repeated because most get a thrill by watching others suffer. Aggression has taken over now days for a variety of reasons.
Drug additions lead to loss of mind control and body control. Given this, it is not known the number of individuals, which individual will at ANY TIME snap from some form of overload. At that point, someone or many are harmed. At the root is a pained person who was not heard or was talked to in wrong ways.
You know this, of course. 
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM
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I know we have one little song thrush that calls each day,
the black birds drive it away because it is different and smaller,
so I sprinkle meal worms in the grass and the blackbirds are a bit thick
and do not notice. I am trying to think of an animal kindness.
Well my cat ignores birds, I think it was because when it was young
its previous owner hung a bell around its neck and it thinks it cannot catch them.
All cats should wear bells don't you think.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 3, 2014 at 11:33 AM
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and one of the reasons people are so viscious and do the things they do because it makes such a big deal on he news its exciting to them to be all over the news. The squirells just have to survive out there in the cold and they could care less about the news
posted by
Lanetay
on February 3, 2014 at 7:18 AM
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More humans can learn some valuable life-lessons if they paid more attention to the animals. I've seen similar behavior displayed with elephants. When they're migrating, if one is wounded or lagging behind for some reason, other memebers of the herd will stagger back to help. Compassion should be everyone's strongest emotion . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on February 3, 2014 at 5:56 AM
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I love nature. Even when something of nature seems raw and unkind, there is a reason for what happens. There are so many lessons we can learn from nature.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 2, 2014 at 9:12 PM
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You have not changed, young lady!
posted by
teddypoet52
on February 2, 2014 at 8:28 PM
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Kabuiepie-;)~
See, you wrote a beauty of a story about compassion love, keep up with our animals
posted by
WileyJohn
on February 2, 2014 at 8:02 PM
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Kabu
Well,...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 2, 2014 at 7:28 PM
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Kabu..what a touching lesson Nature is teaching us here....
A perfect example of compassion we humans should take to heart....
posted by
Rumor
on February 2, 2014 at 6:36 PM
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That's truly lovely, Grandmummy. I'll stick to animals too, thank you very much. Not long ago, I heard the story of a blind lion in a zoo or refuge of some sort who was befriended by a daschund. It made me cry to see it.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on February 2, 2014 at 4:41 PM
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I have seen both sides of the coin and witnessed many graceful mercies with both animal and human and the horrific on both sides as well, but this story of yours touched our hearts as deeply as any poet could...Lovely
posted by
UtahJay
on February 2, 2014 at 3:31 PM
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A very powerful story you have there with the Queen Squirrel and the Starving Squirrel.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 2, 2014 at 2:56 PM
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Altruism is one of those traits that used to be considered a definition
of humanity. Like language and tool-making, the past few years have shown it defines a quality--perhaps that of soul--that we share with other higher-intelligence creatures.
Of course, those who've lived with dogs already knew. And some cats. No, I didn't mean that cats knew...
I heard a line the other day: Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, and pigs consider us their equals.
posted by
Ciel
on February 2, 2014 at 2:03 PM
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I've seen squirrels do that, too. Didn't know it was a form of
sharing. I just thought the new one was taking advantage of the moment. Well told, Kabu. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on February 2, 2014 at 11:58 AM
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