We recently had some roof and soffit work done, which covered access for the squirrels that lived up there. I watched a mother and teenaged squirrel deal with it, approaching from different angles and literally bouncing off wood that hadn’t been there that morning. Mom finally gave up, but junior didn’t, and his mother had to carry him to their spare home, putting him down and taking breathers every few meters because he was nearly as big as she. The whole time he was whining, “But Mom, why do we have to move? I like our old house and want to live there!” Baby.
If you’ve seen a movie or TV show where the sound people want an effect that says, “desolation,” you’ve heard that keening call made by hawks. I found out what it means this afternoon when a hawk flew over, calling while he was pursued by angry starlings. It appears to mean, “Mom, I don’t like these horrid, little birds! Make them go away.” Big baby.
What are some of the animals you have known that lack emotional maturity?
Well out mowing this morning, the grass suddenly moved. Some recently ejected grey bird pathetically tried tried taking flight and made it about 4 inches off the ground. I assume he was loudly calling for mommy at the time, but the mower was louder.
More than once I’ve seen young horses running around, stumble over their own feet and immediately buck once or twice as if to say “I didn’t trip. I meant to do that”.
The most hilarious is the puppy who hears himself fart for the first time and either freaks out or stares at his butt in wonder.
I don’t know about young, my 7 year old chihuahua insists that my girlfriend hand feed him. He forces her to remove her street clothes the minute she returns home from anywhere. He tries to attack me when I touch her but sex is allowed ( I think he likes to watch) I am ready to get a real dog.
Before our neighborhood crows were wiped out by West Nile my wife used to toss them slugs from the garden. They took to posing like baby birds and begging. One time at a grocery store a couple miles away a crow approached me like that. Wife thinks he recognized the car.
