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In reply to the discussion: You know how people compare Mitch McConnell with a turtle? [View all]cab67
(3,060 posts)To watch a snake is to watch grace in action. (The only thing more graceful than a snake is a shark. Watch one swimming around, and you'll see what I mean.)
Too many people look at a snake and see something sneaky and deceitful. They fail to see that snakes, like lions and wolves, kill to eat - not out of ill-intent or greed. They don't understand that when a snake strikes you, it's trying to defend itself, just as any wild animal would. (Way too many snake bites are preceded by the victim saying something like "Hey - watch this!" .
I will say this, though - and you may not agree: I've seen lion kills, and I've seen wild dog kills. As a result, I've become a big cat partisan. Lions, and other big cats, kill their prey with a crushing bite to the throat, and then they eat it. Wild dogs, including wolves, kill their prey pretty much by eating it. Dog kills strike me as impolite. But I also know this reflects my own subjective sensibilities, and that both wild and domestic dogs can teach us many positive lessons.
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