Wild Animals are Scary

   But sometimes they're funny too.  I get so many stealible photos on FB with animals in them that this week I decided to break them down to wild and domesticated.
   There are the big scary ones:

They search for a meal

 Track it down

And then sit down to feast

There are the big not-so-scary ones

That have bad hair days

Bad antler days

And some times just sit around looking sexy

Then there are the little guys, who make up for their lack of stature with:

Bravado

Religion

Or the common sense to run away

Some try to adapt to humankind

Accepting treats

Or staying on their diet

Or even sharing what they have

It's true that technology can make things difficult

And sometimes the best policy is to avoid humans completely

But wild animals know what humans sometimes miss - the most important thing:

Is just to be themselves

   Here's a wild beast from Burbank.

Spring? Deer? Julie Andrews?

Is it over? Somebody else check – I don’t dare. Is our silver-white winter truly about to melt into spring?

I’m sure we’ve had worse winters. There was the whole ice age thing – that couldn't have been much fun, but this winter has seemed especially cruel – personally malevolent. Did someone piss off Snow Miser?

Well over a decade ago, I moved to North Carolina – largely for health reasons. I knew I’d have some cold days, maybe a few icy ones, but rarely a day I couldn't get out and walk a couple miles, get some fresh air. I’ve been lucky to walk three days a week this winter.

Anybody know of cheap places to live in Florida?

I know things were worse in Upstate New York, but I’m not convinced the driving was this bad. When Albany gets 8 inches of snow, North Carolina gets a half inch of ice. Which would you rather drive on?

Then there are the deer. Deer live everywhere, but in the Carolinas, I think they interbred with lemmings. They wait by the edge of the road, pondering eternal truths, and waiting for a death with meaning and impact – meaning that the impact of their death will total some poor guy who just reduced his car insurance to liability only.

For some reason I imagine Julie Andrews, like a siren, encouraging their folly with tunes from the Sound of Music.

Wild deer on roadsides

They whisper and snicker

“Wait till the black ice

Is thicker and slicker”

Look for a Yugo

Let the dump truck pass by

This is the way that a deer wants to die.

or maybe

Doe - the deer – I struck her rear

Pay – insurance is not fun

Fee – for game - without permit

Jar(red) – by folks at wildlife fund

So – I’m needled by my friends

Law – attorneys without end

See – my clothes - did PETA rend

So now I hide in woods with …

Doe, Pay, Fee, Jarred, So, Law, See –

But today is the first day of spring, and while that is meaningless in North Dakota, it should mean something in more southern climes. Perhaps the holocaust is over – Snow Miser is appeased for nine months, the deer find forage in the hills, and Julie Andrews goes back to B-grade comedies that mock her roles in the early 60s.

And I have nine months to forget how bad this winter was – or maybe find a place in Florida.

Animal Pics Stolen From FB

People seem to like the posts with a lot of pictures and not stuff I write.

Okay

Here are some animals that people have posted on FB. 

CATS

It's been that kind of winter

That might be a little too warm

Just right

Stealthy

MISCELLANEOUS

I seem to be missing 16 wheels

Horse sense

Somebody get this beast a rim-shot

I got out to the woods to chase him, and he takes my seat

BIRDS

Do I look like a morning bird to you?

I wonder where the expression Bird Brained came from?

BUNNIES

Cute alert

Is this some kind of mockery?

Living with humans is so embarrassing

How's this for mockery?

I wasn't going to post this vid, but there are three dog dancing sections that are worth seeing.  The best one is a little over a minute in.