While looking up a certain model of Aston Martin a friend had compared me to, I came across a photo series of a squirrel facing off with a plastic T-Rex.
Naturally, that got me thinking about deep eternal truths of human struggle.
How do animals understand the things they see that we make? My mom's elderly dog is mostly blind, but he will stop and stare at the electric fireplace like it's some kind of magic mirror that tells him the secrets of life. How does a squirrel interpret a T-Rex action figure? Hell, when I was four, I was too scared to go up on a porch while trick-or-treating (guising, for British viewers) because of an animatronic witch... that was maybe a foot tall. To a squirrel, that's a life-size replica of a fearsome predator. It's ugly, it's creepy, and holding alarmingly still like it's just waiting.
Maybe I'm not giving the squirrel enough credit, but let's just pretend his tiny mind is blown by this thing.
Okay, cartoons are on so I'm losing interest in this FAST.
That squirrel may or may not have been taking a huge chance in his own beady little eyes by approaching that dinosaur for snacks. But looking at those pictures, I choose to see the progression of a squirrel that is uncertain... to a squirrel that's sitting on top of a T-Rex eating free food.
And what have YOU done today?!
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