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Michael L's avatar

Thanks for the tip, I was not familiar with (this) Tchaikowsky.

I am reminded of a fairly obscure short piece by Kafka , "Investigations of a Dog," in which (as I recall) the dog narrating the story is unaware of humans and performs experiments to determine the seemingly supernatural means by which it's dish gets filled with food and why.

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Kevin Trainor's avatar

I'll have to check out Adrian Tchaikowsky. In return, I recommend Ralts Bloodthorne's BEHOLD! HUMANITY! series of novels, which begin with "P'thok Eats An Ice Cream Cone."

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Kevin Trainor's avatar

Also, there are some folks insisting that bison should be uplifted before dogs, cats, or bears. This strikes me as a Bad Idea. Intelligent fluffy murder cows?

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Michael David Cobb Bowen's avatar

Yeah, bad idea. Nobody domesticates bison, but they sure do taste good. You might as well try zebra or cape buffalo. Good luck with that. I'm pretty sure we have domesticated all that can be. Jared Diamond has the line on that. I think the rest of them would ignore us or kick our asses. I shudder to think of intelligent hornets. Mice are bad enough.

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Michael L's avatar

Regular domesticated cows scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. My grandpa bought a cow and a calf at a livestock auction and I told him it was a bad idea: "That cow was just GLARING at us!"

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Michael David Cobb Bowen's avatar

Late in my life I learned how to read horses and cattle. It takes a couple days if you're around someone who talks horse and beef. The trick is to understand what they want and read their moods, also what spooks them. Beef are more simple-minded than dogs, that's for sure. But yeah, the craziest thing is when an old cow is checking you out. Old bulls I don't know.

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