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Cat drags in new theory on cairns
BBC ^ | Friday, 4 August 2006 | the staff cat-ologist?

Posted on 08/04/2006 6:30:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: norton

No no no!

*Obviously* Druids sacrificed a pigeon in your Ford!


.....;-D


21 posted on 08/05/2006 1:18:31 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent)
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To: SunkenCiv

But the question is why would a cat leave a perfectly good rabbit in the cairn?

Not that I have an answer -- I still haven't figured out why mine leave dead animals every day on my doorstep.

Some they leave half eaten -- that makes sense, carrying food back to the den, instinct, there would be kittens in the wild but they're all neutered.

Some of the things they bring back, they leave untouched, but these are nasty things that taste bad like moles and voles that have scent glands.

But they think rabbits are yummy, and all they ever leave is a half-eaten carcass.


22 posted on 08/07/2006 6:49:47 AM PDT by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I am very familiar with the things that cats drag in.... but I must not know what a 'cairn' is. I always thought a cairn was a pile of rocks, pointy on the top, used to mark a spot or a trail or something. Obviously I am mistaken.


23 posted on 08/07/2006 6:58:43 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: CobaltBlue

Easy question, really. The cat is actually leaving part of its kill for you - as a ceremonial offering.


24 posted on 08/07/2006 7:16:24 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
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To: Salamander

s/b "a tail told by..." ;')


25 posted on 08/07/2006 4:52:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Heck, the whole thing was butchered beyond recognition, anyway so "tail" wouldn't have helped much.....:D


["Out! Out damned cat!"]


26 posted on 08/07/2006 8:05:29 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent)
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To: Salamander

I've definitely used that last one in my day. ;') Someone who hasn't is rarer than a famous quote from "Timon of Athens".


27 posted on 08/07/2006 9:42:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

I have only had dogs as pets and the words spoken to them at times [especially in the midst of their puppyhood] wouldn't have ever crossed the bard's mind....;D


28 posted on 08/09/2006 5:37:43 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent)
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To: Salamander

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.


29 posted on 08/09/2006 9:32:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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30 posted on 08/09/2006 11:05:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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