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Monday, October 02, 2006

Animal Abductors

Dear Tim,

Why did the seagulls take my sister?

-Sisterless in San Diego


Dear Sisterless,

First off, I am sorry to hear of your personal tragedy. I'm never the person with the right words for these situations, so I won't burden you with any.

As to your question, possibly the answer will provide some condolence. Your situation is not that unusual, for many years there have been instances of children being taken by animals. There is the case of the dingo in Australia who took a baby, the bears who took a small child in Montana, and the lesser known incident of a family of meerkats who were stole a small monkey.

But this isn't only a recent occurrence. There is the legend of the Jungle Book in which Mowgli was taken in by a family of wolves. Wolves once mothered Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, as well. And of course, most every knows of the Mayan legend of the Alpacas who took in a young prince, and then mustered the Mighty Alpacan Armies to defeat the Conquistadors.

suckling at the non-proverbial teat

My thoughts are that animals are attempting to bridge the communication gap between man and beast. The first way that they have attempted this is by giving up their young to live in our homes. Dogs and cats have been the most successful in this infiltration, with monkeys, ferrets and hedgehogs also have some degree of success. Of course cows have failed at this quite miserably.

The second, and lesser used method is that animals have brought our young into their homes, in hopes of bridging the communication gap. While once again, dogs have had the most success at this, that doesn't mean that seagulls or other creatures won't take the chance when opportunity presents itself. As humans are the more advanced, it is harder for animals to abduct our young, so it does happen rarely.

So yes, your sister was kidnapped by seagulls, but you can rest easy in the knowledge that her abduction could help bridge the gap between man and seagull (unless they fed her to their young). My advice to you, if you have any siblings left, would be to always travel in numbers and protect them at all times. The animals could act at any moment.

:: posted by timothy, 9:10 PM

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