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In the wild, the most successful predators know that how you approach your meal is just as important as when or where. Careful planning becomes especially critical if you suspect other hungry competitors are close by….or if you realize your intended dish is heavily guarded. For this reason, skilled predators practice constantly. When your stalkingContinueContinue reading “Day 132: Stalking Skills”

It is always so nice when a friend sends you a sweet card. A card says someone loves you – they are thinking about you – so much so that they even took the extra time to pick out a personalized card they think you will really like. Depending on your species, you may feelContinueContinue reading “Day 131: Where There’s Sunflowers….”

Any featherless assistant knows full good and well that their feathery charge holds “right of first refusal” for any fresh dish. For this reason, it can be wise to have a snack before dinner – just in case a new dish is a particular hit. For instance, let’s say you have no feathers and youContinueContinue reading “Day 130: Couscous”

Living with the large featherless beings can bring you into close contact with some of life’s greatest mysteries. For example, sometimes Mom likes to go out for something she calls “take out.” When she comes back, she might be lugging several bags, one bag, or just one small box containing a single item. While youContinueContinue reading “Day 129: Take Out Waffles”

Pearl’s mommy (aka the large featherless being) here. If you enjoy hanging out with feathered beings all day, you may notice sometimes your small winged sidekick is reluctant to try certain nutritious, tasty, new items you want them to ingest. Here, it is helpful to employ “subterfuge.” Say your feathered sidekick loves anything that isContinueContinue reading “Day 128: Subterfuge”

While everyone gets lucky with a lens now and again, certain beings are just born photogenic. For these beings, every picture they take is cover-worthy, and every angle is good (great). Every pose evokes “oohs” and “aahs” from cameraperson and crowd alike, and even rank amateurs feel like Vogue fashion photographers when they see theContinueContinue reading “Day 127: Photogenic”

Being very cute takes a lot of energy. You have to eat a lot to keep up your strength and grow long strong claws and a sharp beak. You have to preen so often to make sure your feathers stay at their shiniest and most fetching. And you have to make sure you get enoughContinueContinue reading “Day 126: Resting”

“Bubo” was a great horned owl. Found by author and zoologist Bernd Heinrich when he was just a tiny owlet, Bubo was lucky that his new surrogate parent knew just how to guide the young owlet in such important tasks as learning to roost, play, and hunt (all with an eye towards an eventual successfulContinueContinue reading “One Man’s Owl”

Being small, round, fluffy, cute, and very vocal makes it easy to communicate preferences when you have them. For instance, you can shriek. You can crunch things with your sharp beak. You can flap your wings and hang upside down (this is particularly effective in the evening – and around Halloween each year). You canContinueContinue reading “Day 125: Preferences”

Certain beings are lucky enough to have innate traits (like sharp beaks) to allow them to customize their surroundings to their liking. Because these beings often also have specific thoughts about the decor they find most pleasing, customization, once begun, is typically swift and specific. For example, say your mommy works hard to create aContinueContinue reading “Day 124: Customization”