Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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Finally!A use for my Zoology degree in a QOTW!
Some insects can, under the right conditions, survive being frozen.
The best example of this is a kind of cricket called the Weta (or W3ta, for the purposes of today), and it has something along the lines of an "anti-freeze protein" in their major organs .
I doubt you managed to find one of them,as I think they live in the mountains of New Zealand, so chances of stumbling across one is low-ish...
Most other insects die at about -5 C, and I think the only thing that enjoys being at -196 is icecream.
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