that pelican
that ate the pigeon in regents park...

that story made me feel ill. the poor pigeon being swallowed alive and whole over about 20 mins and everyone standing around taking photographs, not helping it, the sick sick bastards.

i also hate nature programmes where things kill and eat other things. that one about the lions in botswana eating the elephants haunted me for days. i know it's nature, but that doesn't mean i want to know about it. it makes me well up like a girl, so STOP IT!

edit: and pet rescue or similar. i swear to god i could knife any one of the irresponsible fuckwits who treat animals like that. it is the only thing that ever makes me cry!

odd when you consider that my job means i make people cry on a fairly regular basis when they get my bills/stat demands/horrid letters/summonses etc. but then again, they are usually fat, sweaty businessmen, not puppies...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 9:42, 6 replies)

... and take a deep breath...
*passes chocolate hobnobs and cup of tea*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 9:48, closed)

Dirty Dirty Animal Bastards!
Why can't they get their dinner at Sainsburys or M&S like any other respectable being??!

Some critters just have no class!
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 9:51, closed)

...
I so very much want to burst into rant mode...

*breathes deeply*

*crunches down a live mouse*
( Cawl, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 9:52, closed)

Flies to Botswana, opens savannah branch of M&S
I love animals too, but unfortunately nature is as nature does.

BTW, hunting natives in Botswana was still practiced under license until the 1960s.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 25 Apr 2008, 9:58, closed)

Almost human
There was a nature prog on the 'Moving Wallpaper' earlier this week where a troup of monkeys were stuck up a tree with a pride of lions waiting patiently at the bottom for lunch to come down.

Apparently, after being stuck for a while they got impatient. The head monkey wanders up to one of his subordinates and without warning, pushes it out of the tree to the ground below.

Lions grab it and drag it off to eat elsewhere, monkeys descend tree and head for safety.

The deadpan commentary just made it worse.
(Dionysian Aut viam inveniam aut faciam, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 10:16, closed)

be thankful you live in a proper civilized city
My daily commute wouldn't look out of place on Ben Fogle's CV, and the amount of roadkill I see would probably reduce you to a quivering sobbing mess. Welcome tae bonny Scotland, unless you're furry/feathery/bred for rich folks to shoot, in which case be prepared for bloody rubbery tyre-screeching death on a stick.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Fri 25 Apr 2008, 10:24, closed)