Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/20

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Subject: [Leica] If looks could kill...
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon Nov 20 12:00:56 2006
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Domestic cats kill about 125,000 birds a day in the UK.

On 20 Nov, 2006, at 09:32, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Right, cats are like sharks with fur - perfect killing machines and  
> heavily armed (pawed?). The affection shown by a cat is a part of  
> the conditioning to humans as a consequence of separating a kitten  
> from its mother before it's had a chance to find out that it's a  
> really wild animal. The wildness is always just below the cuddly  
> exterior. Just look at the difference between farm cats and house  
> cats.
> Our Posy is a soppy, feline that has never once extended her claws  
> on us in 9 years, the Shrews and other beasties , both furred and  
> feathered,which used to live in our garden would tell a completely  
> different story - if they could.
> Douglas
>
>
>
> Frank Dernie wrote:
>> ????????????
>> Cats kill things - that is their nature, there is nothing bizarre  
>> about cats showing aggression, what is bizarre is cats showing  
>> affection - completely against their nature. Is it affection  
>> anyway or due respect to an animal very much bigger and more  
>> powerful than themselves?
>>
>> On 19 Nov, 2006, at 22:55, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>
>>>  a bizarre show of aggression.
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] If looks could kill...)
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