Let’s begin the Labor Day weekend with a cute video, one sent to me by reader/writer Heather Hastie with the superfluous comment, “I hope you like this.” Who wouldn’t?
And the kitten shall lie down with the bird. . .
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Isaiah’s prophecy fullfilled: cats and birds lie down together
September 4, 2015 • 2:30 pm
The cat is thinking “I’ll just do some licking and take a taste now, I’ll eat later when I’m hungry”. 🐤🐈
Whenever I hear that I think of the line from Ghostbusters. :p
In Ghostbusters, it was dogs and cats.
I know
While the soft feel and chirps of the chick are similar to kitten-mates, I’m not sure that the chick has evolved any special reaction to being licked or groomed in that way. But I know less about chickens than cats.
Anybody recognize the species of boid? Looks chicken-ish, but I suspect lots of non-chicken chicks do.
For some reason, writing that sentence reminds me of chicken.
b&
I was thinking it looks rather duckish.
And I was thinking that dinosaurs and mammals don’t have a glorious history of cooperative rearing, and I suspect that the mammal’s “racial memory” will kick in at some point and deal with the threat of the dinosaur.
Sub
I think the kitten is hoping that the chick will stop peeping if licked.
“What’s wrong with you? Here let me lick you. Why are you still peeping? Here let me lick you some more.”
That’s what I thought too – I think the kitten is instinctively trying to comfort the chick.
I think Woody Allen’s line reflecting on Isaiah 11:6 is equally applicable here:
The lion may lie down with the lamb — but, let’s face it, the lamb isn’t going to get a lot of sleep.
Aww. So cute! I expect the kitten doesn’t know yet that the chick is supposed to be prey. It’s just a noisy companion for now!
Cats lying down with chicks was the expected outcome of beatnik parties in my youth.
Dig it the most, Daddy-O.
Gravy, boobie…
This is the sort of thing that happens when you make same-sex marriage legal – it’s a slippery slope and before you know it we have cross-species cuddling! 🙂
Quack!
b&
Neither kitten nor bird appears a day older. Is this some sort of loop, not a live feed?
[JOKE]
Carmen Dingle goes crazy for the cheeping🐾🐾