08-11-2012, 10:29 AM
To quote one of my favorite movies: "What we have here is a failure to communicate."
This is a perfect example of how written language is perceived so differently than spoken language, and somehow on the internet the misunderstanding just gets multiplied. I was not trying to prove you wrong Deborah, but I really don't want people to think that the nene has defenses it doesn't have. I think it may be that sudden movements can make them fly away, which people could interpret as being aware of predators as predators, when they really aren't. We've had them land right next to us and our dogs, and when the dogs went into full on predator alert mode (perked ears, forward leaning stance, low pitched throat rumble) the nene didn't even notice but just waddled up to us. Needless to say we turned around and walked away, but they followed us for probably 50 feet.
My favorite picture of one of my adult daughters shows her perched on top of a picnic table in HVNP with a nene in full pursuit. It was so used to being fed it was trying to steal her lunch right out of her hand. Nothing like getting mugged by an endangered bird!
Carol
This is a perfect example of how written language is perceived so differently than spoken language, and somehow on the internet the misunderstanding just gets multiplied. I was not trying to prove you wrong Deborah, but I really don't want people to think that the nene has defenses it doesn't have. I think it may be that sudden movements can make them fly away, which people could interpret as being aware of predators as predators, when they really aren't. We've had them land right next to us and our dogs, and when the dogs went into full on predator alert mode (perked ears, forward leaning stance, low pitched throat rumble) the nene didn't even notice but just waddled up to us. Needless to say we turned around and walked away, but they followed us for probably 50 feet.
My favorite picture of one of my adult daughters shows her perched on top of a picnic table in HVNP with a nene in full pursuit. It was so used to being fed it was trying to steal her lunch right out of her hand. Nothing like getting mugged by an endangered bird!
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb