Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Mar 24, 2018 1:17:44 GMT -5
My next door neighbor had a huge tree in his back yard, visited often by squirrels. One day his cat was at the 15' level on an 8" branch. On the other side of the branch was a squirrel.
Now the cat is heavy and needs all four paws to hang on. But the squirrel needs only his back feet to stay glued to the tree, and he knows it. He threw his upper torso left or right, feinting a move. If the cat were to follow, he would have to commit to a move, whereupon the squirrel would reverse course and easily avoid. The squirrel, only inches away, played with the cat like this for ten minutes, whereupon the frustrated cat, having seen the hopelessness of it all, climbed down and walked away.
Now the cat is heavy and needs all four paws to hang on. But the squirrel needs only his back feet to stay glued to the tree, and he knows it. He threw his upper torso left or right, feinting a move. If the cat were to follow, he would have to commit to a move, whereupon the squirrel would reverse course and easily avoid. The squirrel, only inches away, played with the cat like this for ten minutes, whereupon the frustrated cat, having seen the hopelessness of it all, climbed down and walked away.
