19-06-2013, 06:36 PM
I am reminded of my late dog who stole a box of chocolates, opened them, ate them, but left all the wrappers in their designed cavities inside the shell of the box. Clever.
There was also the recent case of a smart squirrel who had learned how to access a metal grill nut feeder designed for birds that hung from a tree branch. He (maybe She, I have no idea) climbed down the branch, used it's tail to hang from said branch, hauled up the string from which the feeder hun, lifted the metal grill nut feeder, turned it upside down and quickly chewed through the plastic base (I didn't even know it had a plastic base - it had been bought just a day prior to keep squirrels at bay... fat chance, eh), and then jumped down to collect the nuts now on the floor.
Critters ain't stupid!
The day might comer when we have to relearn lost skills like these. Hope not, but I don't ignore the possibility.
There was also the recent case of a smart squirrel who had learned how to access a metal grill nut feeder designed for birds that hung from a tree branch. He (maybe She, I have no idea) climbed down the branch, used it's tail to hang from said branch, hauled up the string from which the feeder hun, lifted the metal grill nut feeder, turned it upside down and quickly chewed through the plastic base (I didn't even know it had a plastic base - it had been bought just a day prior to keep squirrels at bay... fat chance, eh), and then jumped down to collect the nuts now on the floor.
Critters ain't stupid!
The day might comer when we have to relearn lost skills like these. Hope not, but I don't ignore the possibility.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14