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I read online that some people give feeder goldfish to their ferrets for enrichment. So I went and got a dozen or so for Sophie and Owl, but probably mostly Sophie, since she likes water much more and also has 90% of the predatory instincts between the two of them. I put them in a baking pan in an inch or two of water, put it on the bathroom floor anticipating spillage, and plopped the ferrets down into it. As expected, Owl wanted nothing to do with this. Bathing him is like bathing a cat, he tries to climb out of the tub up my arms, which is uncomfortable. Sophie is more of a water creature; she is clearly closer to her otter cousins.
So Sophie stands in the pan. The fish, working from a sadly irrelevant instinct telling them that shadows are safe, huddle up underneath her. She accidentally steps on one, and it bleeds a bit, but this fails to catch her attention. Eventually, she decides that this is boring, and goes to investigate the trash can. I try again, once or twice, but to no avail. The ferrets are completely uninterested in the fishies. They go back in their cage, and I take the fish into the kitchen to put them out of all our misery with a sharp knife.
Everyone else claims they can't even tell it's shorter (I lost maybe an inch and a half), but I can.
The mayor of City used to be in transit authority, so he made a big deal about the accident, came to a rally and everything, and got some safety measures pushed through. It didn't help the poor guy who was nonfatally hit at the exact same intersection less than a week later, but hopefully it will help people in the future. I agree, every crosswalk should have those if not more.
This is worth way more than ten points.
Ow. I ache in sympathy.
Pixie has been achieving team cohesion via force of will and recruiting nigh-everybody in PD0 herself. It's working out pretty well so far.
Let me know when you're planning to do it, and if I'm free I can drive you. I am 110% pro giving blood. I'm heading in to donate platelets right now, in fact.
Does next week work?