Angling incognito
I’m sat here chomping my way through some sashimi (thanks Em) and I’ve just noticed that I’ve been following an aquatic theme for the last couple of days. I think it’s because for the last few months the weather here has been so bad that I’m seriously considering growing gills in a Kevin Costner/Waterworld-like fashion.
I do like animals that, for whatever reason, ‘pretend’ to be other creatures. It’s one of those great quirks of evolution that you could either spend all of your time evolving biological weapons, painting yourself bright colours and earning yourself a reputation or you could just simply make yourself look like an animal that has already done that.
Humans do it too. The difference I find between having a shaved head or long curly locks is quite profound; with long hair, the elderly tend to quite like me but I’m susceptible to the aggression of idiots, whereas with a quick shave I alienate the elderly, but get far less aggravation from everyone else.
That said, if I really want people to leave me alone, I think half-and-half is the way to go, or patchy like mange… If you want people to stand up and give you their seat on the bus, this is the only haircut you’ll need.
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i love this one, it made me laugh out loud and where i work that is not such a wise thing to do.
so many things in nature pretend they are something else; my favourite is the orchid that pretends it is a bee or the insect that pretends it is a bit of bird poo.
I like the stick insect - what genious.
That’s almost the exact opposite isn’t it… try to look like the most mundane thing you can.
I had a stick insect once, didn’t do much… thinking about it, it may just have been a stick.
i had stick insects…they all died…i think they’re still in the tank on my shelf though…this is not good…however, the pet shop nearby pays a lot for stick insects…i could pretend they’re alive.
on the other hand, just getting some eggs and hatching them would be a good idea. yes, get rich quick-buy a single indian stick insect and watch a dozen grow…..
(they’re parthenogenic and lay an average of 20 eggs a day, which hatch in a few weeks…)
I find that having a baseball and a really nice smile gets me the best of both worlds.
Old ppl just think that I play sport and young ppl know better. Of course I would never use a baseball bat for violence, but it is not my fault it ppl think that I would.
I love the orchids as well. I have been reading abit about how they and wasps are constantly driving each others evolution due to the constant game of deception that they play.
you know a pet shop that pays for stick insects? dude!
that’s exactly what i thought!