St. Phatty
Active member
Or, what I meant to say -
Extraordinary Performances - by Animals, People, or Plants, or Anything - What gives you Chicken Skin ?
"Chicken Skin" is a term the Hawaiians use to describe an extraordinary surfing performance. For example, if somebody is in a tube, and the tube spits, and the tube clamps ... and then the surfer comes out through the whitewater waterfall.
Of course, you can get the same "I can't believe he did that" by watching one of Michael Jordan's all-star performances.
In my case, the ULTIMATE chicken-skin happened with ... a feral cat.
I re-homed her kittens, and then trapped the mother, thinking that, if 2 days in a spare bathroom (which is very useful for growing pot, by the way) helped the kittens mellow out, it might help the mother become more people friendly.
WRONG !!
During the middle of the night, in the complete dark, the cat pried off the ventilation cover, and escaped through a 4 inch diameter metal duct. Crawled 6 feet to the main duct.
Given the size of the cat, I had a hard time believing what I saw.
Could only name her "Houdini".
It would be like an adult human prisoner crawling through a 12 inch tube. I would have to break or dislocate a lot of bones to fit through a 12 or 15 inch tube. 6 feet long ? I would fvcking suffocate.
The other thing that impressed me about the cat was, she only hissed once during her time in the bathroom. Didn't show any other signs of aggression. Yet she was DESPERATE to escape.
Between her extreme athleticism, her lack of aggression towards her food-bringer, and her apparent intelligence, I have that "My child is a Genius" feeling ... about the cat.
Now I know, everybody thinks "their cat is the cutest", and "their child will be President" ... but I also believe my own eyes.
We had cats when I was a kid, but NOTHING like this.
The downside is, I may never be impressed by another lion or tiger at the zoo.
Extraordinary Performances - by Animals, People, or Plants, or Anything - What gives you Chicken Skin ?
"Chicken Skin" is a term the Hawaiians use to describe an extraordinary surfing performance. For example, if somebody is in a tube, and the tube spits, and the tube clamps ... and then the surfer comes out through the whitewater waterfall.
Of course, you can get the same "I can't believe he did that" by watching one of Michael Jordan's all-star performances.
In my case, the ULTIMATE chicken-skin happened with ... a feral cat.
I re-homed her kittens, and then trapped the mother, thinking that, if 2 days in a spare bathroom (which is very useful for growing pot, by the way
) helped the kittens mellow out, it might help the mother become more people friendly.WRONG !!
During the middle of the night, in the complete dark, the cat pried off the ventilation cover, and escaped through a 4 inch diameter metal duct. Crawled 6 feet to the main duct.
Given the size of the cat, I had a hard time believing what I saw.
Could only name her "Houdini".
It would be like an adult human prisoner crawling through a 12 inch tube. I would have to break or dislocate a lot of bones to fit through a 12 or 15 inch tube. 6 feet long ? I would fvcking suffocate.
The other thing that impressed me about the cat was, she only hissed once during her time in the bathroom. Didn't show any other signs of aggression. Yet she was DESPERATE to escape.
Between her extreme athleticism, her lack of aggression towards her food-bringer, and her apparent intelligence, I have that "My child is a Genius" feeling ... about the cat.
Now I know, everybody thinks "their cat is the cutest", and "their child will be President" ... but I also believe my own eyes.
We had cats when I was a kid, but NOTHING like this.
The downside is, I may never be impressed by another lion or tiger at the zoo.
