Famous during his short early twentieth-century lifetime for the remarkable work he did, Muggins quickly became beloved by both citizens and soldiers alike during the the period of World War One as he padded the streets of not only Victoria, British Columbia with his little collection boxes, but far and wide as well.
I have never liked the epithet “trash panda” as used in reference to raccoons – nor would I particularly care for it if ever applied to pandas, for that matter (and don’t even get me started on “bin chickens” as applied to ibises). It just seems wrong to denigrate the cleverly opportunistic behaviors of our non-human neighbors for making good use of all that we carelessly discard for their own benefit.
There’s a very good chance that when you are driving or riding along a road or track adjacent to a field in which cattle are present that you inexplicably say – to no one in particular – “cows,” or perhaps even give voice to a soft but prolonged and emphatic “mooooo.”
Sir Winston Churchill once famously remarked “Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig! He looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal.” At least so said Sir Anthony Montague Browne, Sir Winston’s private secretary. And for my part, I very much hope he did – […]