Carnivorous deer

[pjthompson]

This just in of the day: Apparently, you can have too many interests. In fact, you're limited to only 150, as I found out when I tried to add 151 and 152 to my LJ User Info. I'll try to be less interested in things from now on.

Weirdness of the day: CAUTION: THIS NEXT ITEM MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR OUR MORE SENSITIVE VIEWERS

I was watching a show last night on Animal Planet (so it's got to be true, right?) about carnivorous deer. The program was Unexplored, Unexplained (or is that Unexplained, Unexplored?) and they told the story of a remote place in the British Isles (I want to say Scotland, but at that part of the program I wasn't paying close attention) where the grass that the red deer forage on is mineral-poor. They aren't getting enough calcium and so they have taken to biting off the heads of ground-nesting birds and chomping down their skulls--a rich source of calcium.

Proving, yet again, that nature ain't for sissies.

Saying "Uncle" of the day: I have come to the conclusion that I cannot write, do research (especially with books already packed), write crits, and move my household all at the same time. I will have to write without that research that I can't quite remember at this point and realize it will probably have to be fixed. I will concentrate on writing. I will write. I will write. Write! Right? And if I can do the occasional crit, hallelujah. Hallelujah, glory be, hallelujah.

Five weeks from tomorrow. =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0 =:0

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

I grew up in the country, so the bird-eating deer was revealed to me at a young age by a friend's father who was a hunter and a vet. He always wore sturdy green trousers, pull-overs and green rubberboots, he had a beard and smoked a pipe and was quite a hero to me. I spoke to him on the phone a few years ago and the adult me recognised his voice as being very sexy. :)

[pjthompson]

So I'm thinking those man-eating bunnies from Monty Python aren't so far off the mark...

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

I think you're right.

[pjthompson]

Maybe Bambi and Thumper were in on it together. >;-)

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

They aren't getting enough calcium and so they have taken to biting off the heads of ground-nesting birds and chomping down their skulls--a rich source of calcium.

Now that would have been an interesting twist in Bambi.

[pjthompson]

"Friend Owl, come a little closer, Friend Owl..."