September 14, 2008
The Peanut Perimeter
Animals are dumb sometimes.
And Barry thinks ours are the dumbest of all. I’m not sure I agree with that, but I see his point, because they sure do some dumb and crazy things sometimes. Far too many to mention here!
But then again, their small brains often allow them to do things that we humans only wish we could… if only we could stop thinking about the drawbacks of it.
Last night our hamster, Mars, escaped from his cage for the second time.
The first time, he just worked and worked at the cage door, and eventually pushed it right open. I found him the next morning hiding behind some books on the bottom shelf of one of my bookcases.
See, his cage is in my office, and I keep the door closed at night… so even though he had chewed away some bits of carpet in an attempt to get out of the room, apparently he couldn’t dig a hole big enough to squeeze under the door… so he found the most convenient hiding spot.
Why did he do it?
Because unlike us, he’s not confined to his comfort zone…
