2014 Lambing
Lambing started President's Day with a set of triplets. Good thing I finished building our permananet lambing pens (4) in an unused part of our large barn. The triplets are strong and were moved to ...
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Francesca Knowles wrote:
They're pretty cute, all right. But so is a baby calf. Not to mention baby chicks! And don't even get me started about Bambi...But when push comes to shove, every living thing on this Earth has a predator waiting to eat it. And in these cases, that's me.
Nothin' can put this carnivore off meat.
& I think it's right on that topic to say that everything has to be cleaned up. We humans have cemeteries. The rest of the natural world really developed a system of 'cleaner uppers' Some examples,
- Vultures
- Raptors (birds) are birds of prey, eagles, falcons, hawks, osprey who eat both living and death animals. They have very acidic digestive systems and can 'take care' of diseased critters
- Carnivores, lions, wolves, foxes....
Humans..... we've created the domesticated world. & really the cattle, the pigs, the sheep, etc. all have come to stay with us because the domestication helps their breed to survive for many millenia.
Enjoy your mutton and your lamb.
:C
