Are Animals Organizing Against Us? Definitely!
"There is, for example, the case of Tatiana, a four-and-a-half year old Siberian tiger in the San Francisco zoo who in 2007 scaled the twelve-foot high wall of her enclosure to attack three teenagers who had been annoying her by shouting obscenities, waving their arms and possibly throwing things at her. After she ripped one of them to pieces, the other two ran away, with Tatiana in hot pursuit…. [And then there is] John Vaillant’s highly entertaining The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival, in which a wild Siberian tiger stalks and eats a human poacher who had been catching tiger cubs for their skins and eating their flesh. The avenging tiger attacked no other humans, despite opportunities to do so, but he destroyed everything bearing the poacher’s scent, including the pots that had been used for cooking tiger cubs."
—Barbara Ehrenreich reviews the literature of our troubled relationship with animals, concluding that there are signs of a global animal uprising. Okay, not really quite that: There is not "any evidence yet of cross-species coordination against human hegemony." But she said "yet"!
This is my first time i visit here. I found so many entertaining stuff in your blog, especially its discussion.
What took them so long? We suck.
When will you all stop ignoring the signs of the coming human/animal war?!
@cherrispryte All humans against all animals.
shirts vs. skins
@cherrispryte : WITH WHOM WILL MANIMAL ALLY?
@cherrispryte Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to suck up Drink; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to eat Fish or Flesh; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to claw the Bark of Trees; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Not to chase other Men; that is the Law. Are we not Men?
Again: the real danger here is giving M. Night Shyamalan material for another screenplay.
@Clarence Rosario a fate worse than tiger-gnawing death.
Tatiana the Siberian tiger can't define obscenity, but she knows it when she sees it.
@Lindsay Robertson That was my favorite detail.
Her synthesis is really lacking a lot. No mention of intra-species cannibalism or animals gleaning from animals. And to me, the biggest oversight in her narratives is the focus on lone hunters as opposed to pack animals.
Anyway, maybe she should try asking mosquitoes, rats, fleas, ticks, deer, pigs, fruit bats, etc. how they feel about their little friends.
Allegedly, dogs are rare in being capable of interspecies communication that doesn't end in someone being eaten. The animals are unlikely to be able to organize against us without dogs to mediate, and the dogs like us too much to be a party to such a thing.
At least this is what I will tell myself in a reassuring voice.
@City_Dater And I will tell that to my dogs in a reassuring voice.
That, and "Who's a good girl? Who? WHO?!?!?"
And by "the animals," of course, you mean cats.
@ShanghaiLil Yes. The main point I take from this is, "Don't make cats angry." Which, being a cat owner, I already knew. Housecats are simply miniaturized tigers. If they were big enough to eat us, they probably would.
@Max Clarke They absolutely would, as would most other predators.
Can't wait to see what the dolphins have in store for us.
@forget it i quit
There is murder behind those reassuring smiles, no question.
@City_Dater Or sex, one of the two.
This is all part of Sarah Palin's campaign strategy for a presidential run.
I read all of Valliant's book on a transatlantic flight, which is high praise considering the free booze and fold-out seats. So, er, it's good and you should read it too?
Let's just hope the robots don't side with the tigers.