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    To Kill a Grackle

    Annabeth - Yes, definitely in her own way; everything had to be on her terms. I think she had some kind of feeling that she was not in the right place (I think she was only second- or third-generation captive bred), and did not want to adapt. I often saw her trying out behaviours that didn't...
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    To Kill a Grackle

    Not really; you couldn't pet her. She'd allow it for a moment or two, then bite your fingers. She did occasionally do something that might be construed as affectionate, like dropping pieces of food at my feet (an attempt to share, perhaps?), and once I woke up and discovered her sitting on me...
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    To Kill a Grackle

    Oh, dear...squirrel brains! I had not even considered the possibility of eating THAT part of a squirrel! In fact, I think rats are a decent food animal: not small rats, like Norway or roof rats, but giant pouched rats; those are farmed for food in some areas. So they must be pretty tasty, if...
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    To Kill a Grackle

    Maybe if we ate smaller numbers of a wider variety of species, it would actually be better for animals in general, because there wouldn't be as much need to breed anything specifically for food. A lot of people have a natural aversion to eating something like a squirrel or a rat, as these are...
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    To Kill a Grackle

    It might be more humane to eat individuals culled from large/excessive wild animal populations than farm-raised stock, which tends to be kept in overcrowded conditions. But there would have to be some rules in place, to avoid overhunting. That's not to say I would go out and catch rats or...
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    To Kill a Grackle

    Of course, this fellow is in the wrong, and terribly so, at that. If he doesn't want grackles about, there are plenty of ways to make his yard inhospitable or unattractive to them, without hurting them. He could use a grackle-inaccessible feeder, make annoying noises whenever grackles appear...
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