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... we are talking about a very predatory animal here: few days go by without something dead or alive being dropped in the living room. Dij brings in prey from a shrew the size of your thumbnail up to adult rats and blackbirds.
And yes, I know he stalks the neighbours bird table - it has a sign on it saying "McDijalds"!
But today, while I was hanging out the washing I saw a hunt from beginning to end.
He walks out of the house, onto the back lawn and sits down. And just sits there, looking around at the flowers, the sky. Just an apex predator enjoying the sunshine. Then he drops his head to the ground, picks up a mouse, takes it indoors and lets it go for me to hunt down ... 
How the heck does that work? 
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Sacrificial mouse?
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
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Dij has decided that it's time you learned to hunt for yourself so that you can leave home.
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Role reversal! 
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You're part of his pack obviously - start earning your keep
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Many (many many) years ago I saw a mother cat catch a bird for her kittens.
The birds landed - maybe 15 feet away. She crouches. Inches forward, then . . . she spring ! The birds all take off in a rush almost instantly. Then she jump and pulls one out of the air - 8-10 feet in the air. I was quite astounded.
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Actually, got two of them as in NY State's Finger Lakes - hey, even curmudgeons need some time off
Gorgeous Gorges.
That area is amazingly beautiful. The water falls, which are quite abundant in the gorges they etched, were not at their peak (it's been rather a dry summer) but a 215' tall falls is always impressive (that's about 66m). Healthy trip, too, as all but one of the falls required a decent trek through absolutely beautiful forests growing on steep hillsides (I did say gorges).
One trek, to the Rainbow Falls, include a trail with an amazing number of steps (832 of them, fortunately, not all at once). The 215' trek to Taughannock falls was much gentler, alongside a large flat glacial stream (much of the bed showing). One of the informational signs points out that the side we were on gets little sun and is mainly coniferous whilst the other side gets a great deal of sun and is composed primarily of deciduous trees.
Ithica, NY, is also the home of Cornell University - and they've quite a nice botanical gardens.
Anyway - it's our replacement for a cancelled trip to Hawaii arranged about a month before the COVID outbreak. With NY States infection rate now extremely low, a driving/walking vacation was in order.
So that's why I wasn't here to entertain and annoy - if anyone noticed.
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Plain rude - and no different! (9)
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Can I answer and let @petepjksolutionscom to do tomorrow anyway? 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Hmmm. Not sure.
I think that might be a little unfair?
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Probably... 
I do the easy part and left the heavy lifting to others...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Plain rude - and no different!
(def) [rudeandno] (anag)
unadorned
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You are correct, and up tomorrow!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I'll let @petepjksolutionscom set it if he'd like. He can just post it before you "Oi!" me. If it's not there, I'll post one after the roosters have crowed where I live.
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Fine by me!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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No you solved it Greg you set one
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think your trademark trickeries are starting to work against you. If I see one of your clues with a non-letter character, I expect you are trying to mislead.
(I got distracted today before I could answer, but I had the solution)
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In future I will pack 'em with non-printing characters just to confuse you!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Hi All, I'm stuck on a call from those that pay and it doesn't look like it's going to end any time soon - I can either post one tomorrow or someone can jump in now - Sorry chaps
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OK - I was about to post an "Oi!" for you ...
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I need ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif) [^]
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