There was this lovely video on the status of our acquaintance. The video showed a rather healthy, big fat cat stalking a pigeon. Cats belong to the tiger family. There is extreme caution in their aggressive and quite vicious stalking of the prey.
May be, it is my perception, but the cats, big or small, ooze extreme cruelty while chasing their future feed. This cat seemed no exception in its noiseless chase of the poor victim who absolutely seemed unaware of the impending danger.
The cat reached the pigeon, and then she realised it was blind. Wonder of wonders, the kittie did not eat it up. Instead she smelt it, touched its beak and pate, and skulked back without much ado. At that moment, she appeared to become aware of the camera that she had not noticed in her focussed obsession with the bird.
The video was a great eye-opener. How little we understand animals! What wonderful generosity and gentle kindness of an animal known to be a fierce predator! We call ourselves evolved human beings. Yet very very few so called humans would have/exhibit such decent generosity towards a fellow human being caught in a difficult situation not of his/her making. Most humans would make the life of the poor unhappy unfortunate soul sheer hell. Whosoever, and why, calls human beings better?!?
Pratima@Angels are all around us, often even in the animal kingdom. Recognise them, and cherish the benevolence, basic to the very notion of creation.
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