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 Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:32 am
Jen the Quiet I personally hesitate to apply the word "vermin" to something as big as a cat. smile But I think I'd tend to group them with the bad guys. In Redwall, the mice's first thought is to fear the cat, not approach it as a potential ally. (But then again, Redwall is the book that sticks closest to the natural relationships between and among the animals as far as that goes. They fear the cat, the owl, and the snake because they'll EAT them, not because they'll enslave them.) But Martin runs out to go ask Boar for help. They don't fear badgers or otters (both large carnivores). Personally, I don't consider wildcats complete baddies. But that might just be because I'm a cat lover. heart
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:27 am
Mice wouldn't fear otters because otters eat fish and other waterlife. And badgers aren't bad because the aren't pests. Rats, weasels, and stoats eat grain, and foxes eat chickens. That still doesn't explain why mice are good...
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:08 pm
...because they eat cheese?
I would say it's because they're so small, they connote timidity. Thus, a timid mouse who becomes a great leader and warrior makes a good hero for a children's book.
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:58 am
They certainly look more vulnerable then rats etc., unless you get them angry evil
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:39 pm
Hmm. I persoally love otters, but they ARE carnivores, as are moles and hedgies. And robins, who love thier candied chestnuts.
Wat a minute...
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:47 am
Yes, but moles and hedgehogs eat bugs, not mice.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:43 pm
Jen the Quiet But rats are just gross, while mice are also kind of cute. smile Rats are uglier and scarier than mice. i think rats are cute...hee hee hee
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:55 pm
Some rats are kind of cute. I'm just thinking of the "Jumbo Rats" (so-labeled) I saw in a pet store once. Geez, those things were almost as big as cats.
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:12 pm
now thats just.....unbelievably disturbing...i dont ever wanna come across a rat as big as a cat in the NYC subway system (which is where i live..i mean i dont live in the subway but i live in NYC)...they're BRED like that right?
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:14 pm
Yeah, NYC is pretty nasty, huh? XD I've never seen a rat outside before. Only little mice on rare occasion. Or when my outside cat kills one.
Orlando > New York
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:57 am
fmafreak93 now thats just.....unbelievably disturbing...i dont ever wanna come across a rat as big as a cat in the NYC subway system (which is where i live..i mean i dont live in the subway but i live in NYC)...they're BRED like that right? <3!!! Haha, where in NY are you from? I live in Staten Island. My dad works for the MTA and he claims to have seen rats that big. The only rat I've ever seen in the subway was really cute. XD
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:32 pm
Ashley Erin Yeah, NYC is pretty nasty, huh? XD I've never seen a rat outside before. Only little mice on rare occasion. Or when my outside cat kills one.
Orlando > New York New York > Orlando have you been to sea world
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:33 pm
Jen the Quiet fmafreak93 now thats just.....unbelievably disturbing...i dont ever wanna come across a rat as big as a cat in the NYC subway system (which is where i live..i mean i dont live in the subway but i live in NYC)...they're BRED like that right? <3!!! Haha, where in NY are you from? I live in Staten Island. My dad works for the MTA and he claims to have seen rats that big. The only rat I've ever seen in the subway was really cute. XD im from brooklyn....WOOT WOOT NYC!! i wonder if i've ever seen him lol.... a cute subway rat? ive only seen like bleeding and/or foaming at the mouth subway rats...
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:10 pm
Haha. Well, I rarely see the subway rats. Staten Island doesn't have a subway, only a train. ("A train," as in ONE.)
My dad hasn't worked in the subway stations in a long time. He's in an office in the City now.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:49 pm
fmafreak93 Ashley Erin Yeah, NYC is pretty nasty, huh? XD I've never seen a rat outside before. Only little mice on rare occasion. Or when my outside cat kills one.
Orlando > New York New York > Orlando have you been to sea world Yeah. And all the Disney Parks. And Busch Gardens, and many other random things in Florida. I went to NYC a few years ago.
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