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just as carnivores do, prey animals all have their strengths, be it swiftness or muscle. i like to think resilience is woven through all of us, buffalo to mouse, and so on and so forth. the hare is just as formidable in its own ways. i do agree with you about why we see fewer herbivores, though. i think there's also a large amount of prey animals who keep a distance because of the amount of discussion of prey drive/consumption from carnivores, which may make some of them uncomfortable? (nothing wrong with this topic from predator animals! i understand such is instinct, no shame. the topic doesn't phase me much because of my own views on it all.) i feel a similar guilt for my deer-ness at times, but not always. in a way it feels like its been engrained into me that prey are less intelligent, flighty creatures that exist solely to be food. we are more than food.

I am on my paws and knees begging folks to realize they don't have to be the world's most amazing writer ever to write! The alterhuman tags have been feeling really devoid and empty of a lot of the usual interesting essays lately and that makes me really sad! I love it when you all write! I love reading about the experiences of people! You also don't have to be interesting to write about yourself. Most people, I find, view themselves to be quite boring and are more fascinated with the lives of others. The reality of this is that you think you're boring because you've lived with yourself/selves your entire life! Of course you're going to seem mundane to yourself. But the secret is, nobody else is you. And no matter how utterly boring you find yourself or your thoughts or your particular relation to the alterhuman community I can assure you, you are interesting to others out there. Your voice DOES matter. Your thoughts and experiences DO have value. You ARE valuable. So please, please write. Please draw. Please share your experiences through literally whatever form you possibly can! I LOVE to read about everyone's unique experiences. Some of my favourite essays and writings out there have been from people who are so entirely and vastly different from myself that I could never have even conceived of the way they viewed things and how they experienced the world around them until I read about their experiences. Some of my favourite artworks are from people who's styles and preferences are wholly different from my own. I promise you, you do not have to be talented or skilled or amazing or perfect to create something of meaning and worth that revolves around your experience. Whether that be a handful of sentences attempting to verbalize a way you felt during a shift, or a several thousand word essay on your particular experience as a spiritual therian. Whether that be a simple pen scribble or a 16+ hour finished piece of work. Whatever it may be. It has meaning because you made it with your own digits with your own hands with your own claws and its yours. Please write.

look out for berry bugs and fleas as well! while not the health risk ticks are, these critters can certainly cause problems and irritation, along with fleas transmitting their own range of diseases. it's always a good idea to thoroughly check yourself for anything hitching a ride after being through tall grass!

the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.