Episode #014: Younger Dryas - Fossils

About the dozens of accumulated mammoth carcasses found together in the "sink hole" you describe at about 1:09:00 –– Ain't it odd that so many folks assume that animals are dumber than dirt? •••• For a few years I lived on a small ranch. The owners had seven runner ducks, six yearling draft horses, and a dozen so-called primitive breed Icelandic sheep. "Primitive" just meant they had been raised for over a thousand years without mingling with any other breeds, roaming free, living on wild grasses and lichens in the remote landscapes of Viking Iceland. Any dumb ones had been eaten; these were agile, alert… intelligent. ••• My experience was that most days the animals were smarter than the humans. At least, the owners repeatedly kept assuming the animals were stupid, but found out OTHERWISE. The critters kept finding ways to escape pens, open gates and doors, and generally do whatever they wanted. Every week there was some adventure trying to keep up with'em. •••• Well, it wasn't a working ranch, just the family were all were employed in the city doing different jobs and had bought an old ranch with a barn and a few acres and wanted to have some critters. Seems it was their first experience with animals other than doggies. Definitely out of their depth. reply