Pickles by Brian Crane for October 18, 2017

She could have tried to pet that black one with the stripes and been expelled from her tribe’s cave.

He is correct. We were put here to be eaten.

All we need are a few of Wiley’s bears.

After that one, Earl, you better hope her hearing is as bad as you think it is!

And most kids didn’t live very long either back then. I agree, we were originally cat chow. Leopard chow to be more precise.

Saber-toothed cat actually, but we’ll forgive Earl for his old-fashioned ideas

Inattentiveness to surroundings is also hazardous in a world filled with predators.

And don’t get me started on her hearing!

How come she can’t hear me when I’m shouting, but understands every word that I mutter under my breath ?

Meow!

xxx

Initially we were nothing but bear, wolf or cat “chow”, but, because, in part, we were competing for the same food sources, we ‘eliminated’ the competition. And then we “devolved” into “trophy” hunters like Don Jr. & Eric!

Until more or less the modern era, most people didn’t live for more than about 30-40 years. Some people lived a lot longer, but they were outliers. That’s why our bodies get so many problems in later life: we have outlasted the lifespans they were designed for.